AMC & Care
Annual Gas Maintenance, Hob & Hood Service and Shifting Support
Most gas emergencies are preventable, and most preventable faults show up during a routine annual check: a hardening hose, a corroding joint, a jet starting to clog. This is the catch-all service for everything that is not a breakdown — planned maintenance, chimney and hood work, and safe disconnection and reconnection when you shift home.
Call us if you notice
- No gas service done in over a year
- Shifting home and needing safe disconnection or reconnection
- Chimney or hood suction dropped noticeably
- New kitchen commissioned and needing a first safety check
- Society or landlord requesting a gas installation check
- Wanting a scheduled annual maintenance arrangement
What the visit covers
- Full annual inspection of appliance, hose, regulator and line
- Preventive burner and jet cleaning before faults develop
- Chimney and hood filter servicing and suction check
- Safe disconnection, capping and reconnection when shifting
- Written summary of anything that needs attention
- Reminder scheduling for the next service
Why it is worth fixing rather than replacing
The parts that actually fail on gas appliances — jets, nozzles, ignition electrodes, thermocouples, knob spindles, gaskets, regulators — are inexpensive and individually replaceable. The appliance body, which is the expensive part, almost never fails. That is why replacing a whole stove or hob for an ignition fault is usually the wrong call, and why Sunny will tell you honestly when something genuinely is beyond economical repair rather than selling you work that will not last.
Every visit includes a safety check
Whatever the booked job, the visit finishes with a soap-solution leak test across the joints, valves and hose, plus a flame check on every burner. Gas work that skips this step is not finished work. If something outside the booked job needs attention, you are told about it and given the cost — not charged for it unannounced.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does an annual gas maintenance visit cover?
A full check of the appliance, hose, regulator and accessible pipework, preventive cleaning of burners and jets, flame tuning, and a leak test across the installation. You get told about anything starting to wear before it becomes a breakdown.
I am shifting home. Can you disconnect and reconnect the stove?
Yes. The line is safely isolated and capped at the old flat, and reconnected, leak-tested and flame-checked at the new one. It is worth booking both ends together so the kitchen is usable the day you move in.
Do you service kitchen chimneys and hoods as well?
Yes — filter cleaning or replacement, motor and suction check, and duct inspection. A choked chimney over a gas hob is both a performance and a ventilation problem, so it is worth doing alongside the stove service.