How to change a gas stove to an electric one in an apartment

Today, some consumers dream of using an electric stove instead of an outdated gas analogue model, explaining this decision with some advantages: new generation electric stoves have a wide range of automatic cooking programs, there is no open fire, and there is no need to monitor the gas pressure. We will tell you how to replace a gas stove with an electric one in a house where all apartments are gasified.

Do I need permission?

Everything that is written in the apartment passport, when moved or replaced, relates to redevelopment, therefore any technical changes must be approved by the relevant authorities with the issuance of official permission.

Important! Each owner who has unauthorizedly made various reinstallations is subject to administrative penalties (Law of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, Art. 29).

The gas stove must be indicated on the plan of the technical inventory bureau (BTI), registered in the registration certificate of the house and apartment, therefore, it is necessary to notify the relevant organizations about replacing it with another product, and coordinate this redevelopment with them.

Dismantling of gas equipment

Only MOSGAZ specialists have the right to turn off the gas stove and dismantle the gas supply pipes.

This event must be formalized by an act, which is provided to the acceptance committee of the Moscow Housing Inspectorate, and without it, the act of completed reconstruction will not be issued.

According to clause 3.22 of the Moscow standard for the operation of the housing stock ZhNM-2004/03, approved and put into effect by decree of the Moscow Government dated November 2, 2004 (No. 758-PP), when dismantling gas appliances, sections of gas pipelines are cut off, freed from gas and welded tightly.

This means that the main work on dismantling gas equipment and sealing the tube will be carried out at the neighbors’ place.

Welding a gas pipe

Most likely, this event will require not only their approval, but also additional costs.

• You can submit an application for the dismantling of a gas pipe in writing by contacting JSC "MOSGAZ" at the address: Moscow, Mruzovsky lane, 11, building 2 (Kurskaya metro station), by phone +7 (495) 660- 20-01, as well as on the company’s website.

The service manager will call you back and agree on a date for the work to be completed.

Where to begin

First of all, you need to pay attention to the capabilities of the electrical network. Typically, for electric stoves, a power of 10 kW is considered sufficient (minimum - 8). In old-plan houses, the average load is up to 5 kilowatts. The owner of the apartment will need to contact Energosbyt at his place of residence and inquire about the likelihood of increasing electricity capacity. If a higher load is not possible, you will have to purchase a new cable yourself and negotiate with power engineers to have specialists install it.

Advice! An alternative could be a low-power (2 - 2.5 kW) electric stove with two burners.

Premium cooktops and ranges

If you are just selecting kitchen appliances, pay attention to SMEG brand products. The corresponding section of our website presents ultra-modern surfaces with gas, electric and induction burners (heating zones can be from 1 to 6). High-quality materials are used to cover the desktop: enameled steel, tempered glass and glass ceramics. There are models with touch and mechanical controls (rotary switches).

You can choose a hob of any size: 30, 45, 60, 75 or 90 cm wide. Many devices are equipped with a WOK burner, which allows you to cook traditional Asian dishes. Induction surfaces with integrated hood (installed in the center of the desktop) are available for order. Multifunctional cooking centers (for example, models TR4110BL1 and CPF9GPR) have high performance and a lot of additional options. Even professional chefs will appreciate their capabilities.

Redevelopment development

To change a gas appliance to an electric one, you will need a new floor plan. All changes must be made to the technical passport. The project must be completed before all work begins.

Great luck for the owner who decides to replace the hobs will be the failure of the entire entrance (or better yet, the house) from gas appliances. In this case, dismantling the slabs and pipes will be easier. But, as practice has shown, many residents do not consider it necessary to switch to an electrical installation.

Possible difficulties

Owners of private houses are lucky in this regard: they can install any equipment, as long as they do not exceed the permissible power consumption of electricity. But replacing a gas surface with an electric one in a high-rise apartment is much more difficult. The problem is that the presence of gas appliances is recorded in a number of official documents, including the apartment plan and the registration certificate of the house. Therefore, to legally change equipment, you need to obtain permission from the relevant structures. For example, dismantling of an old slab can only begin after agreement with the fire service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Registration of necessary papers for reinstallation of an electric stove

The house does not have the necessary power grid capacity to install electrical equipment. You will need to prepare a document on balancing and operating the power system. To resolve this issue, contact the local energy supply company. A certificate for the use of an electrical installation is obtained from Rostechnadzor.

If you want not to overpay for electricity, you should contact Rostechnadzor. Apartments with electric stoves have the right to benefit from preferential electricity tariffs. They are usually 70% smaller than others. However, electricity supply organizations often do not give permission to reduce fees, citing the fact that a gasified house has a regular tariff.

