Gas Line Run Through Attic

Branch lines run to individual appliances.

Gas line run through attic.

The piping inside the house is called the gas supply line or building line. Connect a 90 joint to corrugated stainless steel tubing csst drop it through the hole drilled in the header and fish it through the hole in the exterior wall. A flexible gas line is made from thin wall stainless steel. This drop line is called a riser if it carries gas up to an appliance from a branch line below the appliance.

Not as durable as traditional black iron. There are certain rules that have to be maintained during installation including pipe supports. It would have to go through a wall. In this picture the sharp edge of the metal cabinet should have a grommet to protect the gas line.

Flexible gas lines are safe so long as you have little lightning. Rigid pipe can be exposed and installed surface mounted. Building codes generally prohibit running gas line under a slab on grade. Yes gas line can be ran through walls and ceilings.

If the stove is on an outside wall you can run the line along the foundation and enter the wall directly to the appliance or enter from the meter regulator into a wall and then through the wall to the appliance. Lightning has caused many house fires that have flexible gas lines. The branch line terminates in a drop line which is a vertical pipe dropping down to the appliance from an overhead branch line. Sediment trap dirt pocket or drip leg.

A short quick video on my work installing gas line the existing line was rusty and was not safe along the floor and i need to move the stove to make room fo. Flexible gas line tips. It s not durable like traditional black iron pipe. This gas line is at the top of an attic scuttle hole.

Should be protected when within 6 of scuttle hole or where it is subject to damage.