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Code requires u to use a strap or chain to hold the tank against the wall in case of earthquakes and a solid footing for the tank to sit on. Most new houses are electric so they dont plumb for gas. Lots of new owners do the above and metal flex hose ,but thats not code,steel
Pipe is code
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Ps the only fire in the 2006 earthquake in waimea was a dryer with a propane cylinder not attached garage burnt down,
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steel Pipe is code
Copper tubing with compression connectors from tank to regulator; galvanized (not iron) pipe thereafter, a footnote on (my) stove says 1/2" for propane even where larger sizes are specified for natural gas (per BTU and/or distance).
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Not to co-opt the thread, but has anyone considered which one is more economical: drying with gas or electric? Seems that both are expensive.
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drying with gas or electric?
Good one! Anywhere else, gas is the cheapest (gas heat is 5-8x more efficient than electric heat). Here, you would also have to compare the cost of an electric dryer powered by PV, so the numbers could get interesting...
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Early morning wash, line dry all day, finish drying with propane dryer.
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People somehow manged to dry their garments for thousands of years without machines to do it for them, and even in 2018 most people in the world still have never used a clothes dryer.
We strung up two clothes lines to run the length of our carport-turned-screened-lanai (about 24 feet each line). Buying fabric softener is way cheaper than running a clothes dryer. On breezy, sunny days we can wash and dry 3-5 loads of clothes. And for those situations where we didn't plan ahead and it's too gray and humid to dry clothes even in a covered, sheltered area like this, we can run the cheaper up-front cost electric dryer.
I crunched the numbers before buying a dryer (propane versus electric). Propane had way higher up-front costs and considering the planned obsolescence of modern appliances, electric was the cost winner over a 5-8 year period. But we decided to line dry our clothes and use the electric clothes dryer for "emergencies". It has saved us a fortune. Your mileage may vary if you have 8 infants (or whatever) in your household. As far as having teenagers go, the process helped teach our daughter the importance of planning, scheduling, and responsibility. Your clothes that were dirty on Friday are still dirty Sunday night and you have school in the morning? That's not an emergency, that is just poor planning. If you start now, your favored clothes will be ready for Tuesday morning.
(She turned out Valedictorian)
ETA: Part of the drying secret is a modern HE washer that spin dries crazy fast, the clothes come out of the washer practically dry.
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The one thing a dryer can do that hanging won't is kill bugs, flees, gnats, etc. There is a time in the year that something starts biting the hell out of me; it's not bed bugs, but it's something. Ten minutes in a dryer kills anything on bedding.
Also, even if you hang dry, there's nothing like five minutes in a dryer to make them super dry, easy to fold, etc. Unless you hang in the sun, stuff never seems to be totally dry.
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If you're not concerned with code then disregard this. The easy installation works just fine and is perfectly safe.
Don't mention this to Paul or you will be "above the law"
Then he will wish a bevy of tweakers to flock to your neighborhood.
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Paul can wish anything he wants.
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I got a used propane dryer for $80. At one point it needed a new belt for about $20 so I am into it for about $100. I line dry whenever possible but with the weather around here you need a back-up of some sort, either propane or electric.
I second line drying followed by a short bout of propane or electric.
