Gas Line Run Through Attic

The other end of the csst would run through the attic and down through another hole in the header of the kitchen wall.

Gas line run through attic.

Even an appliance connector like this needs to be protected. Not as durable as traditional black iron. Yes gas line can be ran through walls and ceilings. It can be rigid pipe black pipe or trac pipe yellow flexible pipe.

It would have to go through a wall. Flexible gas line tips. The branch line terminates in a drop line which is a vertical pipe dropping down to the appliance from an overhead branch line. Branch lines run to individual appliances.

There are certain rules that have to be maintained during installation including pipe supports. Should be protected when within 6 of scuttle hole or where it is subject to damage. The piping inside the house is called the gas supply line or building line. Connect a 90 joint to corrugated stainless steel tubing csst drop it through the hole drilled in the header and fish it through the hole in the exterior wall.

This drop line is called a riser if it carries gas up to an appliance from a branch line below the appliance. Lightning has caused many house fires that have flexible gas lines. A short quick video on my work installing gas line the existing line was rusty and was not safe along the floor and i need to move the stove to make room fo. In this picture the sharp edge of the metal cabinet should have a grommet to protect the gas line.

Rigid pipe can be exposed and installed surface mounted. If the stove is on an outside wall you can run the line along the foundation and enter the wall directly to the appliance or enter from the meter regulator into a wall and then through the wall to the appliance. Building codes generally prohibit running gas line under a slab on grade. Sediment trap dirt pocket or drip leg.

This gas line is at the top of an attic scuttle hole.