Gas hose behind oven

[Deleted member 121352]

I have a new kitchen fit and the gas man just connected the hob and oven (both bayonet fittings low down). There is quite bit of the oven flexible hose and as he resited the oven i asked if it matters that the hose will be touching the oven back. He said no because there is plenty of airspace around it.
Is it me, or was that a strange answer? Is it perfectly safe for the hose to touch?

I wanted to be absolutely sure as he had me move the original copper pipe round the ceiling, down the side of a wall then back along to reach the supply. He did this because i asked him to put it inside the wall in a straight line, which he said cant be done incase of a leak. It took another fitter to tell me jt CAN be done if the pipe is encased in steel. The gas man said this was so, yet i spent a lot for him to move it and now my whole wall of cabinets wont fjt. So, is it safe and nothing to worry about please?
So grateful

 

[Deleted member 120897]

It is recommended that the cooker point is 750mm from the finished floor level, secured to the fabric of the building, and the hose is in a u shape.

 

[Deleted member 121352]

It is recommended that the cooker point is 750mm from the finished floor level, secured to the fabric of the building, and the hose is in a u shape.

Thank you very much. Looks like both oven and hob are not like this. He plugged oven at old site at back and looks like hob was lower (probably joined to the same main joint, but i cdnt see from my angle)
Is this still safe please?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Also are your built in oven and Hob suitable for connection in cooker hose eg flexi as most arnt appliance instructions will tell you yes or no

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Is this still safe please?

It depends if it’s in the hot zone and for how much time period.

 

[Deleted member 121352]

Also are your built in oven and Hob suitable for connection in cooker hose eg flexi as most arnt appliance instructions will tell you yes or no

Thank you very much. I found this in the book.

The flexible hose must comply with the approval standard and the local code..

Surely all have some flexible hose anyway.

Also found this
This appliance sd be installed using 15mm copper pipe connected via a shut off valve in an adjacent unit. The shut off valve needs to be accessible.......


Does this mean there should be a separate cut off along its length?
This is so confusing. An engineer came to mend the oven door and he drew me a diagram of the way the pipes should be. One hose was higher in a U shape with a small thing (cut off?) he had drawn nr the top.

Both flex hoses of mine fit into original connection and no U shape. The hob hose hangs down the back .There is a whole lot of hose with oven and no idea how much touches it at the back. No idea re combustion, etc. Too uncertain to use the oven.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yes and accessible also looks like the hose isn’t approved for use