Gas hob to electric

We did, we changed from gas to induction, which allowed us to put hob in another area of the kitchen & allowing the extraction to go straight outside. Luckily my husband had spare 10mm cable, so he re-wired. Best thing we did, I hated cleaning the gas rings. Just wipe with a soapy sponge & dry off- job done.
Also I put paper towel under my pan, if I know it’s going to be a messy pasta sauce, (only induction though).

tanith

Has anyone changed a gas hob to electric? How complicated was it and did it cost an arm and a leg? It’s in a 5 yr old house and I know you need a gas safe engineer to cap off the gas and an electrician for the new hob.

Timely ! Right this minute, the guys are in my kitchen fitting taking out the old gas hob and replacing it with a ceramic electric one.

They are also replacing the 16 yr old gas boiler that runs our heating and hot water. Boiler has developed a fault so we decided to bite the bullet and replace it. This company has serviced our boiler , gas, heating and plumbing for several years, so I trust how reliable and safety conscious they are .

Two days ago they sent their electrical engineer in advance to check and confirm the power supply to our twin electric oven is sufficient to also serve an electric hob.

The new hob we chose cost £240 ; researched on "Which" magazine( I recommend buy a months digital access for about £10 then cancel). Delivered overnight via Amazon. It has proper control knobs you can see and feel. Rejected the models with invisible "touch control" as we both are at risk of future sight deterioration. We also chose ceramic over induction. have long experience of cooking on both, ceramic ( at our other property ) and Induction (at sons house; I hate it his hob). Also, I am very attached to my "Lifetime" pans which won't work on induction (but perfect in ceramic).

Hope that helps. When I get the itemised bill I'll let you know the labour charge for hob removal/installation.

Heating system now drained, water turned off. May be forced to drink wine . Thank god I had a poo earlier.

tanith it might be in case of power cuts? We’ve been able to use our gas hob when the power is off. We have an igniter used for the bbq.

tanith I agree. When I moved to this house in the early 90's it was 8 years old and had a gas hob and electric oven. As I use my air fryer so much, the oven is now another cupboard.

We changed from a gas hob and oven to all electric with an induction hob. It’s so clean after gas.
We did have to have our electrics updated but that wasn’t a problem or too expensive.

That’s good news Grannycool52 as the house I’m moving to is 5 yrs old so fingers crossed it will be relatively easy. I’ve not had a gas hob for 40 odd years and don’t want to start now. I don’t understand why in most of the newish houses I’ve seen they put in a gas hob but an electric oven! Why?

I did this in a modern house. I got an accredited gas engineer to remove the gas hob and an accredited electrician and there were no problems.
The latter told me that the newer houses are fitted with strong enough electricity cables for this to be done easily.

We also changed from gas to induction when we moved here and had the kitchen redesigned. The hob was moved from one side of the kitchen to the other to allow the workspace to flow better. An engineer capped off the gas somewhere and that was that. Induction is definitely the way to go. Clean, fast and very safe for an absent minded old lady to turn her back on!

We changed from a gas to induction hob, then I moved and now have a gas hob. I really miss my induction hob mainly because it was so easy to use and clean. I hope to have one soon as the gas hob is really old and the knobs keep falling off!

Thanks for the info Astitchintime I think a new power supply will be needed I’m just hoping that won’t be problematic.

We changed from a gas hob to an induction hob…..best thing we ever did as you don’t have to worry about fire risk if you remove a pan and forget to turn off the ring immediately. The extractor hood was also too low apparently (already in situ when we moved in).
There was already a power supply and we had an electrician who was recommended by the independent electrical appliance shop where we bought the hob. The gas, as you say, has to be disconnected by a registered engineer.
Fortunately, all our pans were compatible to an induction hob.