Spaceball1
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Next up on my remodel..
Our townhome was set up for an electric range and gas dryer. I'm swapping the two.
The main gas supply comes in on a 1/2" line to the utility room where the regulator is. The regulator feeds an iron pipe manifold. From that manifold, there are 1/2" soft copper lines to the furnace & water heater. There's another 3/4" thin wall copper branch that was used to feed the dryer. All of this is in very close proximity. On the 3/4" dryer line, the threaded adapter fittings are all soldered to the copper pipe.
On the water supply lines that I've sweated, I've apparently been doing ok since I haven't had any leaks yet. In order to reroute the 3/4" line up to the kitchen, I have to do a slight re-bend, then add a coupling, then a 90 and a threaded adapter.
Here's my question.. Can I just sweat the fittings on this gas line like I did my water lines? I have pulled a city permit, so this will be inspected. The instructions for the gas range that I've picked say that a 3/4" rigid supply line is required, so I don't know that any sort of corrugated or flexible line would work (unless there's some kind of flexible line that's considered as an equivalent?)
Any thoughts?
EDIT: Ok, I did some more research, and it seems like flared fittings are probably the way to go.. If that's the case, then it might be that my only option is to have a pro make up the fittings for me.. Still interested in comments..
Our townhome was set up for an electric range and gas dryer. I'm swapping the two.
The main gas supply comes in on a 1/2" line to the utility room where the regulator is. The regulator feeds an iron pipe manifold. From that manifold, there are 1/2" soft copper lines to the furnace & water heater. There's another 3/4" thin wall copper branch that was used to feed the dryer. All of this is in very close proximity. On the 3/4" dryer line, the threaded adapter fittings are all soldered to the copper pipe.
On the water supply lines that I've sweated, I've apparently been doing ok since I haven't had any leaks yet. In order to reroute the 3/4" line up to the kitchen, I have to do a slight re-bend, then add a coupling, then a 90 and a threaded adapter.
Here's my question.. Can I just sweat the fittings on this gas line like I did my water lines? I have pulled a city permit, so this will be inspected. The instructions for the gas range that I've picked say that a 3/4" rigid supply line is required, so I don't know that any sort of corrugated or flexible line would work (unless there's some kind of flexible line that's considered as an equivalent?)
Any thoughts?
EDIT: Ok, I did some more research, and it seems like flared fittings are probably the way to go.. If that's the case, then it might be that my only option is to have a pro make up the fittings for me.. Still interested in comments..
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