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  1. Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!att!ulysses!ulysses!smb
  3. From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
  4. Subject: Re: Replacing gas range: DIY?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov21.042245.13354@ulysses.att.com>
  6. Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 04:22:45 GMT
  7. References: <LOWRY.92Nov20112132@rotor.watson.ibm.com> <1ek6blINN6vl@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  8. Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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  11. In article <1ek6blINN6vl@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher) writes:
  12. > Turn off the gas, unscrew things, gently connect the new line and
  13. > range. If you change the pipe thread fittings, you'll want to use
  14. > RectorSeal or teflon pipe tape. But don't on the flange/flex threads.
  15.  
  16. Whoops!  Most teflon pipe tape is *not* suitable for use with gas.
  17. I don't know why, but both the packages and some plumbers I've asked
  18. say so.
  19.