gas cooker - install

Legally, you have to be "competant" for work that is not for hire or reward (ie DIY) - and GasSafe registered for that type of work otherwise.

GasSafe is the new CORGI.

Would you be able to do a leak test after fitting?

Cheers

Tim

Thanks Tim

Blimey - nothing like stability is there. IOT I wonder if those chaps have to pay to get "re-registered".

Ah - I did have a manometer... now let me see...

IIRC, you are supposed to do a leak (or drop) test both with the cokker connected (and burners off) and with the cokker disconnected (partly to verify the hose connector shuts off).

Perhaps a more knowledgeable person could comment - I have a vaugue recollection that the permitted drops vs time are different in those 2 tests.

Depends on what you mean by install... if its plug existing cooker with fitted hose into waiting bayonet socket, then most folks would argue that is fine.

If it requires changing the fixed pipework or installing the hose kit on the cooker in the first place, then you are back to the question of competence, like Tim said.

Note also there is more to fitting a cooker than just making sound gas connections. Ensuring there is adequate room ventilation to supply its air requirements and to accommodate its combustion products, and making sure it has an adequate anti tilt mechanism (e.g. bracket, or chain) fitted are also requirements of the fitter.

... and know to do one beforehand too?

... and know ventilation and clearence requirements, etc?

Second-hand appliance will still require manufacturers installation instructions, and they must remain with it after fitting.