Homeowner Gas Question - length of pipe

Posted by AABob on January 27, 2009, 10:31 pm

My house is being renovated. Got rid of the oil and switching to
gas. Half the house has a crawl space, the other half is on grade
(with 10" floor joists). A new gas line will be run from the
street. The question is where to put the gas meter. My contractor
wants to put it near the side of the house adjacent to the crawl
space. Makes sense, but it would be unsightly. I want to put it out
of sight, which means near the side of the house without a crawl
space. This would entail running the gas pipe under the floor of the
house for about 29' until it reaches the crawl space. The contractor
doesn't want to do this because he doesn't want to end up with any
unaccessible gas pipe joints (i.e., burried under the finished
floor).

Question: is there some sort of code compliant gas pipe that's very
long (and flexible and comes on a spool), that could span the distance
I need without having to join multiple sections? How can I solve this
problem?

Thanks,
AABob

Posted by Don Ocean on January 27, 2009, 10:36 pm

AABob wrote:

> My house is being renovated. Got rid of the oil and switching to
> gas. Half the house has a crawl space, the other half is on grade
> (with 10" floor joists). A new gas line will be run from the
> street. The question is where to put the gas meter. My contractor
> wants to put it near the side of the house adjacent to the crawl
> space. Makes sense, but it would be unsightly. I want to put it out
> of sight, which means near the side of the house without a crawl
> space. This would entail running the gas pipe under the floor of the
> house for about 29' until it reaches the crawl space. The contractor
> doesn't want to do this because he doesn't want to end up with any
> unaccessible gas pipe joints (i.e., burried under the finished
> floor).
>
> Question: is there some sort of code compliant gas pipe that's very
> long (and flexible and comes on a spool), that could span the distance
> I need without having to join multiple sections? How can I solve this
> problem?
>
> Thanks,
> AABob

Tractpipe.

Posted by AABob on January 28, 2009, 12:24 am

> AABob wrote:

> > My house is being renovated. =A0Got rid of the oil and switching to
> > gas. =A0Half the house has a crawl space, the other half is on grade
> > (with 10" floor joists). =A0 A new gas line will be run from the
> > street. =A0The question is where to put the gas meter. =A0My contractor
> > wants to put it near the side of the house adjacent to the crawl
> > space. =A0Makes sense, but it would be unsightly. =A0 I want to put it =

out

> > of sight, which means near the side of the house without a crawl
> > space. =A0This would entail running the gas pipe under the floor of the
> > house for about 29' until it reaches the crawl space. =A0 The contracto=

> > doesn't want to do this because he doesn't want to end up with any
> > unaccessible gas pipe joints (i.e., burried under the finished
> > floor).
> > Question: is there some sort of code compliant gas pipe that's very
> > long (and flexible and comes on a spool), that could span the distance
> > I need without having to join multiple sections? =A0How can I solve thi=

> > problem?
> > Thanks,
> > AABob

> Tractpipe.- Hide quoted text -
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THANK YOU!!!

Posted by AABob on January 28, 2009, 10:06 am

Looks like CSST is no longer permitted in Massachussets. Are there
other options?

Posted by Lefty on January 28, 2009, 12:28 pm

Encase the pipe inside of a larger sleeve with welded joints and threaded
sealed ends. Used to be popular in under-slab gas jobs, rarely seen any
longer. But it would prevent any possibility of leakage within the crawl
area. Use reducing wall seal nuts for the ends; Normac, etc. Obviously
you'll need to make a straight shot of it.

If you can go CSST, make sure it is properly electrically bonded for the
entire length. Lightning hitting the building can blow holes in flex pipes.

Lefty

> Looks like CSST is no longer permitted in Massachussets. Are there
> other options?

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