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Gas stove off propane tank?
We are being run out of town and have put an offer on a place with a barn and 10 acres (yay!) but I just got a brand new gas stove for my birthday last year and this house only has a propane tank for gas logs. Seems there aren't natural gas lines in the area we are looking to live.
Can we run a line off the gas logs and hook up the stove? The propane tank is *huge* and I understand a company comes and fills it for us-but is that pretty pricey? How often would you think it would have to be refilled?
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10/14/11, 09:01 PM
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It should be do-able.
The larger your tank, the cheaper.
Talk to someone.
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10/14/11, 09:04 PM
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It will work, likely all that will need done besides the plumbing will be changing out the orifices on the burners. No big deal...
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10/14/11, 09:05 PM
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Is your new stove propane or natural gas? It makes a difference. The local propane company here will re-jet you for propane.
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10/14/11, 09:11 PM
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If it's NEW, it should have come with the orifices and instructions on how to convert it to propane.
Check your paperwork and it will tell you where to find them.
Once that is done, it will run off the tank with no problems
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There is a part inside the stove that needs to be changed out. It is an orifice or nozzle. With our first gas stove, the propane guy changed it for us. When we replaced the stove with a new one, I followed the instruction in the owners manual and changed it out myself.
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10/14/11, 09:14 PM
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Oh wow. I thought gas was just gas. Guess I better get the manual.
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10/14/11, 10:18 PM
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Our range runs on propane as well as our heat, dryer, water heater, backup generator (and our fridge used to). We tend to use about 500-600 gallons per year for our 1100 square foot cabin. But it's way colder here than where you are!
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10/14/11, 10:34 PM
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get the stove converted to propane, changing the orfices, no big deal, best to run a seperate line after the regulator thats next to the house that the fire place line comes off of. A T fitting, and will need a gas shut off valve and a couple feet of stainless steel flex line installed at the stove. Any gas Co or appliance installer can set you up. Typicallly the Co. that your leasing the propane tank from will plumb the stove for you cheap in the hopes you'll be burning more gas. If your tank is 420 lbs or larger it will have a gauge on it, check the pricing from your Co. sometimes the atomatic fill programs and other free services aren't free when you check the price per gallon you're paying.
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10/14/11, 11:39 PM
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Once you install a propane line the propane company will have to test it to make sure there are no leaks. So you might get a service man to change your stove to propane in the process. Some of them do this for free others charge for a service call but most are reasonable.
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10/15/11, 09:51 AM
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the op talks about branching off the fireplace to run the stove---bad idea, the lines are sized by the btu's that need to get through them and more than likely will need to be upsized from the tank or else the furnace and water heaters may not function correctly. get a pro to look at the whole system and advise you. if the stove is starving for fuel it will not cook properly.
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10/15/11, 10:15 AM
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Oh wow. I thought gas was just gas. Guess I better get the manual.
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The line pressure for propane and natural gas is quite different thus the need to change the size of the orifices.
A 500 gallon tank filled with 400 gallons of propane should last a very long time when used for cooking.
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I use a 250 gallon propane bulk tank for cooking, heating water, small propane wall heater in bathroom to take chill off during a shower, and for filling BBQ bottles for BBQ and for minimal heating in Greenhouse and I just refill once each year. Your fireplace gas logs will eat up the propane.
Running propane lines is not as easy as it sounds - unless your stove is on an outside wall of your house or your house is a pier and beam home. Propane piping typically runs inside the concrete of a foundation vs under the concrete if the foundation is a slab.
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10/15/11, 10:25 AM
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10/15/11, 10:49 AM
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most new stoves ( last 10 years ) have what you need on back of stove near bottom ...orifices and instructions on how to convert it to propane.
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10/15/11, 10:58 AM
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Since you know little or nothing about gas, I would strongly urge you to just call around to the different propane companies and get your best price for regular service. After doing that, then have them come out , run your new line to the stove, and make sure it is set up for propane. They will also check for leaks and then you will be all set. How much gas you use will depend on you and your needs. Also, if possible, change out your elec. water heater for a propane instant or on demand water heater. This will save you hundreds over the course of a year in bills.
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10/15/11, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by LisaInN.Idaho
Our range runs on propane as well as our heat, dryer, water heater, backup generator (and our fridge used to). We tend to use about 500-600 gallons per year for our 1100 square foot cabin. But it's way colder here than where you are!
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You're getting off light! I use propane for water heater, dryer (which I seldom use in summer) and heat. I use about 1300 gallons a year. My house is 1750 sq.ft., two stories, but one floor is heated with a wood stove (upper floor - weird house). Not very good!
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We're installing my new gas stove today...DH just went to the hdwe to get a 1/2 - 3/4 coupler for the flex line (bought the wrong one this morning).
We'll be using a 40lb tank (just for cooking)...have NO idea how long it will last, but after canning on an electric this year, I decided to go ahead and convert to gas as we were remodeling the kitchen anyway.
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10/15/11, 04:06 PM
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Our gas stove came with a pkg of orifices to convert bothe the burners and oven to propane.
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