NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/misc/consumer/house/14848

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From: [e-mail] (Andy Lowry)
Subject: Replacing gas range: DIY?
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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:21:32 GMT
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I need some very quick advice about gas ranges.  We just purchased
one, expecting that our building's superintendent would be able to do
the work of disconnecting the old and reconnecting the new.  Now it
turns out there's a scheduling problem.  Places I've called have been
talking a minimum of about $100 to do this, which seems absolutely
ridiculous.  My question is whether disconnecting the old one is
something trivial that I shouldn't hesitate doing by myself.  I can
still have the building super connect the new range, it'll just have
to sit for a couple of days before he can get to it.  I'm wary of
going anywhere near this, because it's gas.  But if it's a simple
matter of shutting off a valve and then unscrewing a fitting or
something, and there's really very little danger involved, there's
probably no reason not to do it myself.  So if you know how these
things go: do you recommend that I go ahead with this?  If so, can you
describe to me what I should be expecting?  I.e. will I find a
shut-off valve behind the range?  Do I start by just pulling the range
away from the wall, or is there a stiff pipe I need to worry about if
I do that?  Etc...

The new range is arriving tomorrow, and if I don't have the old one
disconnected they won't cart it away for me.  Any quick advice will be
greatly appreciated.
--
Andy Lowry, [e-mail], [phone]
IBM Research, P.O. Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY  10598