Also, for a reduced tariff, the consent of neighbors is required. To do this, a meeting of residents of the entire house is held and they vote. To cancel the problem, you need to get 2/3 of the votes. However, you should not rely on the support of the people living next to you. Many will be against installing a lower cost of electricity on anyone on principle. Therefore, be prepared to go to court.

Dismantling a gas stove and connecting an electrical appliance

GorGaz is responsible for disconnecting residential premises from gas supplies. You will need to come here with a technical passport and write a statement about the failure of the gas stove. The organization for the supply of “blue fuel” will send craftsmen. They will remove the pipes through which gas was supplied to the stove and install a plug. Officially, housing is considered cut off from gas supply after the act is signed.

Plug on gas pipe

If the apartment is not on the top floor, it will not be possible to completely remove the gas riser, since gas flows through a common pipe to other dwellings, the owners of which do not intend to exchange gas stoves for electrical equipment

Important! When installing an electric stove, you will need a separate cable and a three-phase socket.

Do I need to replace my gas stove at all?

Electrical equipment is safer; such stoves produce less soot. Many modern models of electric stoves are equipped with a large number of built-in automatic programs, which simplifies the cooking process.

Electric model

But it turns out that making such a replacement is not at all so easy. After reading about all the difficulties that you will have to face, you can decide for yourself whether you need to change your gas stove. Such reinstallation is one of the most difficult manipulations to renovate an apartment. Let's figure out why this happens.

Is it possible without approval?

Replacing the stove yourself is considered illegal and is fraught with many problems. Imagining the future troubles, many decide to take the easy way out by turning off the tap on the gas pipe and replacing the stoves (from gas to electric) on their own. Do not forget that such arbitrariness is considered illegal and can bring many problems. In the future we expect:

• the possibility of a loose valve fit and gas leakage;
• fire of wiring in case of excessive load on the electrical system;
• the difficulty of selling an apartment in the future without the appropriate documents for redevelopment;
• responsibility for independent dismantling and arrangement in apartment buildings.

Fines have been established for illegal changes in housing layout; the minimum penalty is 2,000 rubles . In the event of a switchboard fire due to the fault of the electric stove installer, in addition to monetary sanctions, you will need to replace the wiring and pay for repairs. In case of fire or explosion of domestic gas, criminal liability is provided.

If you decide to replace a gas installation with an electric one, you should not be afraid of contacting special bureaus. After all, home improvement is done for many years.

Advice! If someone does not have time to run through the authorities, they can entrust this matter to a knowledgeable specialist. A knowledgeable lawyer will quickly resolve all issues and sign the necessary documentation.

How to properly give up gas in your apartment and switch to an electric stove?!

It is possible, but the process is lengthy:

Before making a decision to abandon gas in an apartment, it is important to study the design of this apartment or other residential premises. You should carefully, including involving professionals, study the capabilities of the electrical network of the premises. In an apartment building that was originally designed to use gas, as a rule, the design load on the electrical networks does not allow installing an electric stove instead of a gas one. Therefore, it is imperative, if you act legally, to install and arrange new electrical wiring that corresponds to the new equipment used.

In an apartment building, in order to replace the wiring, in addition to preparing the project, the written consent of the majority of people living in the building will be required, which can be obtained at a general meeting.

The prepared project with the signatures of the residents is sent to the appropriate authorities in order to approve the redevelopment, since this redevelopment is considered just a redevelopment. Mandatory organizations when coordinating refurbishment are the management company, the housing inspection, and organizations involved in the sale of gas and electricity. Only after all the necessary permits have been obtained can you proceed to the next stage - dismantling the gas stove and, if possible, the pipe supplying gas to the room.

To carry out work, you should contact a specialized organization that has the appropriate license.

In our country, work with gas equipment is subject to mandatory licensing. The peculiarity of this stage is that removing the “blue” fuel supply pipe in a gasified apartment building is very difficult and, as a rule, impossible. Therefore, when deciding to change the energy source, you should pay attention to this aspect. Professionally performed dismantling of gas equipment means that there will be no problems in the further operation of the premises. If the gas supply pipe remains in the room, it must be inspected at least once every six months to detect gas leaks, which only a licensed organization has the right to carry out. Each locality has its own, determined by local authorities.

The next stage is the arrangement of electrical wiring, if required by the developed and agreed upon project, and installation of electrical equipment. Installing an electric stove or replacing the wiring is a type of work that must be carried out by specialists. This is very important because electricity, if used improperly, can cause harm to human health, even death. Accordingly, when choosing a contractor that will install electrical equipment, you should pay attention to whether it has a license to carry out electrical work, as well as whether its employees have permission to work with electricity of the corresponding category.

