Moving to Ocotillo Community in Chandler - Gas Service (Phoenix: houses, neighborhoods)

[flume]

Moving from CT to AZ; closed on a home in the Cottonwood Springs subdivision and was informed that gas service was not provided by SW Gas. Curious if others in this subdivision have looked into the cost or coming together as a whole community and paying for the service to be provided? Thanks!

[Pink Jazz]

Originally Posted by flume

Moving from CT to AZ; closed on a home in the Cottonwood Springs subdivision and was informed that gas service was not provided by SW Gas. Curious if others in this subdivision have looked into the cost or coming together as a whole community and paying for the service to be provided? Thanks!

There might not be gas service there at all. Many neighborhoods here in the Phoenix area are all-electric. Southwest Gas serves most of the Phoenix area wherever they provide service, except for most of Mesa who has their own gas utility (far east Mesa being the exception). Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do to get gas service to your community; that was the choice of the developer of the subdivision.

[KurtAZ]

Pretty much what Pink Jazz said...if the neighborhood wasn't built for natural gas it would take a LOT for SW Gas to pipe into the neighborhood and each individual homeowner to plumb for gas.

[asufan]

That's one of the reasons my wife didn't like some of those houses in the older areas of Ocotillo when we were looking several years ago, she wanted a gas cooktop.

Having said that, apparently induction ranges have made great strides lately and there's starting to be people that actually prefer that to gas. The good news is, that is a great neighborhood you are in and the neighborhood will support a major remodel if you decide to do so. Lots of people doing six figure remodels and selling for top dollar because it is a desirable subdivision.

[jnojr]

Originally Posted by asufan

That's one of the reasons my wife didn't like some of those houses in the older areas of Ocotillo when we were looking several years ago, she wanted a gas cooktop.

Having said that, apparently induction ranges have made great strides lately and there's starting to be people that actually prefer that to gas.

We bought an induction cooktop (Wolf) to replace the electric range, since going to gas would be really expensive. My wife quickly got used to it and would not go back to gas.

The old range was fed by a 40A circuit, and technically we should have moved to 50A to get full use. But that would be pricey, and there hasn't yet been a case where the missing 10A have stopped her from cooking anything.

[KurtAZ]

Originally Posted by jnojr

We bought an induction cooktop (Wolf) to replace the electric range, since going to gas would be really expensive. My wife quickly got used to it and would not go back to gas.

The old range was fed by a 40A circuit, and technically we should have moved to 50A to get full use. But that would be pricey, and there hasn't yet been a case where the missing 10A have stopped her from cooking anything.

Okay...and I am not an electrician, but couldn't you just replace the 40A breaker with a 50A breaker? I have replaced breakers in the electric panel before like for like...I am sure there is probably a limit to what you can do according to the home feed and this is probably a stupid suggestion due to what the electrical panel can handle...

[jnojr]

Originally Posted by KurtAZ

Okay...and I am not an electrician, but couldn't you just replace the 40A breaker with a 50A breaker? I have replaced breakers in the electric panel before like for like...I am sure there is probably a limit to what you can do according to the home feed and this is probably a stupid suggestion due to what the electrical panel can handle...

I'm assuming the wiring can't handle an additional 10A. We'd need to pull thicker wire.

[KurtAZ]

Originally Posted by jnojr

I'm assuming the wiring can't handle an additional 10A. We'd need to pull thicker wire.

Ah...probably...unless they pulled 4 or 6 gauge already and undersized the breaker (not likely as lower gauges cost more).

[wase4711]

have an electrician look at the wire, and he can tell you immediately
I just had a Samsung induction cooktop installed, and it needed a 50am circuit as well; fortunately, my existing wire met the requirements, but let a licensed electrician make that determination.