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Looking for Gas Hob advise

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  • 24-03-2009 9:35am
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    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭


    I bought a gas hob yesterday with the aim of installing the pipework myself. I was told after buying it that I need to get a gas fitter for installation, because I cant use a standard gas pipe any more. They said a copper pipe has to be connected to hob and ran out thru wall to a regulator, and then connect regulator to gas cylinder using standard gas pipe.

    Does this new method sound right to ye?
    Can I not go with just running a flex pipe in thru wall and onto hob like everyone else has ?

    Advise will be grateful.


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    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 20,091 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    That standard sounds right. The flexible pipe supposedly degrades due to the gas and is 'supposed to be replaced every two years, therefore it is not deemed suitable for a permanent installation.

    Shops have not been allowed to sell the flexible pipe in lengths of more than a foot or so for nearly a decade, so no one has been running great lengths of it through walls for ages.

    I have installed a hob using copper pipe and it is hardly any more difficult than using a flexible pipe. No bother at all.


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    knighted_1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 870 ✭✭✭knighted_1


    from jan 1st it is illigal for anyone to install or fix any gas appliance ,cooker hob etc ,who is not a registered gas installer (rgi) fine is 15 grand if caught-
    your insurance becomes null and void if you do it yourself ,as far as i know


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