What do I need to do in advance of your Conversion Visit?

There are really only three things that are essential apart from good access to your kitchen and getting the kettle on!

• Make sure the correct electric supply for your conversion system is ready.

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• Make sure your existing fuel supply, if you have a gas or oil cooker, is completely disconnected and terminated before we arrive. As we work almost exclusively with electric cookers we are not Gas safe or OFTEC registered and cannot do this for you.
• If you have a module/companion unit to the left of the cooker and it has a gas hob, you will need to temporarily disconnect the fixed supply gas hob with a GASAFE engineer to free up the left hob to facilitate the conversion of the main cooker. Then please arrange to have this reconnected after our visit. Reason? The left hand module top wraps over the main Aga range cooker top , trapping the main right hand top/tops due to the fixed gas pip. 
• Make sure any water supply to the boiler, if fitted, is completely disconnected. The Aga should NOT be used with the disconnected boiler in situ. If you are doing this in advance of our visit seek the advice of your plumber as to whether this is ok with your particular setup. We advise the following:

1. That the cooker's boiler be disconnected by a registered and recommended plumber.
2. That the boiler be drained as much as is possible {we always expect about a litre inside}
3. That the pipes that feed the cooker be left open and vented as they leave the cooker.
4. Do not cap off the boiler pipes that leave the cooker.
5. We do not advise that the cooker is lit again until the boiler and combustion parts are removed from the cooker by us on conversion day. 

We recommend having the boiler disconnected in the week running up to the conversion, allowing enough time between jobs for delays etc, but not weeks. Just in-case you are tempted to relight!

 

 

Our works do not extend to the live capped off pipework in the property, for this we defer to the expertise of your plumber and their team.

Timer advice - System specific

Electrickit Classic System With Timer Upgrade

Setting you up with your timer and app software, ensuring that you know how to use it is part of your installation day {Ekit Classic System Only}. Your dedicated engineer will make time to do this at the end of the day as they show you how to use your cooker as it gently warms through.

To enable them to do this successfully in one day we need you to do the following -

• Check the WIFI strength in the part of the home where the Aga range cooker will be.
• Deploy a Wifi booster/Wifi Extender to support the signal if weak or if you think that usage in the property will increase. We cannot advise you on hardware choices to do this. 
• If you want to control via a phone {ovens only} make sure that the “Smart Life” third part app is uploaded onto the device that you as a household have selected as the device that will control the Aga. Choose a device that is most frequently in the home, as an example; do not choose the phone of a person in the home who works away 5 days a week.
• Create a guest log in for the ‘Smart Life” App on your phone, so that Blake & Bull may {if requested} offer initial and one off set up advice immediately after installation remotely.
• Pay extra attention to having your electrics correct and in place. {If your electrics are not correct or in place we will not be able to set up your cooker and a revisit fee will be charged}
• The main user / device controller must be available for the handover at the end of our working day

Note - If you lose the handset with the App, are disconnected from WIFI, or have broadband supply changes you may be unable to use the ovens until the App is restored and you may need a chargeable engineer re-set visit.

Electrickit Advanced System -

• Check the WIFI strength in the part of the home where the Aga range cooker will be.
• Deploy a Wifi booster/Wifi Extender to support the signal if weak or if you think that usage in the property will increase. We cannot advise on you on what type to buy. 
• If you want to control via a phone {ovens only} make sure that the “Smart Life” third part app is uploaded onto the device that you as a household have selected as the device that will control the Aga. Choose a device that is most frequently in the home, as an example; do not choose the phone of a person in the home who works away 5 days a week.
• Pay extra attention to having your electrics correct and in place. {If your electrics are not correct or in place we will not be able to set up your cooker and a revisit fee will be charged}
• The main user / device controller must be available for the handover at the end of our working day
• Note - when choosing the externally mounted screen, {great for accessibility and ease of use when positioned well} make sure that you have a place {following our installation guide} where it can be wall mounted where no electrics or pipes are situated within the wall and that this is clearly marked for your visiting engineer.

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