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The slide-in oven fits, but i have one last issue i'm not sure what to do. There is a copper looking pipe sticking out a good 3-4 inches from the back wall and it is preventing the slide-in oven from sliding all the way to the back to have teh right fit. I have two options
1) cut the pipe (i can't tell if it is gas or water) and cap it.
2) cut a hole through the back of the oven (it does appear to be some pretty heavy steel frame with nothing behind it.
Yeah, I would not cut a thing unless I was absolutely sure I knew what I was cutting and how it might impact the item itself and things around it.
Doing anything else is a good way to buy a new appliance, flood your house, compromise its structure, burn it down, kill yourself and others, critically injure yourself and others.
Copper pipe in the vicinity of a range could definitely be gas. Maybe a small hole will be fine on the back of the oven, but maybe they didn't put metal there just because they had some laying around to get rid of. What if it compromises the insulation or air gap around the range and it gets too hot there?
Copper "tubing" IS allowed for LP/Natural gas supply; which is very different from copper "pipe".
Certain areas of the country used to limit/restrict the use of copper because of high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. It would react with the copper and create "black flakes" that could create restrictions at the end-use.
I don't think its a gas line,unless your house was built around 1900,thats when they had gas lights. but because you say its in back of your stove, I think its a water line. back in 1900 they used copper for gas lights and for your gas service coming into your house that's all I have ever seen ,over 30 years a gas man.
First I would make absolutely sure what type of "copper pipe" this is. Tracing the pipe in question back to its source ought to be easy in any house with a basement. Even if there just a crawl space it would be worth the hassle of getting underneath to decide what to do. If there is no such access it would be trickier bit still not impossible to ascertain whether this is water and likely easier to cap off vs gas which take a bit more work.
In either case it is imperative to find the cut off / service entrance. Turn off the supply. Get the proper pipe cap(s), flux, solder, torch. Use an appropriate tool make a clean cut. Evacuate the pipe. Seal it. Restore service. Verify that there are no leaks. If it was gas relight any pilots.
Under no circumstance would it make any sense to cut into any new appliance -- neither electic nor gas slide in ranges are designed with "sacrificial" housings and any cuts to even flimsy sheet metal might compromise the fire safety of the enclosure not to mention odds of destroying internal wiring / circuitry ...
Cut the pipe.
What is the worst that can happen?
1. Some gas and the house burns down.
2. Some water and mold eats the house.
Think of it as training for the upcoming zombie wars.
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