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Tue, Jun 12, 12 at 10:32
| Help! We're renovating our kitchen, and the contractor used a pretty heavy duty rubber tube to bring gas from the line that comes into the house to feed the furnace up through the ceiling to where the stove is in the kitchen. I think he did it this way in order to not have to open the ceiling up in the basement, the tubing is obviously flexible and he was able to thread it to the connection point without too much trouble. He's a home inspector and says that this meets the code requirements. I always thought gas lines needed to be metal. Should I be worried? Do I need to make him fix it or bring someone else in to fix it? |
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- Posted by aliceinwonderland_id (My Page) on Tue, Jun 12, 12 at 12:05
| Do you have a picture? Are you certain it is a rubber line, or could it be coated corrugated stainless steel? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Like this?
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| It certainly looked and felt like very thick rubber to me, as it was pretty pliable. The connection end seemed to be coated in rubber as well, which looks different from the picture you linked to. I'll check it when I get home tonight and will take a picture then. |
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- Posted by weedmeister (My Page) on Tue, Jun 12, 12 at 16:16
| It there is any writing on the piping, photograph that too. |
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| I wasn't able to get a picture last night, but the contractor says that it is in fact the corrugated metal pipe with a rubber sheath. He also says that they tested the connection with some special plumbers' liquid that blows a large blue bubble if there's a leak. Does that sound right to you guys? |
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- Posted by bus_driver (My Page) on Wed, Jun 13, 12 at 20:04
| The installer may be telling you the truth. Be advised that fuel gases compressed to the liquid stage ( relatively easy with propane, not easy with natural gas ) act as solvents, much like paint thinner. I would not use rubber lines for fuel gases, but metal with rubber outer coating is OK. |
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- Posted by lazypup (lazypup@yahoo.com) on Wed, Jun 13, 12 at 20:57
| At Standard Atmoshoeric pressure to 1psig (the average pressure of natural gas in residential service) the boiling temperature of the gas is -240degF. I doubt seriously if the line would ever get cold enough to condensate to a liquid. |
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- Posted by mike_kaiser (My Page) on Sat, Jun 16, 12 at 7:32
| What does the AHJ have to say? |
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| I do not seem to recall that actual flex line (as used for things like outdoor NG grills) is legal inside. CSST with a covering is legal in many places for the last connection to gas appliance, but it is not designed for repeated movement. |
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- Posted by lazypup (lazypup@yahoo.com) on Sat, Jun 16, 12 at 14:47
| Under the IRC you can plumb the entire gas system with CSST if locally approved. you can also run natural gas with copper tubing providing the gas is certified to contain equal to or less than 0.3 grains of hydrogen sulfide per 100cu/ft of gas. gas lines run under a slab must be sleeved and the sleeve must be sealed on the inside end and vented to atmosphere on the outdoor end. All copper lines run under a slab must be continuous roll pipe or all joints must be "brazed". (No soldeer or mechanical joints under slab). |
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