Our house has an electric stove, but everything else is gas (heat, water heater, fireplace). The water heater is directly above the stove on the second floor, so the new line wouldn't have to go far, assuming there isn't already a gas hookup behind the stove. We haven't pulled it out yet and we're OOT right now.
My mom just offered to buy the actual stove for us for Christmas, so I'm all giddy about it right now, lol
Post by hilwithonelary on Nov 22, 2014 10:10:04 GMT -5
We just did this. The cost of the hookup (not the stove itself) was $750. $500 went to the plumber, $100 to the electrician (the starter for the stove needed a different type of outlet), and $150 to the city.
We thought it would be simple because the gas furnace and hot water heater were practically right under the stove. It turned out that the gas line enters the house on the complete opposite end, which added a couple hundred to the cost.
We ended up without a stove for almost 4 weeks. Part of that was our scatterbrained plumber and part of it was our town is a PITA with permits and inspections.
In the end, I'm glad we did it. We had electric at our last house, and I swore if never deal with it again.
We did this and it was ridiculously easy. Had plumber come out and install gas line... Cost maybe 300. Capped it off until we had purchased gas stove. Purchased gas stove and company we bought it from delivered and installed and took the old one away. Easy peasy.
Edit: gas line he tapped into was in basement about 20 feet South of the stove. Had to cut two holes in ceiling to get it through. Easily patched. Sent from my Nexus 5 using proboards
We just redid the kitchen counters and back splash, and are waiting a bit to install new appliances. We have a gas fireplace, hot water heater and heat, yet the idiot builder didn't run a gas line behind the stove....dammit. I want a gas stove, desperately, I'm ready to jettison this electric POS!
So reading costs anxiously. I think as long as it is under $1000, I might be able to talk SO into it.