Replacing cooker gas pipes on south coast

ashtead

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I was cleaning the cooker the other day and noticed the date stamp on the gas pipe lead seemed to indicate replacement due. Now assuming this isn’t a DIY job has anyone name of a reliable fitter who will turn up on time and if replacing any other upgrades etc worth considering to the arrangements? I think there’s a firm in Soton but anyone used them?
 
The hose should be stamped with the date of manufacture. It is recommended that hoses are replaced after 5 years.
What about the HP hose from the gas cylinder to the regulator?
It is recommended that regulators are replaced after 10 years.
A low pressure hose may be a simple diy job but HP hose and regulator may be best left to a Gas Safe registered gas engineer

Gas Check Marine were the goto people on the south coast but were taken over some years ago by Apollo Gas
Apollo Gas safe LPG on boats yachts narrowboats canal cruisers caravans camper vans campervans (inc. Gas Check Marine).
I've not seen anything bad about Apollo Gas

edit :
A recommendation for Apollo gas from Tranona wile I was typing!
 
AFAIK low pressure gas hose is not easily available from chandlers or internet suppliers. The commonly found marked and dated orange hose is High Pressure.

Two years ago I replaced the solenoid, regulator, pipe to the cooker and the two bottle to regulator tails on my installation.

OE was US Coatguard approved black LP hose with hydraulicaly crimped connectors. It was dated 2006.

I used a twin regulator setup with an automatic changeover should a bottle empty, supplied through a well known internet auction site. The electric solenoid and a spare, BSPT hosetails and year 2020 dated HP orange hose was supplied from the same source by a Northern Ireland gas specialist.

I installed it myself, using mecanical crimps of the right size and testing thoroughly afterwards every joint with soap suds. The suds were washed off with clean water.

I do not believe a gas engineer could have done it better. I subsequently did the same job on another Island Packet SP Cruiser for a friend.
 
Thanks for all the info - I have gas safety certs every year for the properties and boiler engineers etc but no experience of a marine supplier who I might trust on what is clearly a high risk area. I might also ask him about twin auto changeover as current set up isn’t great .
 
rotrax said:
AFAIK low pressure gas hose is not easily available from chandlers or internet suppliers. The commonly found marked and dated orange hose is High Pressure.
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It's available from BES in 3 metre (and 50 m) coils. I also found an ebay supplier selling by the metre but no mention of BS compliance.
You can always use the orange stuff but it's a bit difficult to push onto the Fulham nozzles used for low pressure.
Many folk use ready made armoured hoses for the cooker connection anyway.
 
I did this several years ago because the original hoses were out of date. Still looked in good condition though. I ordered the hose online and when it came the date on the new hose was only 6 months away. Waste of time changing them really for an extra 6 months. Spoke with the suppler who said it was normal and the date on the hose means nothing with respect to certification life expiry. So I left the old good ones in place and put the new stuff in a locker as spare. They were still there when i sold the boat. Maybe the supplier was B/S_____g me but it saved me a job.
 
ashtead said:
Thanks for all the info - I have gas safety certs every year for the properties and boiler engineers etc but no experience of a marine supplier who I might trust on what is clearly a high risk area. I might also ask him about twin auto changeover as current set up isn’t great .
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When he does come make sure you have a supply of dog biscuits as his spaniel goes with him everywhere (not on your boat of course!).
 
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