Probably more than a little OT, but I couldn't think where else to ask. Hope no-one minds.
I have an electric cooker with a ceramic hob which has cracked. It's not a huge crack, but you can see red-hot through it, just about.
Question one, is it safe?
If it isn't safe I'd like to replace it with a gas cooker (and I might do that anyway if I can find some spare money).
There is a place to plug a gas cooker in, but it has never been used.
I have read that you can connect or disconnect a cooker from these for cleaning, and/or replace a cooker without any fuss but, Question two, if I bought a gas cooker, would that be a new installation, as it has never had a cooker connected before, and would it be safe, legal etc?
-- Peter Fairbrother