Wifey tired of electric stove wants a gas stove (appliances, homes)

[Rakin]

Originally Posted by synchronicity

I'll also note that even if you had a gas line coming to your house, unless your kitchen is "plumbed for gas" already running a new gas line into the kitchen is a major PITA if your house is on a slab, as most are in DFW (BigDGeek is fortunate to live in one of the limited areas where pier&beam is more common).

Usually there are gas lines in the attic that be tapped into and run down an exterior wall. By the time you add the cooktop, the labor and the line I've been quoted pricing starting at $2,000.

If the cooktop is on an island... Forget about it. You'd have to tear up the slab.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by synchronicity

(PS to BigDGeek - what would your dream gas range be? Thermador, Wolf, Viking, Dacor?

For my home, probably a Bosch. They're so pretty. My kitchen won't fit a massive gas range unless I want to start tearing more cabinets than I'd have to tear out to install a slide-in, which is what I want. I don't have a range right now, just a cooktop and a wall oven. I'm not going to spend the money to tear out what I'd have to tear out just to put in a crappy builder-grade range.

If money and space were not considerations...Viking.

[ChristieP]

Originally Posted by synchronicity

I'll also note that even if you had a gas line coming to your house, unless your kitchen is "plumbed for gas" already running a new gas line into the kitchen is a major PITA if your house is on a slab, as most are in DFW.

The degree of difficulty here depends on the house. My house had gas heat and fireplace, but not in the kitchen. The solution was to run the gas line down the exterior of the house, which was a straight 25 feet from the gas meter. Our plumber did this in an afternoon.

[synchronicity]

Originally Posted by ChristieP

The degree of difficulty here depends on the house. My house had gas heat and fireplace, but not in the kitchen. The solution was to run the gas line down the exterior of the house, which was a straight 25 feet from the gas meter. Our plumber did this in an afternoon.

True, although as noted, you need to have your stove/cooktop/whatever along an exterior wall. One of our final home choices had an electric cooktop on an island. Well, so much for that. And DON'T EVEN get me started on the whole "you have a gas dryer and a gas fireplace, why the holy heck couldn't you run the gas line the extra 25 feet to the kitchen" thing. I think I made exactly that comment in my first thread ever on this forum 3 years ago.

And to BigDGeek- I'm a Wolf fan myself. Check them out if you ever win a lottery or find 25 large on the street or whatever. (One day we'll replace our serviceable but unspectacular gas cooktop with a Wolf or Thermador or the like. Sadly it's probably #387 on the list of stuff to fix/change/upgrade with the house)

[CSD610]

Originally Posted by jerzstyle00

My wife keeps complaining of the 'ever-slow' electric stove and wants to convert to a gas stove which she says heats things up much faster. So I'm asking advice from forum on which is the most cost efficient way to convert to either a gas stove?
I'm assuming a natural gas stove would be a big job since we don't have gas lines coming in to our home. Was wondering if there were ovens that run on propane gas jars(the ones ones we use for barbecuing)?.
Any other ideas are much appreciated.

You do not want propane bottles inside your home which I'm sure is not legal anyway.
If you do not have gas lines to your home already you will have to have those installed first.
Then the gas lines can be run inside the home wherever you want them.
You will have to purchase a new stove that uses gas but get one that will convert from natural gas use to propane use.
I personally would not have a home without gas but I dislike electric stoves or stove tops.
I also would not have a home that has electric heat or water heater, the dryer being electric I can live with. We have an electric dryer which is much more convenient when renting, many landlords do not have a gas line for the dryer even if they have one for the stove.

[KSJT]

Interesting discussion. Can someone tell me if the "older" (built in 1995-2000 range) homes in Grapevine and Coppell have gas stoves or gas in general ?

Thanks

[WildOnions]

Gas fumes are really bad for you. Just buy a new electric stove as the elements are brand new and won't take as long to heat up as your old ones.

[4Movingeast]

Originally Posted by KSJT

Interesting discussion. Can someone tell me if the "older" (built in 1995-2000 range) homes in Grapevine and Coppell have gas stoves or gas in general ?

Thanks

KJST it is hit or miss! I have been looking at houses in Gvine, Cville and Coppell for the better part of 2 years. It's a deal breaker for me too. We don't mind remodeling to add it- but if doing that is an impossibility I would pass on the house.

To the OP, get a gas- certified plumber to come over and quote it for you

[TheOverdog]

Interesting discussion. Can someone tell me if the "older" (built in 1995-2000 range) homes in Grapevine and Coppell have gas stoves or gas in general ?

Have a friend in Coppell whose house is older than that, but he said the gas line was stubbed (built but capped off and not in use) and replacing the electric cooktop with gas was an afternoon project. I'm not sure about 'newer' houses.

[synchronicity]

Originally Posted by TheOverdog

Have a friend in Coppell whose house is older than that, but he said the gas line was stubbed (built but capped off and not in use) and replacing the electric cooktop with gas was an afternoon project. I'm not sure about 'newer' houses.

When we were looking at houses that had a gas line to the kitchen but said kitchen had an electric cooktop, the listing stated it was "plumbed for gas". I assume the type of gas line your friend had would fall into this category.

Very few homes were listed as "plumbed for gas" out of those we looked at (which were primarily Grapevine/Colleyville/Southlake/Flower Mound/Highland Village). YMMV.