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@Orangeslice13 have you ever converted a home you are renovating from electric range to a gas range? When I get around to doing a gut job on my kitchen, wife would like to convert to gas. Honestly have no idea how much something like that would cost? I'm assuming it is based on how much work is entailed in "pulling" a gas line to your range?
 
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theFallGuy said:
@Orangeslice13 have you ever converted a home you are renovating from electric range to a gas range? When I get around to doing a gut job on my kitchen, wife would like to convert to gas. Honestly have no idea how much something like that would cost? I'm assuming it is based on how much work is entailed in "pulling" a gas line to your range?
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Have too many times to count.
I actually added gas at my house. It’s not difficult to do. If you already have gas in the house.
 
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tnuhcvols said:
Most houses in memphis are on slab. That could be a factor in cost. Plumbing upgrades are a pain. Just my 2 cents
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I'm assuming on a 2 story house they would drop a line from the attic. My gas line is on the other side of the house but it does go in the attic for my tankless water heater
 
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theFallGuy said:
@Orangeslice13 have you ever converted a home you are renovating from electric range to a gas range? When I get around to doing a gut job on my kitchen, wife would like to convert to gas. Honestly have no idea how much something like that would cost? I'm assuming it is based on how much work is entailed in "pulling" a gas line to your range?
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Just something to cause your wife sleepless nights: induction cooktops (which are electric-powered) have mostly replaced gas ranges in Europe. As a rule, Europe is much more strict about polluting appliances and heat sources than we are, and gas appliances are fading fast. They have a way of depositing unfortunate gases and chemical byproducts in your indoor air.

Induction cooking requires cookware that responds when a magnet is in the vicinity. So if you have a ton of copper or all-aluminum cookware, they might not work. (It is very trendy to carry a small magnet on your keychain to test cookware in stores.) One of the big pluses of induction cooking is how rapidly it heats up a stockpot full of water, which takes for-freaking-ever on a gas range.

We chose to stick with gas for our remodel, but I am strongly considering buying an induction hot plate for zapping water etc. And if we redo the kitchen in the future (please God, no) I will be pushing hard for induction.
 
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VolNExile said:
Just something to cause your wife sleepless nights: induction cooktops (which are electric-powered) have mostly replaced gas ranges in Europe. As a rule, Europe is much more strict about polluting appliances and heat sources than we are, and gas appliances are fading fast.

Induction cooking requires cookware that responds when a magnet is in the vicinity. So if you have a ton of copper or all-aluminum cookware, they might not work. (It is very trendy to carry a small magnet on your keychain to test cookware in stores.) One of the big plusses of induction cooking is how rapidly it heats up a stockpot full of water, which takes for-freaking-ever on a gas range.
We chose to stick with gas for our remodel, but I am strongly considering buying an induction hot plate for zapping water etc.
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Induction is intriguing to me. Recent upgrades led me to believe I would have all new cooking utensils so i stayed away. It maybe that i look at counter top appliances as well.
 
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VolNExile said:
Just something to cause your wife sleepless nights: induction cooktops (which are electric-powered) have mostly replaced gas ranges in Europe. As a rule, Europe is much more strict about polluting appliances and heat sources than we are, and gas appliances are fading fast. They have a way of depositing unfortunate gases and chemical byproducts in your indoor air.

Induction cooking requires cookware that responds when a magnet is in the vicinity. So if you have a ton of copper or all-aluminum cookware, they might not work. (It is very trendy to carry a small magnet on your keychain to test cookware in stores.) One of the big pluses of induction cooking is how rapidly it heats up a stockpot full of water, which takes for-freaking-ever on a gas range.

We chose to stick with gas for our remodel, but I am strongly considering buying an induction hot plate for zapping water etc. And if we redo the kitchen in the future (please God, no) I will be pushing hard for induction.
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We have a tankless heater and an under sink heater in the kitchen. We have nearly boiling water at the tap so waiting isn’t an issue. The under sink heaters are not expensive and will solve that problem.
 
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Natural gas utility lines in my neighborhood, so I've got gas furnace, water heater, cooktop in the kitchen, and grill on the patio.

If I move from here, it may be to an area w/o gas utility. I would consider an induction cooktop in an electric home. Gotta have a fireplace or wood burning stove. If there's enough sun exposure, maybe solar panels and batteries. If not, maybe a back up generator. Power outages in winter suck more when your older.
 
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Tin Man said:
Natural gas utility lines in my neighborhood, so I've got gas furnace, water heater, cooktop in the kitchen, and grill on the patio.

If I move from here, it may be to an area w/o gas utility. I would consider an induction cooktop in an electric home. Gotta have a fireplace or wood burning stove. If there's enough sun exposure, maybe solar panels and batteries. If not, maybe a back up generator. Power outages in winter suck more when your older.
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The barndominium we’re building will have a backup wood furnace, solar panels, generator and well water. I’ve gone full bore “back up survival planning” because if things turn to ****......a country boy can survive.
 
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theFallGuy said:
I'm assuming on a 2 story house they would drop a line from the attic. My gas line is on the other side of the house but it does go in the attic for my tankless water heater
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Do you have some sort of open space in the center of the house? Something like an AC return that goes all the way to your attic? We had an open "column" in the center of ours in Knoxville. Went from Basement to attic. Course our kitchen was above the shop in the basement and had an open ceiling. Our hookup was $150 to just plumb and connect.
 
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VolNExile said:
Just something to cause your wife sleepless nights: induction cooktops (which are electric-powered) have mostly replaced gas ranges in Europe. As a rule, Europe is much more strict about polluting appliances and heat sources than we are, and gas appliances are fading fast. They have a way of depositing unfortunate gases and chemical byproducts in your indoor air.

Induction cooking requires cookware that responds when a magnet is in the vicinity. So if you have a ton of copper or all-aluminum cookware, they might not work. (It is very trendy to carry a small magnet on your keychain to test cookware in stores.) One of the big pluses of induction cooking is how rapidly it heats up a stockpot full of water, which takes for-freaking-ever on a gas range.

We chose to stick with gas for our remodel, but I am strongly considering buying an induction hot plate for zapping water etc. And if we redo the kitchen in the future (please God, no) I will be pushing hard for induction.
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Gas is the only way to fly. Ergo the saying, "now you are cooking with gas". "Now you are induction cooking" said no one ever.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
The barndominium we’re building will have a backup wood furnace, solar panels, generator and well water. I’ve gone full bore “back up survival planning” because if things turn to ****......a country boy can survive.
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You never did send the links for the barndominium. Wife and I are going to start looking for retirement property back home soon.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Do you have some sort of open space in the center of the house? Something like an AC return that goes all the way to your attic? We had an open "column" in the center of ours in Knoxville. Went from Basement to attic. Course our kitchen was above the shop in the basement and had an open ceiling. Our hookup was $150 to just plumb and connect.
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i have an ac return that is on the opposite wall from where the current cooktop is
 
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theFallGuy said:
i have an ac return that is on the opposite wall from where the current cooktop is
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yeah, we were fortunate enough in our house to have a service trunk that traveled 3 floors. The only issue I would see dropping it from the attic is getting through the wall seal above and behind the stove.
 
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tnuhcvols said:
im jelli, been working on my retirement plan. im not quite as far along as you. older tho! still trying to convince the wife the barndo is the way to go
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going with the 40x60 weld Struture building.
H-loc roofing. This thing qualifies as a commercial Dade standard.

This could get interesting.
 
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