I am newbie when it comes to plumbing and pretty much deathly afraid of natural gas plumbing issues. That being said, I think my problem is simple but if the answer is: "Hire a professional", I will understand.
I have 5 natural gas appliances feeding off one main regulator: furnace, hot water heater, fireplace, clothes dryer, cooktop. Recently, there was some work done on our gas fireplace and the repair guy went downstairs and turned down the pressure on the main regulator (I think since I did not witness it but heard him mention it). Anyway, ever since that time, our gas cooktop with 5 burners seems to take awhile before it ignites.
More specifically, once one burner is lit and it burns for awhile, the other burners fire right up. Turning them off and immediately on again results in the same thing, they fire right up. But let them sit for awhile or the next day and its back to the same thing, it takes forever to get the damn things lit!
So it seems like a pressure thing. Once there is gas in the lines to the cooktop, all burners will ignite almost immediately. I've checked the regulator at the cooktop but there are no adjustments. It appears the only place to adjust would be at the main regulator. So I guess my question is: Would turning up the pressure on the regulator solve this problem? And if so, how? There's an allen type screw on the top of the regulator ... Just loosen?
Any opinions greatly appreciated! I can supply pictures of the regulator(s) in question if needed.
I have 5 natural gas appliances feeding off one main regulator: furnace, hot water heater, fireplace, clothes dryer, cooktop. Recently, there was some work done on our gas fireplace and the repair guy went downstairs and turned down the pressure on the main regulator (I think since I did not witness it but heard him mention it). Anyway, ever since that time, our gas cooktop with 5 burners seems to take awhile before it ignites.
More specifically, once one burner is lit and it burns for awhile, the other burners fire right up. Turning them off and immediately on again results in the same thing, they fire right up. But let them sit for awhile or the next day and its back to the same thing, it takes forever to get the damn things lit!
So it seems like a pressure thing. Once there is gas in the lines to the cooktop, all burners will ignite almost immediately. I've checked the regulator at the cooktop but there are no adjustments. It appears the only place to adjust would be at the main regulator. So I guess my question is: Would turning up the pressure on the regulator solve this problem? And if so, how? There's an allen type screw on the top of the regulator ... Just loosen?
Any opinions greatly appreciated! I can supply pictures of the regulator(s) in question if needed.