Danny and I installed a new gas line for $75 in materials. This included two new pipe wrenches! It saved us so much money, I gave DC a $50 tip for helping out with both his brains and brawn.
This photo shows where we tapped in, replacing a 6″ link with a “T”. The other T’s heading back go to the water heater and dryer.
This photo shows the elbow hanging above the mudsill going up through the kitchen floor.
Danny did all the work behind the narrow space of the stove. (He’s taller than me and weighs the same, so I’m not sure how that worked out.) The valve is currently in the off position with a temporary plug screwed in for extra measure.
One thing that made this project possible (besides Grant and Ted telling me I could do it) was being able to get the new stove’s installation manual off the internet before buying it. That is how I knew I had a 7″ high x 15″ wide x 3.5″ deep space to install the valve in the back left corner. Kathy and I wonder how the expensive plumbers would have known that. Maybe it is an ANSI standard.
Congratulations! Did you test it for leaks? That’s the best part. When I did mine I actually had a leak and it turned out there was a connection that I just forgot to tighten with the wrench, so it was only hand tightened (and didn’t really leak that much). Also I meant to tell you that you don’t need pipe dope, that teflon tape works just fine.
I used the soapy water test on all the joints near the furnace. I could not get to the elbow join on the mudsill, but because of the way Danny and I carefully doped each connection and tried to apply at least 40 pounds of torque, and because Danny is so darn strong, I feel pretty confident about the mudsill connections.
We built the connections one at a time, so we could not have forgotten to tightened a joint. However, I can see where that could happen if you pre-connected several joints and then tightened.