No Gas :(

I quite agree. I'm sure we are being ripped off here. Perhaps because they can hold us to ransom as we are desperate to get our cooker back. May get other quotes if Mr Jane will allow it.

 

Our meter is in the house, under the stairs to be exact. The guy who gave us the quote came round and took one look at the pipework that we had installed two years ago and said that we would need a wider pipe as the boiler and the cooker wouldn't have enough gas fed to them. So he said we just need to unclip the old pipework and install a larger one which run around the outside of the house. This is all copper, so I'm presuming that this will take a fair amount of time to do. The gas pipe then runs into our back bedroom and into the new boiler. The plan is to then add a second pipe and have this run down into the floor, through a wall and out into the kitchen downstairs.

I've never heard of them using plastic pipe for a job like this. I always thought they used copper pipework for gas. Was told it would be a days work, which to be honest I'm more concerned about.

He won't touch the gas work. I was trying to persuade him to install an electric cooker and wiring instead but he refuses to as it will invalidate our part p certificate on the house. It's frustrating really as Mr Jane deals with electrical cable for his job all the time. Having a sparky round today to give us a quote on the electrical work as I have missed cooking with electric since moving here.

 

Just got a quote from a local sparky who has given us a quote of £60 to connect all the bits up if we ran the cables in etc.

Mr Jane still wants gas though, even though I've always wanted a electric cooker.

 

I had an electric cooker, didn't half use up some juice

My last one was LPG, that only cost £65 a year to run

 

Electric cookers are so much cleaner to use than gas, I miss mine, it had a ceramic top and was SO easy to clean, I have gas now but would prefer to change back.

 

While all this has been going on I have looked into what would be better gas or electric. It seems gas is cheaper to run but apart from that it seems to be personal preference.

I hate cleaning my hobs at the moment and miss the ceramic hobs my parents had, was so easy to clean in comparison.

We have that cooker where I work, but in an electrical form

I don't get what you mean by versatile. Don't get my wrong I used to love gas when I first got it when we moved here but now I've grown to dislike it. You can't cook things evenly in the oven as everything is cooked on the top shelf and it hardly touches the second shelf and the hobs cook a bit too rapid for me and are so noisy compared to cooking with electric.

I've found cooking much more relaxing with the little electrical hobs we have as things take their time rather than being rushed. If that makes sense.

Last night I made the best custard I have ever made and I think it was because the saucepan didn't heat up so quickly.

 

Very nice cooker shiney! I must say as well, that when we were having power cuts here I was very thankful to have gas.

 

I don't like the colour Shiney.

 

Nice colour, I like green.