replacing electric hob with a gas one

zinaski

hi i have an electric hob which is very slow and i want to replace it with a gas hob , the heating system in the house is gas central heating i was wondering what i should do and how much do you think it will cost me to do that thanks

Ddad

Hi Zinaski, Have you considered swapping your standard electric for an induction hob. Also electric but much faster and generally more powerful. They are also quite efficient. If you chose one that has the same dimensions as the existing hob it should just be a case of swapping them over provided the cable is rated for the new hob. I've cooked on gas and induction and induction is great once you gt the hang of it. If your insistent on gas look at where the boiler is as chances are this is where you'll have to run your pipe from and imagine how much disruption this'll cause. Without being able to see that it is hard to guesstimate how much cost would be involved. Hope this helps BTW inductions start at around 250 euros for a four ring name brand hob.

edanto

I just replaced a slow old electric with a new gas one and I'm delighted with the move. Not sure about the induction hobs mentioned above, I've never seen them in action.

Gotta love cooking with gas though.

As for costs, you can get the cost of your favourite hob yourself, and then fitting costs depend what you can do yourself. I was able to mount it in the worktop, and power it, myself. Got a certified gas guy to connect it to the mains, test it etc, and that cost €100.

In my case, the main gas pipe came very close to where I wanted the hob (just an external wall to go straight through), so there wasn't a huge amount of work for him.

zinaski

thanks for the replies , im not sure as well for the induction hobs because i think i have to buy special cookware for it am i right ?
im really fed up with the cooker i have at home the thing is that iam renting and the landlord is so hard to get anything from him and i told him that i will buy the hob my self but he pay for the fitting thing and he told me to go and ask my self ?!!
by the way edanto which part of dublin you live because the cost of your gas installer is reasonable

Supertech

You'll probably need a vent in the room where the hob is to be installed, and a carbon monoxide detector would be no harm either.

Ddad

Your correct that Inductions need specific cookware. An easy test is if a magnet sticks to it; if it sticks your in business as induction is basically a concentrated magnetic field. As your renting another option may be to buy a plug in induction ring and use that when you need a decent whack of heat e.g. stirfrying. I've used a couple of these and they are great and highly portable.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AzurA-HA-INDUC-20-AZURA-INDUCTION-COOKER/dp/B002HHVJKY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1314207604&sr=8-5

The added benefit is that you can take it with you when you go rather than spend money that you won't get back. If I was you I'd buy a small one ring hob and see where you go from there.