Adding Propane to Slab/brick house?

[scott123456789]

Has anyone gone through the process of adding propane to a slab/brick construction home. How costly would it be?

[glen]

If you have pillars you can take it through pillar into attic and drop it down from attic. Ask a local plumber and you can probably do it without trenching slab

[Dale Moser]

Propane is usually run through the attic, you just have to get it up there. Best bet is to cut some sheetrock off in the garage floor to ceiling between 2 studs. Then you can just drill a hole through the brick, elbow up, drill through the double plate into the attic, then take off.

[DallasCoon12]

I own a plumbing company. Educated guess $2800.00 for a 250 gallon tank(buried) installed/filled and line run to house. Roughly 1000$ per fixture for inside piping to have a decent licensed company do the work. It will cost more if you are swapping appliances(water heater,range etc.)

The above comments are correct we always run it up an outside wall and in the attic.

[mzurovec]

I paid $1600 for them to come through the attic. Only fueling our cook top but it was worth it and then some. This was 2021 pricing. I run a 30lb tank and it lasts a year between fills.

[Bill M]

Is your house plumbed for gas or is this for a specific appliance? We used to stub out an exterior wall near the location we planned to put in the tank. Never put it through the slab.

[scott123456789]

Not plumbed for gas, just trying to see how feasible to switch from an electric cook top to gas.

[Txhunter3000]

Not plumbed for gas, just trying to see how feasible to switch from an electric cook top to gas.

Unless you cook a lot, not feasible IMHO.

[Cookiemonster1]

Induction may be a better option at this point?

[Bill M]

Not plumbed for gas, just trying to see how feasible to switch from an electric cook top to gas.

Ok, if I recall, the interior of the home requires hard pipe? Any plumbers here can correct my statement. You can always get a plumber or two to meet and look at the situation but I agree with Txhunter3000 that, may not be feasible.

[Drycreek3189]

Feasible is a flexible word, depends on how badly he wants it. I’ve considered it myself for a stove and oven. Electric just ain’t the same for cooking.

[Txhunter3000]

Feasible is a flexible word, depends on how badly he wants it. I’ve considered it myself for a stove and oven. Electric just ain’t the same for cooking.

It may not be the same but when I built my house in '88 I went electric on range and oven. I did it because I was planning on a family and wanted every one to wake up everyday. There was even bad black pipe back then. I was 11 years into commercial construction at that time and had seen plenty of pressure gauges at 0 before inspection.

[Greenheadless]

Long term, gas/propane is the the way I am headed. I have all but stove and wall over. That will be remedied in the near future kitchen remodel. Electrical futures pricing/reliability is just too volatile in Texas thanks to the R leadership (or lack of).

[TeamAmerica]

Better get that gas stove before the dems ban them all!

[bboswell]

Depends how you define feasible. IMO it would be worth it to have a gas stove.