Can I connect a gas stove to a gas dryer hookup?

Question

When we bought our house, we were told we only had a electric hookup for the laundry closet, which is in the kitchen. However, after moving in, I have noticed that there is copper piping with an end cap in the laundry closet that looks identical to the piping that connects the gas to the water heater and furnace elsewhere in the house (but there is no shutoff valve, only an endcap). Can I connect a gas stove to this, assuming it is a gas hookup? Or is the gas supply for dryers different than a gas supply for stoves? This could affect how we choose to remodel our kitchen in the future.

I didn't realize this would need more info. Here are additional details:

The house is slab foundation and there is no basement, so it would be difficult to trace the pipe source myself.

The house is 45+ years old, so copper gas pipes is the norm for this area/vintage of houses.

Answer 1

If your gas is natural gas, you can loosen the cap until it's almost off to see if gas is available. Normally the natural gas pipe to the range is 1/2" or larger. If you find that there is gas in the line you can install a shutoff valve and extend the line as needed. If the copper line is 3/8" or smaller I would forget about using it for a range. You can install a line from the meter area. Go up and into the attic and over to where you need to be. Drop inside, if you can hide the pipe, or drop to the outside and come through the wall at a low level.

If you have propane gas get somebody who is experienced to deal with it. Good luck.

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Can I connect a gas stove to a gas dryer hookup?
When we bought our house, we were told we only had a electric hookup for the laundry closet, which is in the kitchen. However, after moving in, I have noticed that there is copper piping with an end cap in the laundry closet that looks identical to the piping that connects the gas to the water...

Answer 5

Both appliances can use the same kind of gas line.

It is unusual for gas to be in copper. Are you sure it is a gas line? Can you trace it back to see? If not, you will have to shut off the gas AND the water and open it up to see. You should not have to open it very far before you see water or smell gas.

We had rigid copper gas pipes in my house when I was young, it was in fashon then. Worse yet, they were soldered. I remember my father saying that even he thought is was a bit dangerous, but that is how it was built. My current house was built many years before that one was and it has black pipe. Newer ones mostly have black pipe also.

Sometimes they use some flexible copper for all or parts of the gas run. I'm not too happy with that because I think the black iron pipe is safer. It does not look at all like rigid water pipe, but does look just like flexible water line.

P.S. Since you cannot physically trace the wires, you will have to loosen the cap to see which it is. You didn't mention a shutoff, is there one? Approximately when was the house built? Do you know what kind of pipe the water is in? What kind of pipe is connected to the other gas devices, e.g. furnace?

I have seen 3/8 inch lines used for gas. Also have seen 1/2 inch ones. You also can not tell be the fact that it is capped; that is done both for water and for gas.

The techniques for propane are essentially the same as for natural gas. If you know enough to do one, you can do the other.

Answer 6

The gas supply for a stove is larger piping than for a dryer. You can buy the adapters at your local hardware store to make it work. First thing would be to hook up a petcock valve, shut off, before trying to mess with an open pipe. Second gas lines are usually short so that they are not exposed, this helps protect you from damaging the line. In other words I would not hook up a stove in a closet or try to run appliance hose from the closet. Let a professional do it. That way you can sleep better at night.

Answer 7

You either have natural gas or propane and either way it is the same. Natural Gas comes from piping in the streets just like water and you get a monthly bill. Propane comes in a truck with a tank and you have a tank in your yard they fill and you get a bill only with each fill up. When buying appliances you just have to make sure you buy according to the type of gas you have. When remodeling, the pipes are the same and that gives you options. However, make sure all the pipes are still connected under the house (basement or crawl space) . Maybe someone disconnected that pipe and capped it down there too.

I'm back and just realized you said capped copper pipe - that is water pipe. Gas piping is black steel.

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You definitely need a 220v outlet to hook up an electric dryer. There is no such thing as an adapter. A heavy duty cable would have to be run from the breaker panel. Call an electrician.

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