Charge To Connect

[pastafreak]

Out of curiosity, what would an electrician charge to connect a cooker?

[emmie]

is your cooker under guarantee?

[Zacs-Master]

Probably about £60/70. Depending where you live ie remote / city centre locations may be more.

[Mamyalynne]

It's a very simple job, you need to know their call out charge first.

Get a couple of quotes.

[pastafreak]

I was considering ordering from Argos...their delivery, installation and recycling is about £80. Intially I thought that was a lot, but doesnt seem too bad now.

[Buenchico]

Connecting an electric cooker to an existing power supply is no harder than wiring a 13A plug. I'd do it myself.

However if you want to see some actual prices people have paid (or been quoted) for the job, take a look at this Mumsnet thread from 2015:
https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2513376-to-connect-my-new-electric-cooker-myself

[pastafreak]

There's no way I'd do it myself. Aside from being inept, I'd worry about invalidating any guarantee.

[hc4361]

My council would charge £30 to take my old cooker away and electrician will charge you at least £40. I'd go with the Argos offer

[dannyk13]

Not long ago I had a new electric cooker connected and, apart from connecting the cooker,new regulations required a separate fuse box, not so quite a simple job.Also if an electrical job is done by someone other than a qualified electrician the job must be inspected by the said qualified electrician. A NAPIT Certificate is required.

[dannyk13]

Information regarding the above can be found in the Requirements for Electrical Installations-BS 7671 (IEE Wiring Regulations)

[Buenchico]

>>> Also if an electrical job is done by someone other than a qualified electrician the job must be inspected by the said qualified electrician

Only if a new circuit is required. It's perfectly legal to change a socket, ceiling rose or light switch on your own, as it is to wire in a cooker to an existing circuit (or, more accurately, spur).

[dannyk13]

Chris. wiring a cooker these days requires a separate fuse box.Check the regulations.

[hc4361]

pastafreak probably has the required fusebox and cabling

[Buenchico]

I agree, Danny, but the question isn't about 'wiring' a cooker but 'connecting' one.

I'm assuming (and I'll bet that Argos are, given the price they've quoted) that the fuse box and its associated wiring are already in place, meaning that the cooker simply needs to be connected to the existing power point on the kitchen wall.

[dannyk13]

All ok if that is ,I am just going by what my electrician(by the way not the one who carried out the work) that these new regs required a separate fuse box which would be subject to a ten yearly examination.

[Jackdaw33]

I have an electric cooker by default as there is no gas supply to my flat. I don't like it; it is so much easier to cook things on a gas hob rather than an electric one, I feel so much more in control.

[dannyk13]

Twas ever thus Jack.Gas is easier to control.I still have a gas hob.

[Jackdaw33]

I believe you can buy gas hobs which fit on top of the electric cooker and run on Calor gas. I might look into that.

[dannyk13]

Some here Jack, but not cheap.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/2-burner-gas-hob

[hc4361]

Jackdaw, I have an induction hob and it is just as instantly controllable as gas

[EDDIE51]

If your kitchen already has a 'cooker point' which most do, it is just as easy as connecting a plug. Just connect the 3 wires to the cooker point just as you connect a plug.
A cooker point is already connected to the fuse box
( now called a consumer unit) so you don't need to worry about that part.