1950s(?) gas cooker servicing

[Puddle]

I live near Tooting,I can pop round and help you carry it to a skip if you wish.having heard what you said about grill and looking at burner on hob section ,this appliance should have been removed from it's supply and labeled 'ID",otherwise St Georges is going to have another occupant very soon me thinks or the cemetery across the road !!

As for alleged gas bloke who left on with a bit of tap over grill control ......... report him !!

but other than that ,have no opinion on situation really

imho

 

[Puddle]

While we are on the subject of unsafe appliances, perhaps disposable BBQ's should be banned due to yet another fatality caused one being used on an enclosed space.

No,not banned but would expect a big warning label on the front saying not to be used in confined spaces,as with camp stoves ect as well and the rip off charges made by camp sites ,I would expect big signs of the dangers of using such equipment in side tents and maybe a warden walking round distributing leaflets and checking tents on camp sites ,especially when the weekend weather turns bad and folk are stuck inside tents cold and just thinking of getting warm and not the safety aspects
This is really serious problem that is only now hitting the press

imho

 

[Bernie2]

I don't know why the guys on here keep on trying to tell you to get a new cooker. Many modern cookers are not a patch on the quality of materials used in the old ones. A competent gsr should be able to sort it out in a couple of minutes one way or the other. The burner flame height just looks like the aeration control is out of place or needs adjusting or the burner is partly blocked. A decent service would probably do it.

 

[mountainman]

Agreed B2.

 

[tamz]

A decent service would probably do it.

I agree too. The trick is finding someone who knows how to do one.

 

[Puddle]

So.is anyone here saying a service will defiantly sort out the problems on this 50 odd year cooker ? because to full service on this cooker is going to cost over £ 150 in Tooting and that is being conservative and if not sorted ,you can not get parts ,so a new cooker will be required,so now we have spent over £150 and still have to pay for a new cooker

 

[tamz]

I agree with you too Puddle.
Even if they find someone who can do it it won't be cheap and no guarantee of it being returned to full serviceable condition but only the man standing in front of the job can answer that.

 

[keltoyboy]

agree with both puddle and tamz.....but if the guy is determined to keep his classic cooker....gotta be a bit like a classic car....you just gotta throw buckets of money at it and nurture it!!! 🙂

 

[Bernie2]

We are all right probably, it just comes down to cost as usual. Must admit I do not like some of the modern stuff, not because it doesn't look right, its just that the matériels they are made of seem fairly weak. On some the stove enamel you can virtually see through it, it is so thin. I had a 3 month old well known make in which the burner glass lid hinge which operated the burners safety shut off valve broke. Taken apart the inner workings had disintegrated being that cheap grey alloy stuff. It also burnt nearly everything put in its oven.

But as said if the cooker is wearing badly is it worth renewing?