Gas cooker regulations

[jase158]

Hi all,

went to see my sister in laws new flat today,

It is a new build property with boiler, unvented cylinder and solar panels on roof.

Any way, they were looking to get a cooker and there was an electric connection and a gas connection, the gas connection looked like a stop end and was in the wall, there was no pipe coming out of the wall, just what looked like half a stop end, Im guessing that it could of been undone, but chances are that there would be no way to get 2 adjustables on it to prevent the fitting moving.
hope this makes sense.

Is this within the regulations? is it possible to get a fitting on it?

wish I took a picture now.

 

[tamz]

I take it by what you are saying that there is a compression end sticking through the wall?

 

[jase158]

yeah looks like it, but no idea of what it is, like i say can only see half the fitting, the rest is plastered/ filled into the wall.

 

[GrahamM]

Well for starters every compression fitting should be accessible.
Can you not get some grips on it to see if it will pull through slightly? If not, you may have to get on to builders to rectify or do it yourself.

 

[stevetheplumber]

sure its not a iron half inch plug ?

 

[AWheating]

Well for starters every compression fitting should be accessible.
Can you not get some grips on it to see if it will pull through slightly? If not, you may have to get on to builders to rectify or do it yourself.

if the pipe/fitting does pull forward you may find that the pipe has not been dabbed and sealed correctly behind the plasterwork which would be a concern.

 

[gasmarc]

doesnt sound right on a new build but nothing surprises me nowadays

 

[wazzer]

I came across this in a new build in Bury Manchester sounds the same solar and all that they had used a compression elbow and put a short length of 15 mm with a stop end sticking out. so if the tenant went electric the cooker would be a way off the wall also likely to get knocked and cause a leak

 

[jase158]

just to confirm, I wont be touching as not gas safe, and they have bought an electric cooker, just wanted to learn something.
the pipe is built into the wall, so perhaps they did this to prevent it getting in the way if they bought an electric cooker?

it does look like it would come off and a bayonet would go inside, but like I said, not gas safe and do not know enough about it.
but is there any rules as to how far out it should come?

 

[wazzer]

Has it got one of these on it


http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=%227353%22&sp-a=00031674-sp00000000&EPBOE=

 

[tommytoker]

its prob a wall plate elbow screwed to the wall and the cap off a stop end wound into the 1/2 inch thread of the elbow

 

[wazzer]

Yes a photo would be best

 

[jase158]

Has it got one of these on it


http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q="7353"&sp-a=00031674-sp00000000&EPBOE=

No, it might of had back wall plate, built into wall, but not the tail that comes out of it

 

[AWheating]

if its inaccessible then whats the point of even putting it in? you get the same problem all the time with new build builders asking you to fit a supply for a fire but capped with a solderd cap just sticking out of wall for future use. You tell them you can not leave a solderd cap on and it must be removable for purging and they just say "well thats how its done on other sites".