New stove...
Sep. 28th, 2009 08:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dagibbsMy stove is old. It has been slowly dieing for a while now. The elements don't auto-light, and now the oven has stopped working. So I need a new stove. And, while I like using a gas stove, unfortunately you have to have an (expensive) professional come in and uninstall the old (disconnect) and reconnect the new. Two visits. Both, essentially, trivial (from what I can see that would need doing). First estimate for those two visits: $270.
I wonder if I can do it myself. It can't be more complicated than: close the valve; disconnect piping. Reconnect piping; open the valve. Are there natural gas police out there that would get me if I do it myself?
I wonder if I can do it myself. It can't be more complicated than: close the valve; disconnect piping. Reconnect piping; open the valve. Are there natural gas police out there that would get me if I do it myself?
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Date: 2009-09-29 03:00 am (UTC)Along with 1 & 2 is, what I'll call 2' -- which tanac raised -- will it invalidate my house-owners insurance if they find out I did it myself?
3. I'm pretty comfortable with not fuck up. I grew up with a cottage with propane for lights, stove, fridge. (Propane fridges -- way neat, way cool. They use a hot flame to keep the contents of the fridge cold. There's some nifty science there.) The disconnect -- no problem at all. The reconnect is going to require more care.