What gas stoves are legally installed in the apartment? Replacing a gas stove in the apartment - legal subtleties. Gas boards are installed and operated in the vast majority of city apartments. In the new buildings of the stove, builders are installed. But time passes, not only the owners of new apartments are aging, but also the equipment, installed there. At the gas stove, the regulatory service life is 10 years, after this period it is necessary to change the plate. True, this problem is the most confusing place in the procedure for mandatory replacement of the plate. The maximum age of the plate has changed several times, in different laws it is set differently. And even experts are often mistaken in answering this question. Sometimes the owners follow this - and they themselves show the initiative. Sometimes the gas service warns the owners and issues an order to replace the slab. And there is also an emergency situation when the plate requires replacement due to a complex malfunction. Replacing a gas stove is a rather serious organizational, legal and technical task.