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Wow, thanks! That means a lot. The cooking part of the video was going to be longer, but I sent out my first draft to a couple of people to get their opinion and they both thought it was too long. One of them said I should edit out the part with me cooking on it at the end, but I thought it was a good way to end it.

Hello @melindawallin3713, good guess but not California, I've been a Florida pretty much my whole life. But I'm confused by your question. If you mount a cook top in your kitchen counter, and if your kitchen counter is level, then your cook top will be level. If your counters aren't level, that is another problem, but still one that can be fixed. If you have a free standing range, then there are adjustable legs at the bottom that you can screw in or screw out to level it. Which one of these scenarios would describe your situation?

Yeah it gets pretty much like glue after it sets for a long time.

I'm glad you found it helpful!

I got that from Superior Metal Fabricators in Orlando. Talk to Buck Freeman. www.superiormetalfab.com/. You can drop my name if you want. Here is a video of Buck showing off his custom made grill trailer set-up. It will give you a good look at some of his capabilities... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9mHpq5nzs-7hH0.html

It may have looked tight but it was a lot more roomy than working on a car. I probably could have accessed the fitting through the opening in the countertop too, but with the drawers out, there was plenty of room below the cabinet.

I had to look it up because I believe that connection pipe came with the cook top. It's called CSST which stands for corrugated stainless steel tubing.

I had the chance to get a free Viking range about ten years ago, from someone who was remodeling their kitchen (someone with a lot of money apparently). But I did not take it because I didn't want to rebuild the cabinets and countertops, and more importantly, I didn't want to lose the cabinet space. I probably should have taken it though. Those Vikings are nice!

Yes you should be able to hook it to a propane tank. You will need some different fittings for the gas lines in your cook top though. My cook top came with these fittings but I didn't use them because I was connecting it to natural gas. Check with your cook top manufacturer and see if you can get propane fittings for it.

@@LeeMcNeil thank You for giving following, I checked here they told me there's no cooktop that I can use a bottle 9kg with it? What do you think, I double checked another person said you can, I'm confused, it's an lpg cook top why it doesn't work with small 9kg and work with 45 kg, what's the difference?

@@yasminalalgeroiseau1125 I'm not sure but It might have something to do with the connection at the bottle or there might be restricted flow on the smaller bottle.

You are absolutely correct, I did fail to test for leaks at the regulator. If I could, I would add a caption to the video at the point where I tested the connection to the gas supply for leaks, reminding people not to forget to test the regulator, but sadly KZfaq doesn't give you an option to do that. The only way to do it is to re-upload the video. I madee another video about how to build an interior brick veneer wall, and numerous people pointed out that the weight of the brick could pose problems if it were built over an elevated floor structure like a basement or a crawl space. I built mine over a concrete slab on grade, so I didn't even think about that. I'm going to do some research to see if there is some type of work around to add a caption.

It's a GE 30" cook top. It looks good new, but all of the lettering is fading and the knobs, which look like they are metal, are actually plastic and really susceptible to damage.

You could skip the caulk if you want but a silicone caulk is very heat resistant and will stay pretty clean. Or at least will clean up easily. And if it starts looking bad, then it's pretty easy to redo it. I would not use a latex caulk.

I was having trouble getting the old nipple off, at least without damaging the threads.

I think most new cooktops come with a new regulator. But if yours didn't come with one, you will have to do some research on your particular cooktop to find out what kind of regulator the manufacturer recommends.

It's the female to female coupling you put on to the gas valve. I only see the black iron coupling in the stores.

It's just a brass fitting. You can use a black iron fitting also.

Yes I mentioned that in the video. I don't think putting pipe dope on the threads of a compression fitting will cause it to fail or leak, but it's not necessary.

First things first, make sure you shut the gas off! Second, check for at all the joints in your supply line. All you need is a little bit of soapy water (you can use dish soap) and brush it onto each joint, then turn your gas back on. If you see any bubbles forming at any of the joints, that is where your leak is happening. And to answer your other question - yes, if you used tape instead of the paste thread sealant, that could be the problem. Teflon tape is effective but can be a little tricky to use. Get some thread sealant paste, remove all of the thread tape, then reseal each joint with paste. Let me know how it turns out for you.

@@LeeMcNeil i really thank you 🙏I apreciated your help . I did all you said .. so far 3 days already and no complains from my costumer .. thank you ..

Sorry, but I do not have the model number of my old cook top.

Uh oh, somebody's keyboard ran out of battery!

It's a GE 30" cook top. It looks good new, but all of the painted lettering comes off when you clean it and the knobs, which look like metal, are actually cheap plastic and are really susceptible to damage and melting from the heat of the stove. Would not recommend this top.

rFsin(θ)=1 Grunt. Math checks out!

Sorry for the late reply. I think it was a 30" GE cooktop.

@@LeeMcNeil Thank you Lee.

The electric cord is for the burner igniters, which are electric powered.

I secured it to the counter top. I put straps on the cook top starting at 8.32 in the video and attach the straps to the cabinet at 12.42 in the video.

I can use one to hammer a nail if I need to. I'm not in a union.

This thing is made so cheap, I don't expect it to last 10 years anyway. The knobs, that look metal, are all plastic and will melt if you aren't careful. And the painted lettering on the stainless steel at the front has all wiped off, from cleaning it I guess.

I think Charles Dickens once wrote, "If the law supposes that, the law is an ass". They probably have a rule like that over here too, but I'm not a lawyer. If you do it yourself anyway, do they send the Plumbing Police out to your house?

@@LeeMcNeil You're correct, but if anything goes wrong, then the installation would be inspected in detail. An incorrectly fitted appliance could result in prosecution. However, if you then sell your house, then you must be able to produce certificates of compliance, issued by a registered fitter! As a buyer, it is one of the certificates that insurers insist on.

@@LeeMcNeil Well recollected. "If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass - a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is, that his eye may be opened by experience - by experience". From "Oliver Twist".

He is not a gas engineer, that’s why you see so many mistakes in this video. The person doesn’t understand that a gas leak is no joke, he is risking his life, his households’ life, as well as his neighbours’ life…

That comment was a lot of complaining about what I did wrong, but said nothing specific, except that I need to be a gas engineer in order to safely install a gas cooktop. Which is hilariously wrong. This kitchen was remodeled 22 years ago. As part of the remodel, the plans showing the location of the cooktop, gas inlet and electrical connections were reviewed and approved by the fire marshal and all other AHJ's (which is an acronym here in the US we use in the construction industry for "Authorities Having Jurisdiction"), and all were inspected and approved during construction. So tell me specifically how you are able to watch a video and know what the distance is between the electrical cable and the gas outlet, or between the cooktop and the wall/shelf behind it? And even if you were correct about these things being too close to each other, why would the fire marshal, plans reviewers and all the other inspectors approve their locations during permitting and construction? And did you really just ask me if I read the installation instructions?