need a tame plumber/gas fitter - I think?

[littlelara]

Hi all
we recently bought a new stove (90 cm, cream coloured, shiny, very excited) and it's due to be delivered this weekend with a new range hood.
My problem is thus: Where the stove is due to go we currently have a gas cooktop with cupboards underneath. So for starters we need someone to chop up our benches and make room (may be ok, one of the mums in my mumsgroup has a partner who is a chippie, so he may be able to help). But we're also going to need someone to disconnect the current stove and install the new one (so I guess a sparkie / gasfitter if one exists?).
The only quote I have so far is to disconnect the original cooktop only, and that was $300. We kind of blew the budget on the actual stove, so really can't afford to pay through the nose now.
I have no idea how to go about organising this, who to speak to, I don't really know what I'm talking about and my head hurts just thinking about it all.
Can anyone help?
Much obliged

[littlelara]

anyone?

[Karina]

ooooh a new stove - I love new appliances!

Is the new stove a gas stove or electric?
If its gas then yeah you will need to have a gasfitter to do it. Lots of plumbers do gasfitting work too. If you have the gas cook top already then you'd obviously have a gas outlet there already and you should be able to just use it for the new stove however the gasfitter should check it to make sure its ok enough to service your new stove. The exact logistics of it really depends on where on the oven the gas connector thing is (ie: at the top, or at the bottom) and the make/model of the stove as differnt manufactors can differ apparently. I'm guessing the gas stove will also be connected to electricity to power the light, the ignition etc. I dont know, I suppose the gasfitter could sort that out too?

If its electric then you'll need a sparkie to do it. I dont know if you'd need a gasfitter also to remove the current one - probably? I believe the stove needs to be put on a seperate circuit to other things, and it usually needs to be hardwired into the wall, its not just a power point plug that you plug into the wall, so you'd def need a sparkie for that.

I want to get a new stove too (i think mine is about to pack it in really soon!) but it all just seems to hard and I cant be bothered dealing with it at the moment, LOL!!!