Is Running A Gas Line Through Attic Safe
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Is running a gas line through attic safe. It s not durable like traditional black iron pipe. The gas line from my service to my stove and to my laundry room are through my attic. This drop line is called a riser if it carries gas up to an appliance from a branch line below the. Not as durable as traditional black iron.
Here are my questions. Branch lines run to individual appliances. It can be rigid pipe black pipe or trac pipe yellow flexible pipe. Yes gas line can be ran through walls and ceilings.
A flexible gas line is made from thin wall stainless steel. Flexible gas lines are safe so long as you have little lightning. So i m sure it needs some adjustments. Connect to cooktop i will of course use the supplied conversion kit this is the plan i ve assimilated from research much of it conflicting.
Iron pipe has no special requirements. The piping inside the house is called the gas supply line or building line. The other end of the csst would run through the attic and down through another hole in the header of the kitchen wall. The branch line terminates in a drop line which is a vertical pipe dropping down to the appliance from an overhead branch line.
The answer to your question depends upon what type gas line you propose to run. House was built 2004 so i am sure it is up to code at least here. There are mixed reports on the value of a lightning protection system when a direct strike occurs. Rigid pipe can be exposed and installed surface mounted.
Csst run underground must be in conduit with the conduit vented under normal conditions. There are certain rules that have to be maintained during installation including pipe supports. Archived thread any reason not to run a gas line through my attic.