Rules for the installation and connection of the gas stove

The installation of a gas stove in an apartment according to safety rules should only be done by employees of a gas service, or firms that are licensed to carry out these works. The gas hob must be registered, after which every 6 months service workers conduct a routine inspection of this unit. Therefore, independent connection of the gas stove according to the standards developed for gas equipment, threatens you with a fine. But if you make the connection of the gas stove with your own hands and do not use it, while calling a specialist to check the quality of the connections and register the connection, this option has a right to exist.

Dismantling the old plate

Before you connect the gas stove in the apartment, you must perform several stages of work.Replacing a gas stove begins with its dismantling. Before you change the unit, you need to crane on lowering was blocked.

After shutting off the gas supply, you can unscrew gas hose (pipe) from the stove. Next you need to release the lock nut located on the lowering sleeve and unscrew the sleeve itself.

Crane replacement

When replacing the tap, if you decide to change the stove in the apartment yourself, you will need speed and accuracy, since the gas will flow out of the pipe into the room when the old valve is unscrewed. In this situation, there is nothing to fear, if you follow the elementary safety rules (the absence of open fire in the room, wide open windows).

Before starting the valve replacement procedure, prepare the following:

• small sizes piece of clothto make a temporary tube plug out of it — before plugging the lowering, it should be well moistened with water;
• ball valvewhich will be installed instead of the old one, it is necessary to transfer to the “closed” position, and remove the handle from it (for ease of installation);

• necessary wrenches and sealant for the threaded connection.

Now you can begin to replace the gas valve.

1. It is required to open the window or window as widely as possible in order to ensure good ventilation of the kitchen.
2. Unscrew the connected (old) valve from the lowering and quickly plug the pipe opening with a wet cloth.
3. If an old sealant remains on the thread where the valve was installed, remove it and wind a new one.
4. Remove the “plug” from the cloth and quickly screw the new valve onto the threads. Use a wrench to tighten the tap with reasonable effort.
5. To check how tight the connection is, use soap solution. It should be applied to the junction. If you see bubbles that inflate, it means that there is no tightness, and there is a gas leak. In this case, you should unscrew the valve and re-wrap some more sealant, and then repeat the check.

Hose connection

The hose is connected to the valve using a similar method: a thread is made from sealing material, the nut is tightened with a key, and the connection is checked for leaks (having previously closed the second end of the hose with a finger).

The flexible hose, after the installation and connection of the gas stove is complete, should not be hidden behind fixed panels or drywall.It should be easily accessible for inspection.

As a rule, when buying a stove is not completed with a flexible connecting hose. How to connect a gas stove in such a situation? His need purchase in a special storeand when choosing to observe the following rules:

• the hose must be solid (no joints are allowed);
• to install a gas stove, the length of the hose must be chosen so that there is no tension, that is, with a small margin;
• it is not allowed that after connecting the gas stove to be bent in any place;

• The installation of a gas stove must be carried out using a special gas hose, other types of connections are prohibited.

On sale there are such hoses as rubber, and with a metal casing:

To seal, before installing the gas stove, in the nut should be put washers gaskets from paronitebut not rubber. On the thread is wound either fum tape or elbow 55 thread, which instantly seals the threaded connections.

The rules for installing a gas stove do not recommend the use of flax as a sealant, since by its characteristics it is much inferior to the above-mentioned sealants.

If you are going to connect the gas stove by yourself and bought a gas stove and the oven is electric, then when you install the metallized hose you must use a dielectric coupling.

This is done so that if the metal sheath is accidentally touched to the body of the oven, when the installation of the gas stove is completed, no electrical potential accumulates, which can damage the hose. The unit is connected in the same way if an electric stove is used as the cooking surface, and the oven is installed working on gas or combination cooker.

Plate installation rules

Before installing the gas stove (new), it must be removed from the packaging. First remove the cardboard protective box and pull out the wooden stand on which it was transported from under the stove. Next, do the following.

1. Remove all items that come with the unit: baking tray, wire rack, roaster, pan and others.
2. Screw the legs to the unit in the configuration of the device.
3. Place the device in the place prepared for this. Installation requirements require leaving small wall clearanceto properly connect the gas stove.
4. Installing the unit requires use building level for accurate horizontal positioning of the device. Adjustment is made using the unscrewing legs, which allow you to precisely position the installed unit in a horizontal position.
5. To connect a gas stove with electric ignition, near the installation site of the unit must be located ground outlet.

For clarity, the figures below show the connection diagram of a gas stove.

Using these recommendations and the scheme, you can make a connection not only with the gas stove Hephaestus, Lada, Zanusi, Mora and Darin, but also another model. It should be remembered that only with the correct connection of this device to the gas pipeline in the apartment, with the observance of all requirements, it is possible safe operation. Well, to document the security of the installation, you must call the specialist of the relevant service. In the absence of a stationary pipeline, you can connect the gas stove to the cylinder.