going from an electric to gas range

[CWO]

Is it possible to get gas lines to a kitchen that only has electric?

[8mpg]

If you have gas t your house and can ruin a gas line to where the stove goes. Shouldn't be to hard

[CWO]

Haven't bought the house yet, but every house I look at seems to have an electric range and was curious. Safe to say it depends on whether or not there is gas in the house at all. Assuming there is, I assume it wouldn't be hard. If everything is electric (water heater, dryer, etc.) I guess it would be much more costly, but still possible? Do all neighborhoods have gas at the curb?

[Lone Sailor]

If everything in you house is electric then chances are you do not have a natural gas service line plumbed to the house. That said, not all areas have natural gas services lines or even transmission lines. If you do have a natural gas line near the property where you can tie onto then you'll have to pay a contractor to get a permit and dig up your yard in order to lay a new gas line. Then once he has installed everything he can plumb the gas into the house and to your cook top unit. Quite expensive just for a gas cook top, but if you want it that bad that's what you'll have to do if the house doesn't have a gas service line plumbed to the house.

[sdun]

We don't have gas where our house is so I ran a gas line behind the cooktop and to an area behind a wing wall on the other end. I built a vented enclosure there and use a propane tank like the one on your grill. I have a 5 burner cooktop and we cook on it alot yet the tank last around 6 months.

[Doug Hatton]

My house has an electric cooktop, but if you look in the cabinet, you can see a gas outlet that has been plumbed in case I wanted to switch. The only other gas items in the house are the water heater and furnace.

[bcoop]

I'm doing this at my house over the summer. I'll let you know how it goes. lol.

For the record, I do have a gas furnace and gas water heater, as well as a gas lamp post. I haven't got up in the attic yet, but I assume I'll have to replace the distribution block or whatever it's called, and run a line to stub out behind the counter.

[Lone Sailor]

I'm doing this at my house over the summer. I'll let you know how it goes. lol.

For the record, I do have a gas furnace and gas water heater, as well as a gas lamp post. I haven't got up in the attic yet, but I assume I'll have to replace the distribution block or whatever it's called, and run a line to stub out behind the counter.

Or you can just splice in a Tee off an existing line.

[Vertnut]

I'm doing this at my house over the summer. I'll let you know how it goes. lol.

For the record, I do have a gas furnace and gas water heater, as well as a gas lamp post. I haven't got up in the attic yet, but I assume I'll have to replace the distribution block or whatever it's called, and run a line to stub out behind the counter.

That's the safest way to do it. Other than dropping that flex-line (which they now allow) and adding a shut-off behind the stove, it shouldn't be too tough.

[bcoop]

Or you can just splice in a Tee off an existing line.

I'm not going that route, but only because the closest line for me to 't' off of is currently running a standard water heater, but when I go doing all this gas line work, the standard water heater will be replaced with a tankless system. And I already have to replace the trunk and line, because it's currently 1/2" and I need a 3/4" line for the tankless. So, in my case, I'm afraid going the "cheap" route would have an effect on performance for both the range, and the tankless heater.

[bcoop]

That's the safest way to do it. Other than dropping that flex-line (which they now allow) and adding a shut-off behind the stove, it shouldn't be too tough.

I'm actually hoping there is already a stub back there with gas to it, but I haven't pulled the drawers out to check. In a lot of cases, in these older houses (built in 72), when you have a gas furnace and gas water heater like I do, the line was run and stubbed to have a gas range.


I fucking HATE electric ranges. The heat is too harsh, and while the heat can be regulated, it's still never comparable to gas.

[red95gts]

My house has an electric cooktop, but if you look in the cabinet, you can see a gas outlet that has been plumbed in case I wanted to switch. The only other gas items in the house are the water heater and furnace.

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