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In a related thread; When hooking up to NG are there safety valves that I need to obtain or should my plumber/gas company guy have all that?

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I do as much DIY as I can, but when it comes to running pipe for propane or natural gas, I leave it to the professionals. They will install quickly and will do a pressure check to make sure all of the joints are solid.

Visit with them, they will need to know what will be hooked up and the type of connector needed; there will need to be a shut-off at the end of that line - you might have a choice of what it is. I believe it is generally an shutoff/emergency shutoff and not a control valve.

Thanks, I figured my installer would have all needed safety dodads to meet code, but I have been wrong (often ) before.

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They should install a valve. Mine only put a cap in my brewery. I installed a valve in its place just for turning on and off. When we built my house, the plumber could not hook up my burner since only rated for outdoor use. That would not pass inspection. To get by inspection we indicated a commercial stove may be installed in the future. It wasn't a lie, it could still happen. After inspection I was able to install the brewing equipment.

You will likely have to hook up your own burner but not much to it if the pipe is there with a ball valve already.

A couple quick tips for hooking up nat. gas. Use the yellow teflon tape, and test all connections for leaks. You basically put a soap solution on it and look for bubbles. And yes, shut-off valves are a good thing. Also, going w/ a pro for things that can blow up your house is generally not a bad idea, either, at least as far as they can legally go.

My contractor stubbed it to the shut-off valve. He couldn't make the final connection to the burner as it wasn't code, like Matt said. I did the hook up myself. Tom is correct. Get some snoop to bubble check your connection. NG stuff (hoses, sealer, etc. ) are all yellow. I also installed a carbon monoxide detector. Be safe.

Valve sounds appropriate, that's way better than when I had my old house inspected, there was just a cork in the end of the pipe

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You can get a combined natural gas and CO detector for about $35, which will also catch if you leave a unlit burner on, or it leaks.

I mispoke. I installed the gas & CO detector that Andrew mentioned. Great piece of mind.

I also have a natural gas and CO2 detector which has always shown 0. Either everything works great, or it's broken.