Gas Hob advice wanted

[F5 Dave]

Ok peoples who might be in the know.
I have an old, probably 600mm Gas Hob setup. By & large it mostly works, I mean flames come out & stuff I put on gets hot & cooks. One the knob is stiff & one the igniter has been out & we manually light it since we moved in 10yrs ago, but no drama.

My primary concern is our daughter turning it on. She’s been cracking eggs into frying pans, its only time before she wants to try work the stove.

It has no flame safe feature. So best we buy one that does.

Looking online there seems to be a huge disparity in prices & spending over a grand is quite easy. At the other end of the market is Evedure at Bunnings for a paltry 300 notes which still looks as swish in the pictures as anything else.


A lot of these look like they came from the same factory with different brand names.
So, should I blow a cool grand on a more expensive one? What am I paying for?
Will the cheap one stay safe, reliable & flame safe thingy be able to be counted on?

Will the gasfitter lambaste me for buying some inferior dangerous bit of kit?



And what would I pay to have it swapped out? Is it a $100 job, or a $400 job? Or am I still insulting someone?


Thanks.

[JimO]

dont buy parmco

[F5 Dave]

oh. Just discovered them & seems to be NZ so was looking good.

Is this a general consensus?

[Akzle]

ideally, buy expensive, european.

tradesmen bill time. the less time you fuck him around the less it hurts you. if you can turn off the gas and remove the old one then so much the better.

not all gasfitters are carpenters and vicey versey. find one that is.

teach your kid to work with what's got. there's sfa merit in doing what's safe and easy.

[FJRider]

oh. Just discovered them & seems to be NZ so was looking good.

Is this a general consensus?

Find a Gas fitter ... Yellow pages .. ?? and get knowledgeable advice.

[BMWST?]

then you will find out if its a 400 dollar job or a 100 dollar job without insulting anyone.If you supply it they wont want to know you if something goes wrong with the hob

[F5 Dave]

dont buy parmco

So what weight do I give this? - Because they fired you and you hate them and the daughter of the bossman rebuffed your affection?


Or a real reason.
Don't be shy.

[jellywrestler]

So what weight do I give this? - Because they fired you and you hate them and the daughter of the bossman rebuffed your affection?


Or a real reason.
Don't be shy.

any parmco device i've worked on has been shite, from an electricians point of view
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[HenryDorsetCase]

We have a SMEG gas top from around 15 years ago. Also 600mm. It is fed by a gas bottle from under the bench which was acceptable when installed but is unacceptable now. So, if your current one has a bottle under bench, you will have to relocate the bottle outside or connect to reticulated gas. Just so you know. Talking to a plumber earlier this week and gasfitting is now its own pretty much separate thing.

I have no preference as to brand but one of the things you might consider is binning it and going induction. Yes its two grand. Make sure your pots will work with it, but having used one they seem very controllable and decent heat.

I have a standalone gas ring connected to a bottle outside because I like to cook meat outside and I want the motherfucker to roar like a jet engine when I want heat..... which doesn't help you.... but consider 900mm and one of those elliptical rings that will toast a bagel at 1000 ft.

A lot of my clients (asian) have two kitchens - one outside and one inside which is an excellent solution.

[jellywrestler]

what's your gas connection, fixed or bayonet, if it's bayonet it might be user swap over ring billy at ABL plumbing and tell him i sent you

[F5 Dave]

Thanks Spyda, good enough advice for me, I'll steer clear.

(Edit) haha, I meant for the last post, it reads bad if I don't explain.

[F5 Dave]

Its a Smeg and fitted perminent for what I can see (nothing). No bottles. Pre shut off solenoid.

[F5 Dave]

We have a SMEG gas top from around 15 years ago. Also 600mm. It is fed by a gas bottle from under the bench which was acceptable when installed but is unacceptable now. So, if your current one has a bottle under bench, you will have to relocate the bottle outside or connect to reticulated gas. Just so you know. Talking to a plumber earlier this week and gasfitting is now its own pretty much separate thing.

I have no preference as to brand but one of the things you might consider is binning it and going induction. Yes its two grand. Make sure your pots will work with it, but having used one they seem very controllable and decent heat . . .

The extra grand is the grand I'm trying to corral for RD400 fund. Well kinda out of different cost centres but its still a grand more than a grand.

[jellywrestler]

you could fit an electrical soleniod and an isolating switch, wont be cheap though, what about a guard to stop her fiddling, or teach her to cook in the microwave...

[Laava]

dont buy parmco

I second this, Parmco are shit products badly backed up.
When I replaced mine, the gasfitter, who is an aquaintance made a point of saying, " why didnt you ask me what I think?" He would have strongly recommended not getting Parmco and spending a bit more...