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A purchased house has water lines.
Assuming the installation of a gas line for heat or water heater or stove or all three how much time would it take to complete a gas line job for a house that previously had to gas lines? Thanks.
Last edited by howard555; 08-08-2022 at 12:31 PM..
1) Is there gas at the street?
2) Is there a gas meter at the house?
3) Construction details. Basement? Crawl space? Slab? Distance of gas appliances from meter?
1) Is there gas at the street?
2) Is there a gas meter at the house?
3) Construction details. Basement? Crawl space? Slab? Distance of gas appliances from meter?
Yes gas lines at the street feeding adjacent houses and roughly 75 feet from the front of the house to the street.
I'll have to ride by again and look for a meter and see if the ditch is to the side of the porch away from the driveway which would have the meter on that side of the porch or around the corner to the side of the house. I don't think the job has gotten far enough to install a meter pending a drive by. No slab or basement.
Assume a 2 man crew if that should be plenty of labor to handle the entire job.
Last edited by howard555; 08-08-2022 at 02:02 PM..
A purchased house has water lines.
Assuming the installation of a gas line for heat or water heater or stove or all three how much time would it take to complete a gas line job for a house that previously had to gas lines? Thanks.
Don't understand...
What do the waterlines have to do with gasline(s)?
If the house "previously had...", why does it not have them now?
A house on a crawlspace will depend on two things- how tall is the crawlspace, and what material is allowed by the AHJ? If there's only 18-24" it makes crawling around quite hard- $$$. If the AHJ requires blackpipe- it's a much longer process versus the new corrugated/sheathed gasline material.
Don't understand...
What do the waterlines have to do with gasline(s)?
If the house "previously had...", why does it not have them now?
A house on a crawlspace will depend on two things- how tall is the crawlspace, and what material is allowed by the AHJ? If there's only 18-24" it makes crawling around quite hard- $$$. If the AHJ requires blackpipe- it's a much longer process versus the new corrugated/sheathed gasline material.
Typo it should have read for a house that previously had no gas lines.
That should answer your question > What do the waterlines have to do with gasline(s)?
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Originally Posted by mojo101
if the house has water lines but no gas lines,everything is run on electricity??
The purchased house has water lines and the new owner wants natural gas.
Next drive by I'll note crawl space height as well as if a meter has been installed. The ditch was done earlier by a plumber. If plumbers can't do gas lines then the owner used the plumber just to get access to that tradesman's ditch digging equipment and will migrate over to gas specialist.
A licensed plumber should be able to run gas lines. At least up to the stove and furnace and can connect a water heater.
How are you involved in this project?
There's a way to figure cost and I think labor hours if you know the length of pipe. (I'm thinking of RS Means but it's not real just friendly and it's expensive)
Don't forget your regulator.
Since we have no idea where the house is and no idea of the actual conditions, we are all spit balling. So I'll play:
Figure $100/ft. for trenching and running a gas main to the house.
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