Tarting up a kitchen at the moment. Whilst removing the inset gas hob I found it was 'hard plumbed' in copper pipe, rather than a rubber hose & bayonet fitting.
Just before the connection to the hob was a service valve.
Looked just like a standard water service valve to me. Fine for shutting off the water supply to a tap, but are these legal for shutting off gas pipes?
Thee are lots of different types of "water service valves" . Do you have a pic u can host somewhere that we can see ? Is it like these ? Some can be used for gas and water .
There are some gas ones which look like water ones, made by NEVA. The gas ones are the ones on the dark line in the picture
Of course, it might be the wrong part has been used in your case.
In message , The Medway Handyman writes
Exactly what I found (in my kitchen) a month or so ago. :(
Lucky you - the previous owner didn't bother with such niceties here.
I bought this which IIRC had the word 'Gas' embossed on the side. They're cheap enough to buy for you to replace if you're in doubt - no?
But in the case of TMH it would be clear he can't work on a customer's gas installation, unless he can transmogrify himself into a corgi?
Indeed. I stopped at that point & refered her to my CORGI mate. Since the gas hob was being replaced by an electric one, all he did was blank it off - which I could have easily done, but rules is rules. Had it been in my own house I would have done it myself.
Interesting! I've seen several hobs connected via hose & bayonet, this was the first hard plumbed one!
It was acceptable until a few years ago.
It was barely acceptable until Nov 2004 when it became unacceptable unless the manufacturer explicitly requires the use of a flexible.
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My thoughts exactly.
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