The connection to the gas supply from the mains ,on our current one is by a flexible hose - the type where you push in turn and it clicks into place . The other end which is connected to the cooker screws on , i think .
Would our new gas cooker gas connection be more than likely the same , which we could do ourself ? . I cant see from the specification what connection it has .
Or do we pay for connection on delivery which is a service which they provide for a fee of course .
Unless you have certificates I don't think you should attempt gas installations. Sadly part of the annoyance in getting a new cooker is getting someone to connect it.
Were anything to go wrong and say an explosion occur, you're having done the connection might invalidate your insurance.
I would go along with what Mosaic says. We recently had a cooker fitted and were told that it had to be installed by a gas safe engineer. They don't just install it but check out all the cooker and check for leaks. As Mosaic says the hard part is getting someone to come out just to install it.
There's an awful lot of confusion over gas cookers Baz. Your bayonet connection is really there for an existing installation where you may need to disconnect for cleaning etc.
New installations must be by a Gas-Safe guy. Quite often, this involves changing a rigid pipe supply over to a bayonet type.
Is plugging in a new cooker a new installation? There's the confusion.
The accepted wisdom is to treat it as new. As with most things, gas cookers aren't terribly sophisticated. It may already have a fault. The bayonet valve may be sticky. A Gas-Safer would check all this out.