Gas hob replacement

[dodgydrains]

Has anyone had any experience with replacing a Gas hob?

My current one is over 10 years old and starting to pack in.

Looking to get one which is slightly bigger at 75cm compared to 68cm.

Any ideas usually if the existing worktop cut out will suffice or needs to be made bigger, making it bigger will be quite close to impossible?

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[UK Sentinel]

I have worked on a couple in my time and usually the cutout suits the Gas hob, if you are adding a slightly larger hob, then you probable will need to take a little extra out of the existing cutout (width) to accommodate.

Measurements of cutout for hobs are usually available online, so try to find the new hob that has the same cutout dimensions or less than your current hob.

Only point you need to consider, is that a new Gas hob may need new gas pipe feeding or modified to it and any Gas work requires a Gas Safe (Corgi) engineer for that aspect, to ensure correct gas flows and leakage etc.  keeps house insurance company happy etc.

I am sure most Gas Engineers are happy to adjust worktops to accommodate size adjustments needed, just make sure they are aware of this before you book them in.

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[dodgydrains]

Thanks, that was my thinking too.  I will be getting a gas safe person to fit it.  Just need to see what options I have for buying a replacement.

Any suggestions or ones to avoid?

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Alas not my area of expertise, but anything along the line of Bosch, Smeg or Zanussi sounds a safe bet, the area I would also consider is if you currently have a 4 burner hob, maybe worth looking at the practicality of a 5 burner hob, we have a RangeMaster cooker which has five burners and the extra burner is very useful.

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