What is common to the stages of dismantling and installation of new equipment under consideration is that upon completion, a certificate of completion must be drawn up, which indicates the contractor, the types of work performed, the contractor, the warranty period, and the signatures of the parties handing over and accepting the scope of work. Attached to the act are copies of licenses to carry out this type of work and specialist approvals certified by the contractor.

The documents discussed in the previous paragraph will be required for the next stage of re-equipment, namely contacting the appropriate authorities to commission the electric stove and wiring. Such authorities are Rostechnadzor, an organization involved in the sale of electricity, a technical inventory bureau of local governments, and a management company. At this stage, the state supervisory function in the field of energy supply to the population ends. The further method of payment for electricity and the refusal to consume gas fuel is also determined.

All the steps outlined above are mandatory, and they must be performed only in the sequence stated.

Good luck to you in this difficult matter.

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Pros of redevelopment

Comparing electric and gas stoves, you can identify many advantages of the first option. Modern electric stoves are very convenient to use - with their help you can prepare not only food for every day, but also culinary masterpieces of particular complexity. By replacing a gas device with an electric one, you will also notice other advantages.

1. There are no pipes and a huge gas meter that do not add ambience to the interior of the kitchen.
2. According to health officials, the electric stove is safer for the health of users. During its operation, oxygen is not burned out of the air in the room, so you can install a less powerful exhaust system.
3. A very convenient and practical oven with grill installation, which has more functionality. It is easy to clean; there is no need to check whether the burner has gone out to prevent a dangerous accumulation of the gas mixture inside the device.
4. Simple adjustment of cooking temperature conditions - this process in electric stoves is supported by automation.
5. All dishes are prepared faster and with excellent quality.

Why change?

The replacement is due to several reasons. Let's look at the main ones.

• Redevelopment of an apartment that requires increasing free space. Electric stoves and induction cooktops are often smaller than their gas counterparts. Plus, gas supply pipes are removed from the walls. They are difficult to fit into the kitchen interior, just like massive gas meters. We have to make boxes and other decorative elements so that such details do not spoil the overall picture.
• Many housewives explain the need for such castling by the ease of using an electric stove: modern models have many automatic cooking programs. It is clear that the hassle in the kitchen in this case is significantly reduced.
• The oven causes a lot of complaints about the gas stove: it is difficult to adjust it to the required temperature. However, now more and more combined models are appearing, when gas burners are combined with an electric oven.

• Concern for the safety of the apartment: there is no open fire in electric stoves and hobs, so you don’t have to worry about a gas leak and subsequent explosion. In addition, such devices do not burn oxygen during operation, which is important in conditions of difficult ventilation.

On a note. An induction cooker also runs on electricity, but it differs from a conventional electric household appliance in its operating principle. Induction currents do not heat the surface of the burner, but the dishes standing on it. Such equipment is expensive, but it is economical, heats up quickly, and you cannot get burned on it.

It is worth noting the disadvantages of electric stoves:

• Higher price compared to gas analogues.
• The working surface of electric stoves, made of glass ceramics, requires careful handling. To extend its service life, use dishes with a flat bottom.
• Gas in houses is rarely turned off, but a power outage is a fairly common occurrence, especially if the apartment is located outside the city limits. In this case, it will be impossible to cook anything or even boil water.

Some tend to exaggerate the impact of electromagnetic induction on the human body. In fact, all household appliances, including those in the kitchen, are completely safe for others.

Some disadvantages of such changes

But not everything is so simple with these products: experts call them the most energy-consuming household appliances for the kitchen, although many have class A. For all the positive qualities of the newest electric stoves, they also have negative sides.

1. If you buy a modern electric stove with a glass-ceramic coating, you will need to use special cookware. For durable contact with such a surface, only dishes with a perfectly flat bottom are suitable.
2. Certain difficulties and technical nuances during installation: you need to involve specialists. Not all users can install a special cable with the required cross-section from the switchboard to the location of the new stove, or install a powerful 380 V outlet on their own.
3. Sudden power outages will leave you without hot food for a long time.
4. Blue fuel in any region of the Russian Federation is much cheaper than electricity, even when it is paid at a reduced rate - you will have to put up with rising utility bills.
5. Electric stoves of the new generation are a very serious technology that requires appropriate treatment. When working with it, you must follow all the requirements of the operating instructions, otherwise damage to the stove cannot be avoided.