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Drum Hill Rehab

01-17-2008 17:42:13




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Does anyone know the national plumbing code for gas lines running inside a shop or shed for propane or natural gas heat. What is the acceptable piping that can be used.




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Slowpoke

01-19-2008 00:39:00




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Drum Hill Rehabber, 01-17-2008 17:42:13  
Gas lines underground in my area are steel, under the house is black steel pipe. Soft copper tubing from the line to the appliance is no longer code, it must be an approved connector of metal flex tubing.



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El Toro

01-18-2008 16:40:35




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Drum Hill Rehabber, 01-17-2008 17:42:13  
I have black pipe in the house and I used a flex line for the water heater and then heard about some of them failing. So I hard piped it too.

They had a lot of problems with copper tubing failing buried underground and replaced all of them. They had a machine to push the new line with a machine underground without any digging.
Hal



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Dave Sherburne NY

01-18-2008 08:40:04




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Drum Hill Rehabber, 01-17-2008 17:42:13  
There is a special pipe dope for gas lines to. As I recall, it says TFE on it. But you should ask someone with a better memory than me , maybe
your local gas supplier.



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Drum Hill Rehabber

01-18-2008 07:04:19




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Drum Hill Rehabber, 01-17-2008 17:42:13  
Thanks to all for the replies. Looks like there are several different ideas depending on the local. I was leaning toward black pipe as a plumber sometime back said it was the safest in his opinion. What a good forum this is. Joe



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Bus Driver

01-18-2008 05:52:14




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Drum Hill Rehabber, 01-17-2008 17:42:13  
There is no nationwide code for this. Local and state codes vary widely. Your best answer will come from your local inspector.



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T_Bone

01-17-2008 20:30:07




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Drum Hill Rehabber, 01-17-2008 17:42:13  
Hi DHR,

As far as I know, gas line has to be green factory machine wrapped with AGA approved tape at connections if under ground.

Above ground exposed can be black or galvanized pipe since 1991 as they changed the way galvanize was applied to the pipe. It's now 99% electroplated so it's doesn't flake off like hot/cold dipped galvanized did.

T_Bone



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CNKS

01-18-2008 17:47:09




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to T_Bone, 01-17-2008 20:30:07  
Just put a natural gas furnace in my shop with black pipe. Had one galvanized fitting because Home Depot did not have the 1 inch elbow in black. Inspector made me change it. U.S. may have solved the flaking problem, but most of the pipe comes from China -- who knows what they do?



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Gary from Muleshoe

01-17-2008 18:18:39




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Drum Hill Rehabber, 01-17-2008 17:42:13  
Black gas pipe. I am positive nothing else can be used. Do not use copper, I am told it will corrode with gas running through it.



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Leroy

01-17-2008 19:20:24




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Gary from Muleshoe, 01-17-2008 18:18:39  
All I know is copper is all that has ever been used here in Ohio. First put in my house in 1966 and never a problem on propane



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tele tech

01-17-2008 18:18:23




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to Drum Hill Rehabber, 01-17-2008 17:42:13  
I use threaded black iron pipe, I know flex tubing is being used alot now,but the suppy house where I buy materials tell me the installer must be certified.



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woodbutcher

01-18-2008 03:43:32




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to tele tech, 01-17-2008 18:18:23  
I built my house to be all-electric several years ago. Then, a few years later, an ice storm made me realize the error of my ways. I contracted with my propane dealer to run a line into the house. They ran copper underground from the tank, they ran black pipe up the outside wall of the house, and they attached stainless steel flexible tubing with a yellow plastic sheath and no connections to run from the eaves across the attic and down through the wall. They placed a regulator at ground level between the copper and black pipe.
Butch

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loveshisallis

01-23-2008 10:50:33




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 Re: plumbing code in reply to woodbutcher, 01-18-2008 03:43:32  
Is there a natural gas fired heater I can use in the shop that does NOT have to have electircity?



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