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--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 12, 2017, 03:07:58 pm ---Well, connecting to the line would be a pain, as it would be an underground line. Once inside the house it might not be that bad to convert. Furnaces and water heaters tend to be near the oil tank. Oil tank is in a corner of the basement because the fill line is accessed externally. Our heating systems vary but the mechanics of supplying them don't all that much. You'd take out the oil tank, swap the furnace/boiler/water heater (whatever combo is there) with equivalent NG versions. They would likely interface with the distribution the same way as the old unit. Basically, inside the house you're looking at oil tank removal, running the NG supply line to the new appliances, and that's it. Digging out to the underground supply line is the pain in the ass. None of that would require changing the stove if you didn't want to convert there. We typically have electric stoves. --- End quote --- I hear ya. I have seen several houses where they were built before NG was available in the neighborhood and so they used electric baseboard heat. Since there is no forced air or radiant system already, converting to NG usually means an attic unit with vents in the ceiling. Really crappy for heating since heat rises... For stoves, its about 50/50 around here. Water heaters are NG of course. Clothes dryers are typically electric but there are still some gas ones out there. I haven't seen a gas refrigerator in a while... I've got gas lines going to 8 spots in the new house. One gas heater in each garage, gas fireplace, gas range, gas water heater, gas furnace, gas to the center of the patio for a fire pit, and gas to the corner of the patio for a bbq. In winter, I will probably see $250 per month gas bills, $50 per month in summer, but if I did all that electric, I would be seeing $700+ electric bills. That will be for a 3900 sq ft house with excellent insulation and good windows. |
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