Location of isolation valve for gas hob?

[Mathew J. Newton]

I recently had a gas hob installed above my built-in electric oven by a CORGI-registered installer.

He fitted an isolation valve to the pipework feeding the hob however this valve sits behind the oven thus to actually turn it off would require the oven to be removed (i.e. screws removing and slid out). Is this okay?

I assume the valve is there to allow the hob to be serviced without having to turn the entire house supply off, and in this case the removal of the oven is not really an issue particularly given it would most likely have to be removed anyway to allow access to the underside. However, I would consider it advantageous to have access to the valve *without* having to remove the oven for reasons of safety i.e. the need to be able to cut the gas supply off to the hob in the event of pan fire, for example. Furthermore, the (new) supplying pipework enters from an adjacent cupboard anyway so locating the valve here would have been just as easy!

Any opinions on whether I should get him back in to move the valve to the adjacent-cupboard location? On the assumption that the valve is required by the regs, do these also mandate their location> This would obviously dictate whether I have any entitlement to get him back in to do it 'properly' (whatever that might be).

Regards,

Mathew

[Ed Sirett]

It is not uncommon to find hobs installed without local isolation for servicing, and that is irregular.

The isolator is for _servicing_, in the case of the hob more likely replacement is the only form of 'servicing' that can be carried out, and this adds to the case for behind the oven begin quite OK.

It would be unusual to find a valve in the adjacent cupboard. Were you to complain to CORGI I doubt the matter would get very far.

[Mathew J. Newton]

Thanks for the clarification Ed.

As I was simply interested to learn if this was a) compliant, and b) best/acceptable practice, then I'm happy with the work carried out.

Cheers,

Mathew