Gas Line Run Through Attic

The other end of the csst would run through the attic and down through another hole in the header of the kitchen wall.

Gas line run through attic.

Not as durable as traditional black iron. It would have to go through a wall. Connect a 90 joint to corrugated stainless steel tubing csst drop it through the hole drilled in the header and fish it through the hole in the exterior wall. Building codes generally prohibit running gas line under a slab on grade.

The branch line terminates in a drop line which is a vertical pipe dropping down to the appliance from an overhead branch line. This gas line is at the top of an attic scuttle hole. A short quick video on my work installing gas line the existing line was rusty and was not safe along the floor and i need to move the stove to make room fo. Yes gas line can be ran through walls and ceilings.

It can be rigid pipe black pipe or trac pipe yellow flexible pipe. It s not durable like traditional black iron pipe. The piping inside the house is called the gas supply line or building line. Flexible gas lines are safe so long as you have little lightning.

Rigid pipe can be exposed and installed surface mounted. This drop line is called a riser if it carries gas up to an appliance from a branch line below the appliance. Branch lines run to individual appliances. In this picture the sharp edge of the metal cabinet should have a grommet to protect the gas line.

Even an appliance connector like this needs to be protected. There are certain rules that have to be maintained during installation including pipe supports. Sediment trap dirt pocket or drip leg. Lightning has caused many house fires that have flexible gas lines.

Should be protected when within 6 of scuttle hole or where it is subject to damage.