Installing gas cooker > Bottled Propane 11kg Patio Gas Refill

turniton

Hi, currently have electric hob and hoping to change to freestanding gas cooker. don;t have gas main and will have to use bottled Propane

How much usually cost to convert a cooker from main to bottled (i believe jet?) and to fit gas line?

thanks

coylemj

You have an electric hob and you want to change to a freestanding gas cooker. So you will get rid of the electric hob and buy a gas cooker with hob, grill and oven and all powered by gas. Right?

I'm confused ..... why are you asking for the cost of converting a cooker from main to bottled when you say you don't have a gas main? Are you moving house or buying a secondhand gas cooker designed to connect to a gas main?

turniton

should have said that I know 0 or less about gas cooker and installation

I really wanted a ZANUSSI cooker but i was told these work only with Natural gas. some other brands work with Natural gas but can be converted to Propane Cylinder

I have currently an electric Hob & oven and I am hoping to get the work done in the next 2 weeks so that I can have installed a gas cooker (and remove the electric 1)

coylemj

Your existing setup - is it one unit with hob and oven or are they separate?

Have you considered an electric oven and a gas hob?

tabby aspreme

Freestanding gas cookers come set up to burn natural gas , with the cooker you also get a set of nozzles for bottled gas , the engineer will change the nozzles for you, it shouldn't take more than an hour to change them. Fitting a pipe to bring the the gas in from outside will depend on how far away the cylinder has to be placed.

byte

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Freestanding gas cookers come set up to burn natural gas , with the cooker you also get a set of nozzles for bottled gas , the engineer will change the nozzles for you, it shouldn't take more than an hour to change them. Fitting a pipe to bring the the gas in from outside will depend on how far away the cylinder has to be placed.

Not all natural gas cookers are interchangeable to LPG, so the OP better ensure that this is possible before buying their cooker.

turniton

Hi, thanks for the replies

I have separate oven and Hob but I have a carpenter on stand by , cause I hope to change the kitchen top,
so that I can fit a Freestanding double oven unit

I went to expert and the only cookers that could be converted to LPG are Hotpoint.. which i don't know much about

The Gas bottle will be literally behind the gas cooker (i think) outside the kitchen door, with the Kitchen wall between them (don't think the pipe needs to be more that 1.5 meters long , unless there are rules and regulation that require certain distance > safety )

coylemj

If you're buying a new double gas oven, why does it need to be convertible? Can't you just buy a model designed to take LPG?

Power City have several LPG ovens, many of them are freestanding doubles ....

https://www.powercity.ie/index.php?par=40-39&cat=FreeStanding%20Appliances&action=brandstory

Six LPG models on the DID website .....

http://www.did.ie/cookers-gas-cookers#cooker_fuel_type=LPG%20Gas&isAjax=1

Currys have lots of gas cookers, look for ones that do not have the feature 'LPG kit not included'....

http://www.currys.ie/category/gas-cookers/395.3.11

tabby aspreme

Have an Electrolux here which came with two sets of nozzles, and a kitchen I worked on recently fitted a range master which came with both sets also .

coylemj

OP by his own admission knows nothing about the subject and is going solely on what he's been told by the sales guy in Expert. Looking at double ovens on their website, they only offer 'Natural Gas' as an option to tick under 'Type' so it looks like all of their models are designed for natural gas and only the Hotpoint model is capable of being converted to LPG.

I checked the Zanussi (OP's preferred brand) UK website and took a look at their brochure, they have four freestanding gas cookers but they're all designed for natural gas with no apparent conversion option.

OP, I would seriously advise you to talk to the people in Power City and DID, do not rely on what you're being told in one single store.

'I'm looking for a freestanding gas cooker with two ovens, it needs to be either designed for LPG or capable of being field converted.'

turniton

I will go in Saturday, to did, currys and Expert... I will check websites first, so i ll have a better idea to what i am looking for

laros

Have you considered a Gas hob and Electric oven combo... I have used the same for the past 16 years and found it really handy, I'm currently replacing our kitchen and looking at new hobs... I'm pulled towards an induction hob now along with an electric oven but we have decided to keep the gas hob and put it and the current oven into the utility room . The oven as a second one to be used at busy times like christmas but the hob for times when we have power outages like yesterday.i was able to cook on the gas while the electricity was off and if we do put in an induction hob the gas will be a handy backup.

turniton

Hi, yes I actually went last Saturday to check gas hob and an electric oven. it's probably a better combination. recent storm and loss of power also make you think about different option I suppose

coylemj

turniton wrote: »

Hi, yes I actually went last Saturday to check gas hob and an electric oven. it's probably a better combination. recent storm and loss of power also make you think about different option I suppose

+1 an electric fan oven is far more versatile than a gas oven. You typically have standard heating elements top and bottom plus the fan so you can do all sorts of combinations depending on what you're cooking.