12-31-2009, 03:01 PM
So the pipe sticks out the wall with the shut off valve attached to that pipe straight out into the room?
Like this ||Wall||==Pipe==<<Shutoff valve>>((Flex Pipe))
In other words the pipe and shutoff valve stick straight out the wall inline with each other?
If so, the problem is the shutoff valve is preventing the range from being pushed back against the wall. I have never seen it that way. Every home I lived in the pipe exits the wall with a 90 degree elbow so the shutoff valve is parallel with and almost flush with the wall.
Let me add this, if the pipe/shutoff valve is not the problem, check the anti-tip bracket. You should have a metal bracket attached to the wall framing or floor. The stove (usually one of the back legs) slides into this bracket. This prevents the stove from tipping forward when a heavy item is resting on the stove. If that bracket isn't lining up with the leg, it could be preventing the stove from being pushed all the way back against the wall.
Like this ||Wall||==Pipe==<<Shutoff valve>>((Flex Pipe))
In other words the pipe and shutoff valve stick straight out the wall inline with each other?
If so, the problem is the shutoff valve is preventing the range from being pushed back against the wall. I have never seen it that way. Every home I lived in the pipe exits the wall with a 90 degree elbow so the shutoff valve is parallel with and almost flush with the wall.
Let me add this, if the pipe/shutoff valve is not the problem, check the anti-tip bracket. You should have a metal bracket attached to the wall framing or floor. The stove (usually one of the back legs) slides into this bracket. This prevents the stove from tipping forward when a heavy item is resting on the stove. If that bracket isn't lining up with the leg, it could be preventing the stove from being pushed all the way back against the wall.