> At 05:01 PM 1/28/2006, you wrote:
>> On that wall, on the outside of the house, is where my gas meter is.
>> Can a gas line be routed above ground hung off the concrete foundation,
>> then routed through the wall to the cooktop?
>
> I can't tell you if it meets code at your place. But that's how an add-on
> propane line was run by a plumber here. He used black pipe, but it's
> rusted horribly in 4 years. I'd use galvanized or stainless for exposed
> outdoor use.
>
> You normally see little "drip legs" tee-ed off at the connection point,
> too. But I don't know the practical or legal reasons for them.
>
The drip leg is to catch flakes of rust, galvanizing, or the coatings on the
black pipe. Conceptually a good thing, but doesn't any vertical section do
the same thing? In any case, I always put them in.
Mark Miller
doesn't even play a plumber on TV
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