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Electrical issue on gas cooker, who to call?

  • 18-02-2019 12:31pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, mods feel free to move if required.
    So the main oven element has blown in my cooker (The oven is electric, the burners on top are gas), I found the part number and sourced a replacement online.

    My problem is when I took the back out of the oven compartment, the oven element is bolted on from behind (not screwed in from the front as I hoped)

    So to remove the element, I need to take the back off the oven to get to those nuts. I can't remove the backplate of the cooker or move it more than a foot from the wall without disconnecting the gas, so obviously I'll have to call a "gas guy" to do that. Will that same "gas guy" then do the element swap or is that outside of his remit?

    Also any recommendations for someone who'd do the job? I'm in Lucan.
    Thanks!


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭The Red Ace


    Reading through your post it looks like you were going to fit the element yourself until you came up against the obstacle, get the gas tech out and fit the element yourself if the gas tech wont do it. Isolate the electrics as well as its just as dangerous as the gas


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭Craazysteve


    Thanks The Red Ace, I was hoping it would be a DIY job for sure, If I'm paying someone to come out I guess I'd prefer they did the whole job, but I can step in and give it a go if they wont do it. I'm very cautious around all electrics, so had the fuse off at the board and the isolator off at the cooker off before I investigated.


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