Gas Line Stove Hookup From The Attic

I have just purchased a house where the gas line for the dryer is copper.

Gas line stove hookup from the attic.

It would have to go through a wall. 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. This end fitting can be either male or female. On the stove end use another flare to pipe thread fitting.

Always use both of the removable end fittings. Never use tape including teflon tape. This is essential to establishing an airtight fit. The same principles will apply in dealing with cast iron pipe.

Log in or sign up. 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. Coat the threads of the pipe ends using pipe dope. It can come loose inside the pipe and can clog the line.

The laundry room is built on a slab. At the furnace it drops through the ceiling down the. 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. 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.

Remove the end connector fitting wrap the unbeveled end with teflon tape and screw it to the gas line. Never screw the connector nuts that are on the ends of the corrugated tube to a black gas fitting or pipe. We switched out our old electric coil range with a natural gas stove. 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.

Remember to apply pipe thread compound or gas rated teflon tape to the threads on threaded connections before assembling them. 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. Then use the adapter included with your hookup kit to connect the flexible gas line.