From this page you can access all my articles and resources about UK cookers and ovens.
Cooker Installation
Installing a cooker requires a qualified electrician. If it’s a gas cooker you need a Gas Safe registered engineer. Gas cookers these days are connected by a thick flexible pipe with a bayonet fitting that’s easily disconnected by pushing and twisting.
Obviously you need gas safe engineer to install the fixings, but once you have the gas supply fitted is it okay to disconnect the cooker yourself – maybe for cleaning, or to connect a different cooker? This question is answered in the following article Gas cooker installation
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Gas Oven Repairs
For gas repairs you must use a gas-safe registered engineer. You can find one here Gas safe engineer register
Safety & Safety Notices Issued
Make sure you don’t have any of the following cookers or ovens, which have had official manufacturers safety notices issued about them because of potential serious dangers.
- Built in ovens safety notice – potential fire risk
- Cookers with a separate grill implicated in 6 deaths
- Gas leak risk with some Bosch and Neff gas hobs
- Hotpoint and Indesit gas cookers safety notice
- Candy Trio safety notice: Fire risk
Here are a few related items and reviews about cookers and ovens
- Candy U-See Ovens
- Candy Trio: Combined oven, hob and dishwasher
- High quality hob only lasted 4 years (an interesting look at how we can still have rights even out of guarantee)