We've just acquired a range cooker with gas hob for the kitchen that isn't even boarded out yet. We've no natural gas but have checked with supplier who can provide an LPG conversion kit consisting of a new hose and jets. I'll obviously get someone with the relevant qualifications to connect and test the hob, but I want to get the supply pipe in place ready for connection as I'll be building the kitchen cabinets long before the cooker is installed.
My initial plan is to run a single pipe roughly 2m to the the nearest outside wall where the bottle/bottles will be sited.
Is there a minimum safe distance for siting propane bottles? Or safe distances from doors and windows?
The pipe will be surface mounted and will run through the backs of two cupboards.
Should I use copper or steel pipe?
Is there a standard height for installing the supply pipe work, given that the cooker is 900mm high and the connection for the flexible hose is roughly 500mm from the floor pointing vertically downwards.
Does the pipe need to be earth bonded? If so can I just take an earth from the nearest circuit, or should I fit a separate cable from the consumer box?
Is it possible to just fit one bottle? Using two seems to be standard, are both bottles connected simultaneously, or is there some kind of valve involved?
Do the bottles need to be covered? I was thinking of making a sort of mini shed for them.
All I really want to do is make the relevant holes through the wall and cabinets, and provide fixing for the relevant clips. But it would be handy to know that I've done it at a suitable height, made provision for earth bonding etc. and be a bit more knowledgable about what's involved.
My initial plan is to run a single pipe roughly 2m to the the nearest outside wall where the bottle/bottles will be sited.
Is there a minimum safe distance for siting propane bottles? Or safe distances from doors and windows?
The pipe will be surface mounted and will run through the backs of two cupboards.
Should I use copper or steel pipe?
Is there a standard height for installing the supply pipe work, given that the cooker is 900mm high and the connection for the flexible hose is roughly 500mm from the floor pointing vertically downwards.
Does the pipe need to be earth bonded? If so can I just take an earth from the nearest circuit, or should I fit a separate cable from the consumer box?
Is it possible to just fit one bottle? Using two seems to be standard, are both bottles connected simultaneously, or is there some kind of valve involved?
Do the bottles need to be covered? I was thinking of making a sort of mini shed for them.
All I really want to do is make the relevant holes through the wall and cabinets, and provide fixing for the relevant clips. But it would be handy to know that I've done it at a suitable height, made provision for earth bonding etc. and be a bit more knowledgable about what's involved.
