Our house was built in the mid-90s and was both wired and plumbed for gas and electric appliances (they dropped gas to everything, including the fireplace and back deck!).
I have a gas drop to the kitchen from the attic. It terminates at a shutoff valve behind the range (currently electric) and has never been used (as far as I know). I have been kicking around the idea of buying a gas range for quite some time, and, since last week the oven's 17 year old heating element had a catastrophic failure during the preparation of a tuna casserole, I figured now's the time, and I ordered a new gas range yesterday.
I have no qualms about hooking this up myself (I've hooked up plenty of gas appliances)... but last night I had one of those "uh-oh" thoughts pop into my head. Since the gas line comes down from the attic, do I have any worries about moisture collecting in that drop from 17 years of non-use? I know that gas drops have a little stub beneath them to collect water and such... I just have this image in my head of a half-gallon of water collecting in that pipe over the years and dumping into my new range. (I've worked with industrial compressed air piping and it's moisture issues, and I expect A LOT LESS moisture in natural gas... but still... somebody talk me down)
I should note that when we moved in five years ago I did the same thing with the dryer (previous homeowners all had electric and never touched the gas drop) and had no problem. but I also didn't have that thought pop into my head either.
I have a gas drop to the kitchen from the attic. It terminates at a shutoff valve behind the range (currently electric) and has never been used (as far as I know). I have been kicking around the idea of buying a gas range for quite some time, and, since last week the oven's 17 year old heating element had a catastrophic failure during the preparation of a tuna casserole, I figured now's the time, and I ordered a new gas range yesterday.
I have no qualms about hooking this up myself (I've hooked up plenty of gas appliances)... but last night I had one of those "uh-oh" thoughts pop into my head. Since the gas line comes down from the attic, do I have any worries about moisture collecting in that drop from 17 years of non-use? I know that gas drops have a little stub beneath them to collect water and such... I just have this image in my head of a half-gallon of water collecting in that pipe over the years and dumping into my new range. (I've worked with industrial compressed air piping and it's moisture issues, and I expect A LOT LESS moisture in natural gas... but still... somebody talk me down)
I should note that when we moved in five years ago I did the same thing with the dryer (previous homeowners all had electric and never touched the gas drop) and had no problem. but I also didn't have that thought pop into my head either.
