Cooker/gas supply question

tek-monkey

tek-monkey

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We have no gas connection in the kitchen, and need a new cooker. I'd like a gas hob, as I hate how uncontrollable electric ones are. The problem is the cooker is on the opposite side of the house to the meter, is it possible to just branch from the gas cooker (same wall albeit 6m or so away) or would it need to come from the meter and hence mean digging up the floor?

If a big job, how are induction hobs to cook on? I hear they are a lot more controllable than traditional electric hobs?
 
Lucy

Lucy

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We don't have gas, and when we had our kitchen done last year we swapped to induction. It is amazing, as quick as gas and so much better than a bog standard electric.
 
Thehooperman

Thehooperman

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I think you can branch from an existing gas pipe but I'm not a gas expert in any way and tend to avoid doing any work involving gas.

I've used induction hobs when renting holiday cottages and find they are far more reactive than traditional hob rings.

They're not quite as easy to control as a gas ring but fine once you get used to using them.

The only real problem I've had with an induction hob is remembering they can still be hot even when the rings aren't illuminated but that might have been an older model.
 
Glam

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
tek-monkey said:
We have no gas connection in the kitchen, and need a new cooker. I'd like a gas hob, as I hate how uncontrollable electric ones are. The problem is the cooker is on the opposite side of the house to the meter, is it possible to just branch from the gas cooker (same wall albeit 6m or so away) or would it need to come from the meter and hence mean digging up the floor?

If a big job, how are induction hobs to cook on? I hear they are a lot more controllable than traditional electric hobs?
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Can't you ask @Rikki?
 
Carole

Carole

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Another vote here for induction.
I’d never go back to a gas hob now.
Like the others have said, the modern ones are easily controllable, much easier to clean too, just a sheet of glass to wipe over.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
Thehooperman said:
I think you can branch from an existing gas pipe but I'm not a gas expert in any way and tend to avoid doing any work involving gas.

I've used induction hobs when renting holiday cottages and find they are far more reactive than traditional hob rings.

They're not quite as easy to control as a gas ring but fine once you get used to using them.

The only real problem I've had with an induction hob is remembering they can still be hot even when the rings aren't illuminated but that might have been an older model.
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I would imagine that a branch off a pipe that is capable of carrying the total demand should be feasible.



Anyone who has put a Tupperware bowl on a recently turned off gas ring will confirm that 'dark heat' is a feature of gas cookers, also...
 
Thehooperman

Thehooperman

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The cooker I was referring to was one which had the rings illuminated when heating up but turned off once it reaches the set temperature.

Other more recent ones I've used kept the rings illuminated throughout and had other indications to show when they were at the set temperature.
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Cooker arrived yesterday, love it. Spent a bit of time working out how it runs, nice to have a timer for pans that will turn them off but oddly the oven wont! Most pans including all the tefal frying pans don't work, but I realised all moved here with me so are over 10 years old. I had some cheap scovilles from asda sat in a cupboard that work great though, so great in fact I wish I'd started using them when I got them.
 
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