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How to hire a cooker engineer in the UK
The checks, the questions and the paperwork.

No register applies to cooker engineers. Check for a recall, agree diagnosis and parts prices first, and know where gas and wiring rules start.

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THE 60-SECOND VERSION

Hiring a cooker engineer in five steps

  1. Gas or electric?Gas cookers need a Gas Safe engineer whose card covers cookers.
  2. Search the recall listBefore paying.
  3. Find the model numberUsually on the door frame.
  4. Let it coolOven off and cold before the visit.
  5. Smell gas? StopTurn off the supply and leave it to a Gas Safe engineer.

BEFORE YOU BOOK

Check before you book

No register applies

No licence or register applies to cooker engineers in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland: the cooker repair of a plug-in electrical appliance is not regulated work. The law steps in for gas appliances and for new fixed wiring.

Ask for a business name, the insurer and a written diagnosis before the cooker repair goes ahead.

Product recall check

The Office for Product Safety and Standards publishes product safety alerts, reports and recalls on gov.uk, searchable by category including electrical appliances. Some faults are fixed free under a recall, which saves paying for the cooker repair; a paid repair is covered by the Consumer Rights Act 2015 instead.

Search your oven or cooker's make and model on the recall list before you book. gov.uk →

Gas Safe Register for gas appliances

If the appliance runs on gas, the 1998 Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations and Northern Ireland's 2004 Regulations restrict paid work on it to engineers on the Gas Safe Register, and the back of their ID card must list that appliance type. That covers the whole of a gas cooker repair.

For a gas appliance, check the engineer's licence by text to 85080 or on 0800 408 5500 before the cooker repair. gassaferegister.co.uk →

Fixed wiring is electrical work

The cooker repair stops at the appliance. A new cooker circuit, spur or socket is electrical installation work that must meet the Building Regulations in England and Wales, and notifiable work — near a bath or shower, and in Wales in kitchens too — needs an electrician on a competent person scheme or building control.

If the cooker repair reveals a wiring fault, book a registered electrician and ask for the certificate. electricalcompetentperson.co.uk →

VAT

Oven and cooker repair is standard-rated at 20%, for electric and gas cookers alike. Once a business's taxable turnover goes over £90,000 it must be registered, and the VAT then goes on the quote as its own line.

Ask the cooker engineer whether the diagnosis fee includes VAT, and for the VAT number. gov.uk →

“Is my cooker gas, and are you Gas Safe registered for cookers?”

A good answer: For gas, a licence number and cookers on the card.

“What has failed in the cooker — element, fan, thermostat or board?”

A good answer: A plain diagnosis.

“What is the full cooker repair price?”

A good answer: Part and labour before ordering.

“Is the diagnosis fee credited?”

A good answer: A plain yes or no.

“Does the cooker circuit itself need work?”

A good answer: If so, a registered electrician.

“What guarantee do you give on the cooker repair?”

A good answer: A period for parts and labour.

Getting the quote right

  • Diagnosis fee
  • Part and labour
  • Gas Safe engineer for gas work
  • Guarantee
  • Who actually attends — the cooker engineer, Gas Safe for a gas cooker, employed or subcontracted
  • The VAT number, with VAT at 20% on its own line

Walk away if

  • Works on a gas cooker with no Gas Safe card
  • Rewires the cooker point with no certificate
  • Parts ordered without a price
  • No guarantee
LOW
£70
TYPICAL
£120
HIGH
£300

What a cooker engineer costs: £70–£300 per repair

Oven and cooker repairs are priced as diagnosis plus part and labour; gas work by a Gas Safe engineer can cost more. Oven & Cooker Repair price guide →

Guide prices compiled by the Locufy team from published Irish and UK provider price lists and 2026/27 cost guides. Updated 2026.

KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR? NOW FIND ONE

Cooker engineers near you, with the badges that matter shown

ID checked, trader status and one score from every review — on the card, before you message anyone. Nearest first. No account needed to look.

Or post the job free and let them come to you.

  1. IsolatePower off; for gas, the supply isolated by the engineer.
  2. DiagnoseElements, fan and controls tested.
  3. RepairPart replaced.
  4. Gas checksFor gas, burners and connections checked.
  5. TestOven heated to its setting.

Element
The electric heating part in an oven.
Fan motor
Circulates heat in a fan oven.
Thermostat
Holds the oven temperature.
Bayonet fitting
The gas connector a freestanding cooker plugs into.
Cooker circuit
The dedicated electrical supply to a cooker.
Gas Safe card
The registered engineer's ID, with categories on the back.

AFTER

When the job is done

Heat the ovenCheck it reaches the setting.
Gas recordFor a gas cooker, keep the engineer's record.
Keep the invoicePart and guarantee.
Review it honestlyYour review of the cooker repair is tied to a real booking. Under four stars, you can send the problem with the cooker repair to the cooker engineer first and we follow it up; then the review goes live.

STEP 1Tell the cooker engineer, in writingRaise it with the cooker engineer in writing while it is fresh. The cooker repair came with a legal promise of reasonable care and skill under the 2015 Act; ask for the shortfall to be fixed at no cost, and if it cannot be, for an appropriate refund.
STEP 2Use the make-it-right stepA score under four stars opens the make-it-right step: you choose whether the cooker engineer gets the chance to put the cooker repair right first, and we chase it to an end before you publish.
STEP 3Trading Standards, through the helplinesA cooker engineer who will not engage can be reported through the consumer helplines, which pass cases to Trading Standards — Citizens Advice (0808 223 1133) in England and Wales, Advice Direct Scotland (0808 800 9060), Consumerline (0300 123 6262) in Northern Ireland.
STEP 4Small claims, if money is owedIf money is still in dispute over the cooker repair, the small claims routes need no solicitor: up to £10,000 in England and Wales on the small claims track, £5,000 in Scotland under simple procedure, and £5,000 in Northern Ireland's small claims court.

Hiring a cooker engineer: questions people ask

For a gas cooker, yes — the Gas Safe Register. For an electric oven, no register applies.

Only a freestanding bayonet-fitted cooker, to clean behind it; reconnecting or installing is gas work.

Search the make and model on gov.uk's product recalls.

Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 you can ask for it to be redone at the engineer's cost.

One to three hours for most faults.

£70–£300 per repair, about £120 on average. The detail sits in the oven and cooker repair price guide, and the search above lists engineers working near your town.

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Sources — checked October 2026

  1. gov.uk — product safety alerts, reports and recalls (Office for Product Safety and Standards)
  2. Registered Competent Person Electrical register
  3. gov.uk — Approved Document P: electrical safety in dwellings (England)
  4. Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, regulation 3
  5. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 49 — reasonable care and skill
  6. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 55 — repeat performance
  7. Citizens Advice — more help with a consumer issue (England)
  8. Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, regulation 3
  9. Gas Safe Register
  10. HSE — domestic gas safety: frequently asked questions
  11. VAT rates — VAT rates for goods and services: standard rate 20% on most goods and services
  12. GOV.UK — Register for VAT: when to register