Installation of a new gas hob on mains gas

db_82

Hello everyone,

I'm about to fit a gas hob in place of an old electric cooker. I have mains gas which at the moment is just supplying the central heating and has no other appliances connected.

So the plan is to T off the incoming mains gas and run a pipe from below the boiler in the utility into the kitchen. Problem is the first guy to price it is insisting the pipes need to go underground, which means a 4 or 5inch deep trench cut through my utility with a pipe running in under the kitchen wall. And there was me thinking I could just drill a hole for the pipe at floor level between kitchen and utility, and run it up the utility wall and along the ceiling then back down to the incoming main feed.

Any RGII folks out there able to offer advice? I was under the impression that it was only external gas piping that had to go underground. God forbid you get a leak in the house, but surely having the pipe accessible is preferable if the worst happened?

(Originally posted this in DIY by mistake, but natural gas+DIY=insanity!)

anthonyos

sounds like your way of thinking is right and gas pipes only need to be 25mm under the surface of the floor....he is trying to make a meal out of it

anuprising

he is right not to run it across ceiling. too much movement could fracture pipe /joints etc

there are other routes , out to exterior wall up over door and down to where you want it

anthonyos

he is right not to run it across ceiling. too much movement could fracture pipe /joints etc



will you get a ****ing grip of yourself your probably some college mechanical engineer man your in the real world now

anuprising

anthonyos wrote: »

anuprising wrote: »

he is right not to run it across ceiling. too much movement could fracture pipe /joints etc



will you get a ****ing grip of yourself your probably some college mechanical engineer man your in the real world now

don't speak to me like that post reported

anthonyos

cop yourself on giving advise that is total nonsense man

JohnnieK

OP the way you suggested is fine. It is well within current regs regarding installation. Personally I hate pipes in concrete and if it runs externally it must be protected from mechanical shock.

Anyhonyos very aggressive man.:D

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