Gas certified

[oconnors_strip]

Looking for someone who is gas certified to disconnect my gas cooker as I'm moving and it is getting thrown out.

Anyone on here able certified or recommend someone?

[Mr White]

Ian Cuthbertson A1 gas services 07788244991

My mates brother, known him 30 years and he did all my gas work in my kitchen fitting for the last couple of years before I left Edinburgh. Really good guy, fair prices and best of all he answers his phone and turns up when he says he will :thumbsup:

[oconnors_strip]

Ian Cuthbertson A1 gas services 07788244991

My mates brother, known him 30 years and he did all my gas work in my kitchen fitting for the last couple of years before I left Edinburgh. Really good guy, fair prices and best of all he answers his phone and turns up when he says he will :thumbsup:

Thanks

[Mr White]

Although if it's a free standing cooker you can just disconnect it yourself. If it has a rubber hose on it then the fitting is a bayonet connection like a light bulb and it seals the gas supply as soon as it's disconnected. If it's a built in oven or hob it's a different story of course.

[oconnors_strip]

Although if it's a free standing cooker you can just disconnect it yourself. If it has a rubber hose on it then the fitting is a bayonet connection like a light bulb and it seals the gas supply as soon as it's disconnected. If it's a built in oven or hob it's a different story of course.

It's free standing. I will get my dad to have a look but want to make sure it's done properly as giving the flat back to the council and don't want charged for making a mistake.

[Mr White]

It's free standing. I will get my dad to have a look but want to make sure it's done properly as giving the flat back to the council and don't want charged for making a mistake.

As long as the oven slides out far enough to get access to the fitting it's an easy thing to do. Push up, turn and it comes off. I could be wrong but I'm fairly certain it's designed to be disconnected safely by the homeowner/tenant.

[oconnors_strip]

As long as the oven slides out far enough to get access to the fitting it's an easy thing to do. Push up, turn and it comes off. I could be wrong but I'm fairly certain it's designed to be disconnected safely by the homeowner/tenant.

Thanks for info, will get my dad to give it a shot

[speedy_gonzales]

Even if it's a bayonet fitting, there may also be an isolating valve just before the connection.
Just to qualify, I'm not a gas engineer, but when I've removed cookers like above I turn the burners on first then turn the valve off before disconnecting, this ensures most of the gas in the pipe/cooker is burned off. Not doing so may mean a little gas being released in to the kitchen.

[Mr White]

Even if it's a bayonet fitting, there may also be an isolating valve just before the connection.
Just to qualify, I'm not a gas engineer, but when I've removed cookers like above I turn the burners on first then turn the valve off before disconnecting, this ensures most of the gas in the pipe/cooker is burned off. Not doing so may mean a little gas being released in to the kitchen.

That's definitely better advice than mine safety wise :greengrin