Gas pipe relocation - Condo

[maoshunter]

Hi guys,

Anyone has had any experience in doing gas piping relocation. Spoke to one of the company from the EMA Elise list of Licensed gas workers, they gave a 2k quote to change pipe from one side of the kitchen to the other, which I think is quite high.

Any recommendations?

 

[lousylah]

Read through this thread for your answer :

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/gas-pipe-installation.6490213/

the quotation you got is considered "standard".

 

[maoshunter]

Thanks. Scoured through this thread already. Looks like nobody has shared names of firms/contractors that provide good workmanship with decent prices.

 

[zerodddd]

Thanks. Scoured through this thread already. Looks like nobody has shared names of firms/contractors that provide good workmanship with decent prices.

Hi maoshunter, did you finally find someone to finish the job at a reasonable price?
I need to move the hob in my kitchen. When talking to multiple IDs, I was told this would lead to a charge of 1k-1.3k to a licensed worker/company which was independent from the ID

 

[elvintay07]

For gas work, $1-2k is sibei cheap already. This kind if leak, funeral $20-30k. No joke. If they charge $200 to re-route gas, you dare to hire them? Ask yourself whether there is a real need to shift

 

[ZacharyA]

Hi maoshunter, did you finally find someone to finish the job at a reasonable price?
I need to move the hob in my kitchen. When talking to multiple IDs, I was told this would lead to a charge of 1k-1.3k to a licensed worker/company which was independent from the ID

The rates are clearly listed on Citygas website depending what you need to do.

https://www.cityenergy.com.sg/installation-and-contract-services

 

[zerodddd]

For gas work, $1-2k is sibei cheap already. This kind if leak, funeral $20-30k. No joke. If they charge $200 to re-route gas, you dare to hire them? Ask yourself whether there is a real need to shift

absolutely, whether really needs to shift is the point

I do reno and want to redo the kitchen. The situation is the hob is going to move to the left side, about 0.5m from its original location. Some id tells me need to redo piping and pay the fee, the other tells me no need, just use loose pipe to connect. Any suggestion?

 

[zerodddd]

The rates are clearly listed on Citygas website depending what you need to do.

https://www.cityenergy.com.sg/installation-and-contract-services

thanks. alternation on pipes in condo is not covered by citygas.
instead, a licenced worker is involved

 

[Chalkycliffs]

absolutely, whether really needs to shift is the point

I do reno and want to redo the kitchen. The situation is the hob is going to move to the left side, about 0.5m from its original location. Some id tells me need to redo piping and pay the fee, the other tells me no need, just use loose pipe to connect. Any suggestion?

This depends on where the pipe and valve lever is located on the wall.

If your base cabinet doesn't interfere and there is space to access the pipe & valve lever, then you don't need to relocate it. Just have a longer rubber hose to connect to the hob.

If your base cabinet does interfere with the location, then your ID can only do, 2 things :

1) Redesign (or they should have originally designed the bases cabinet layout to take into account the pipe & valve lever location) the base cabinet layout.

2) Ask you to pay to relocate the pipe & valve lever. Which make me think they didn't even bother to notice the in the first place.

 

[zerodddd]

This depends on where the pipe and valve lever is located on the wall.

If your base cabinet doesn't interfere and there is space to access the pipe & valve lever, then you don't need to relocate it. Just have a longer rubber hose to connect to the hob.

If your base cabinet does interfere with the location, then your ID can only do, 2 things :

1) Redesign (or they should have originally designed the bases cabinet layout to take into account the pipe & valve lever location) the base cabinet layout.

2) Ask you to pay to relocate the pipe & valve lever. Which make me think they didn't even bother to notice the in the first place.

Cool!

I will think about it. Thank you very much for the explanation