Getting Gas line to Kitchen (Allen: appliances, how much, house)

[allovertheplace]

We looked at a preowned home, and we liked almost all aspects of it, except the fact that it has an Electric Stove. We would ideally like to have a gas cooktop. The home does not have a gas line coming into the kitchen currently - it does not have gas connection in the utility room meither for the dryer.

How much of work is it to lay a gas line from the heating unit to the kitchen. I am trying to get an idea of whether such a thing is possible and if so the approx cost.

Thanks.

[loves2read]

too much --would have to go through the slab--code would not let you run it through the attic--would cost more than it would add in resale--look for a home with a gas stove/dryer if they are so important to you...MLS sites give the types of appliances/utilites available...used to be that NG was cheaper than electric which is why most people wanted that for their stuff--but with rising NG prices think it is just about a wash--we have gas water heaters and gas heat--electric stove top/ovens/dryer...some developers are doing gas cooktops and electric ovens which is supposed to provide best cooking each way...but most homes have electric dryers---just cheaper to put in and gas water heaters unless they are going to the tankless electric ...

[lh_newbie]

FYI: Gas lines can indeed be run in the attic.

Also, you don't have to run gas lines through the slab. We are looking at this when we redo our kitchen. We will have a Tee installed at the gas meter, then a line burried next to the house (right next to the main feed line), but instead of coming out of the ground at the garage (where the existing line comes up), it will continue another 25 feet along the side of the house, then pop up and go into the house right where the gas cooktop will be installed.

As long as your cook top is located on an outside wall, it's just a matter of running a gas line around the perimeter of your house.

We actually have two things we are overcoming:

1. We don't have a gas line for our cooktop.
2. We have gas at the dryer, fireplace, furnace and hot water heater. Since we installed a tankless hot water heater (which uses a 175K BTU burner instead of a standard 40-50K BTU burner or a standard tank based unit), our 1 1/4" main gas line does not have the additional flow capacity to handle a cooktop - hence why we will be putting a tee at the meter and running a new line.

For us, it makes sense to run a new line in parallel instead of upsizing the 1 1/4" feeder line up to 1 1/2". Also, for us, it is going to be relatively inexpensive to run the new line - our meter is on the same side of the house as the cooktop will be, so it'll just be a 50 ft straight run of gas line, then up and into the house. Pretty straight forward actually.

Brian

Brian

[loves2read]

thought the kitchen was in interior of home (like mine)--not on exterior wall--and I have never heard of gas lines being run in the attic--where did you hear that was allowed under city code?

[m00se]

Originally Posted by loves2read

thought the kitchen was in interior of home (like mine)--not on exterior wall--and I have never heard of gas lines being run in the attic--where did you hear that was allowed under city code?

My gas driven furnace is in the attic and has a pilot that is always lit, so I imagine a gas line in the attic is not unusual.

[cdelena]

Originally Posted by loves2read

thought the kitchen was in interior of home (like mine)--not on exterior wall--and I have never heard of gas lines being run in the attic--where did you hear that was allowed under city code?

I thought all gas lines are run through the attic. I have never seen one in a slab.

[lh_newbie]

Most gas furnaces are in the attic... so they REQUIRE gas lines in the attic. A quick walk down my alley confirmed that every house in my neighborhood has the gas line run underground just to the garage, where it makes a short run straight up, then a 90 into the wall. They are all run in the attic.

In my house in Allen, that was built in '99, the gas line was run into the front right corner flower bed, then up and into the wall - then into the attic space. I haven't ever heard about one running through a slab before.

[stargazer]

I have done this when I remodeled my kitchen in Florida. Our cooktop was on an inside wall and we ran the lines between a heavy modeling and the walls and on one wall made a soffit( I think that is how it is spelled) out to the porch where it ran down the side( we painted it and it looked great) and then out to the ground where the lines were buried. We had an inspector in the house and it all passed. If your stove in on an outside wall, it can be very easy.

[allovertheplace]

Any idea as to how much it might cost?

[cdelena]

Originally Posted by allovertheplace

Any idea as to how much it might cost?

I think it depends greatly on the house, but it won't be cheap because it will involve some wall opening and refinishing. I think you need to get a professional estimate.