Gas Appliances
It is a legal requirement that your gas appliances – whether natural gas or LPG – are fitted by a Gas Safe Registered engineer, or other HSE-approved class, due to the dangers gas appliances can pose.
This applies to both domestic and commercial properties. A Gas Safe identity card should be produced by a Gas Safe Registered engineer in order to prove they are competent to service your gas appliances, or, alternatively, they can be validated by the online Gas Safe Register.
Nova Catering Repairs are fully certified to work with a range of equipment - including gas equipment - and can safely install your commercial kitchen gas appliances for you.
There are a few regulations for gas oven installation that need to be followed by a commercial kitchen looking to fit a gas cooker.
Firstly, gas cookers need a minimum of 20mm of free space on either side, unless stated otherwise by the manufacturer guide, and adequate clearing from any combustible items or surfaces. A minimum of 50mm should be kept between the back of the cooker and the wall, and 500mm from a window or door. This is to prevent the likelihood of accidents if your gas cooker breaks down. Furthermore, gas appliances must have proper ventilation, including range hoods, which must be at least 600mm above the cooking appliance, and exhaust fans, which should be placed 750 mm above the appliance. A fitting certificate can be issued to confirm your gas appliance complies with regulations.
Gas cookers must be fitted by a Gas Safe-Registered engineer, and pass an annual Gas Safe inspection, carried out by a Gas Safe Registered engineer.
A Gas Safe Registered engineer can be anyone who is competent to work with gas appliances, and is Gas Safe Registered to prove this.
A Gas Safe engineer is necessary for the connection and disconnection of a gas cooker, since it means working directly with gas pipes, whether that be natural gas or LPG (liquid petroleum gas) tanks. It is a government requirement in the UK according to the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 Act that “the open end(s) of any metal pipe(s) from which a gas fitting has been disconnected should be sealed with an appropriate metal fitting”.
Therefore, correctly disconnecting an old or unwanted gas cooker requires working with gas pipes - a job which can only be undertaken by a Gas Safe Registered engineer.
A second-hand gas appliance can be installed and used by a commercial catering business, as long as it adheres to certain safety requirements and is installed by a Gas Safe Registered engineer.
These safety requirements include, but are not limited to: components of the gas appliance must be in working order, as to avoid gas or dangerous fumes leaking; gas shut off devices must work swiftly and effectively; flames from grills should not exceed the length of grill and surface temperatures of your gas appliance should not be dangerously high; seals on the oven door must work; the appliance must be stable when free-standing.
A CE mark on the gas appliance proves it conforms to EU regulations – however, this is valid for the time it was manufactured, so it is worth having a Gas Safe Registered engineer perform a maintenance check to ensure your second-hand appliance fulfils the full list of safety checks.
For the complete list of safety checks, your gas cooking appliance must meet, see here.
Nova Catering Installation
Whether you’re in need of a repair, installation, maintenance check, or perhaps a combination of the three, one call to Nova Catering Repairs can see your commercial kitchen return to its usual productivity. We offer fast response times, and 24/7 emergency response*, in order to achieve this. Being Gas, Electric, and Refrigeration certified, Nova Catering Repairs can work on all types of commercial catering equipment.
We service all commercial catering equipment within the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Worcester, Coventry, and Gloucester postcodes.
In order to achieve the highest quality service, the engineers at Nova Catering Repairs are manufacturer trained, and supplied with a complete, universal van stock to assist with their repairs.
Alongside our customer service motivated office team, Nova Catering Repairs uses job management software to ensure your experience with us is as refined as possible.
Our engineers retrain in conjunction to new equipment releases, so will be familiar with all types of commercial catering equipment. For these reasons, and many more, Nova Catering Repairs is trusted by local councils, NHS, and celebrity chefs.
Nova Catering Repairs are specialists in commercial catering repair, and our engineering team holds decades of experience.
During these years, they have formed working relationships with leading parts suppliers and their technical teams, and can draw on these provisions to aid their repairs.
Not only will these facilitate a fast and reliable repair, but by taking photos and videos of your repair, Nova Catering Repairs hope to offer our customers total peace of mind whilst working with us.
Nova Catering Repairs do not sell new equipment, therefore we do not offer a biased service, and will never push for new equipment purchases where a repair is sufficient. We moreover offer regular equipment servicing to ensure your equipment does not face unnecessary downtime.
*24/7 emergency response is subject to contract terms.