[Neil]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Ma lights her gas oven to keep warm if she is in the kitchen. I her living room she has a gas fire....battery ignition...her stair lift has a battery reserve if the power goes off.
She boils water on the hob(no electric kettle for her)

I always found it strange that a gas cooker doesn't need an exhaust flue for the burnt gasses but a gas fire does. Using the cooker to heat the room leaves you breathing in the products of combustion. Electric cookers are safer but I always preferred a gas hob