Gas Flex Line Through Floor

Then use the adapter included.

Gas flex line through floor.

The piping inside the house is called the gas supply line or building line. We will discuss some of the basics of inspecting gas piping. We bought our home 2 years ago. A flexible gas line is an ingenious method of supplying natural gas to fireplaces furnaces cooktops clothes dryers and any other gas appliance.

During the inspection the inspector noticed the range had flex line running through a hole in the kitchen floor where it attached to the the on off valve in the basement ceiling. Csst should not be confused with flexible gas appliance connectors the product that joins a moveable appliance to your home or building s gas supply line. Corrugated stainless steel tubing or csst is a yellow flexible pipe used to provide natural gas and propane to many homes and businesses. If you live or work in a structure built between 1990 and 2006 or if gas line work was performed on your building during that period be aware of possible safety hazards associated with csst.

Section 2401 1 101 2 governs the applicability of the provisions of chapter 24 which covers fuel gas piping systems fuel gas appliances and related accessories venting systems and combustion air configurations that are most commonly found in single family and duplex type dwelling structures. Branch lines run to individual appliances. A short quick video on my work installing gas line the existing line was rusty and was not safe along the floor and i need to move the stove to make room fo. The difference is flexible connectors attach directly to the moveable appliance from the wall or floor.

Female pipe thread on the other side. You do not need a floor flange and a floor flange is not made to couple two pipes. Virtually all state and local code authorities permit its use and many contractors are finally embracing it. You are correct the flexible gas connector is not the proper method when going through the floor.

If the fittings don t match one solution is to replace the valve with one that has a flare fitting on one side and a 1 2 in. The branch line terminates in a drop line which is a vertical pipe dropping down to the appliance from an overhead branch line. If the flare fitting on the flexible stainless gas line matches the size of the flare fitting on the existing gas valve you can simply screw it on. We requested it be brought to code which mean no flex line through floor and the valve on the kitchen side.

Supply branch and drop lines or risers.