Low gas pressure on hob

[cheesethief]

Started happening a couple of days ago, have done the "do nothing & see if it magically sorts itself out" bit. It has not.

Symptoms:
* Very low pressure on all 4 burners, as if each is on the lowest possible setting all the time.
* No smells of escaping gas anywhere.
* Gas fired combi-boiler still works absolutely fine.

Thoughts?

 

[Pickman's model]

Phone your gas supplier

 

[cheesethief]

Phone your gas supplier

I would rather hear peoples' hare-brained, dangerously reckless theories for DIY remediation before resorting to doing anything as sensible as that.

 

[a_chap]

Gas cookers are really simple pieces of equipment so what could possibly go wrong...

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Hit it with a hammer.

 

[19sixtysix]

Probably sign of a huge hidden gas leak and at some point shortly a huge explosion will demolish something

 

[danski]

Have you knocked the valve accidentally (usually in cupboard underneath) and closed it a bit?

 

[telbert]

It's leaking. Call an engineer.

 

[dessiato]

Have you dismantled the burners, cleaned them and tested them again? In my experience there can be a build up of detritus that needs cleaning out.

 

[19sixtysix]

Have you dismantled the burners, cleaned them and tested them again? In my experience there can be a build up of detritus that needs cleaning out.

What a polite way of saying OP has a manky cooker

 

[mauvais]

If you turn on one burner then another, does the first one reduce?

Also do you have a carbon monoxide detector?

 

[dessiato]

What a polite way of saying OP has a manky cooker

I was thinking of some of the gas cookers I've had to deal with.

 

[Supine]

Pick up your keys. Walk out the house. Do not turn any lights on and off. Call a professional from a safe distance.

It's probably just a valve somewhere if you can't smell gas anywhere near your property.

 

[JimW]

Get grandma to come down off the hob, she's too old to ride the range.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It might be a small leak I guess.

Best way to check is have a good look round the back of the cooker - it might be a bit dark there, a cigarette lighter is a handy way of giving yourself a bit more light.

 

[cupid_stunt]

It might be a small leak I guess.

Best way to check is have a good look round the back of the cooker - it might be a bit dark there, a cigarette lighter is a handy way of giving yourself a bit more light.

I think not.

 

[dessiato]

A friend of mine was an officer on a gas tanker. One of the crew went looking for a leak with a lighter. Blew his face off.

 

[two sheds]

You used to be able to order a free safety check. That may have only been last century though.

Eta. They're liable to close off the cooker if there's anything wrong though as I recall.

Eeta. Quite rightly.