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London banned gas stoves in apartments years ago. They did that to reduce the risk of fires. Citizens adjusted fine, no one went hungry and life went on.. Whi

• calcifer 5y ago
  > London banned gas stoves in apartments years ago. Do you have a source for that? I have a gas stove, and so do many others I know, and I've never heard of a ban.
  • ealexhudson 5y ago
    I don't believe it's true, it certainly isn't something London could bring in on its own. However, gas appliances over here for apartments do need to have flame sensors (so the gas gets cut off), and if you're a landlord, you're going to need to do annual safety checks on gas equipment (apartment or not). So the equipment itself is slightly more costly for an apartment, and a landlord specifically has a strong incentive to have little/no gas, to save on the annual checks.
  • dazc 5y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Point Tldr; a tower block suffered a partial collapse as a result of a gas explosion in 1968. Changes to Building Regulations were made to mitigate against 'Disproportionate Collapse' (Effect on legislation) 'Existing buildings were allowed to resist an explosive force of 17 kPa (2.5 psi), provided that the gas supply was removed and flats were refitted for electric cooking and heating.' Such buildings with gas supplies today will have been constructed to comply with the amended regulations.
• scaryclam 5y ago
  I'm calling shenanigans on this. I've never had an electric oven top while renting in London, and all flats have had gas heating. Looking online, I can also see new build flats with gas, so I really doubt this is a ban in London.
• ch4s3 5y ago
  We don't exactly have a lot of fires caused by cooktops in NYC.