Gas Line Stove Hookup From The Attic

Building codes generally prohibit running gas line under a slab on grade.

Gas line stove hookup from the attic.

The laundry room is built on a slab. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Remove the end connector fitting wrap the unbeveled end with teflon tape and screw it to the gas line. Remember to apply pipe thread compound or gas rated teflon tape to the threads on threaded connections before assembling them.

Log in or sign up. Liquid propane or lp is a useful fuel for household applications but the pressurized tanks in which it is stored must never be placed inside the home because this creates a safety hazard. I have just purchased a house where the gas line for the dryer is copper. At the furnace it drops through the ceiling down the.

The same principles will apply in dealing with cast iron pipe. Then use the adapter included with your hookup kit to connect the flexible gas line. Flare joints rely on a tight fit to seal and don t require additional. I have a natural gas line running in the attic to feed my furnace at the other end of the house.

It would have to go through a wall. On the stove end use another flare to pipe thread fitting. We switched out our old electric coil range with a natural gas stove. Coat the threads of the pipe ends using pipe dope.

Are there any rules or safety concerns about running a new gas through the wall into the attic and then dropping it down through the wall. Always use both of the removable end fittings. This end fitting can be either male or female. It was run in an unprofessional manner in that it runs up from the basement and then along a door threshold and finally through a wall.

Never screw the connector nuts that are on the ends of the corrugated tube to a black gas fitting or pipe. Never use tape including teflon tape. It can come loose inside the pipe and can clog the line. If you re thinking about doing the same or possibly want to extend your existing natural gas lines to a new outdoor grill for instance i invite you to get comfortable and heed my advice.