I have a question about the gas lines in my home. I am getting new lines installed to run a gas fireplace and a natural gas BBQ.
I have a 2" pipe coming in the house, and there are two 1" branches coming off of it (one to feed the furnace - the other to feed the hot water heater). The 2" pipe is capped off on the end.
I have had 2 quotes for the conversion and one guy says he must create a new 1" pipe coming off the 2" pipe - and then he will split it to run each appliance (BBQ and fireplace). The other guy says he can run a pipe directly from one of the 1" pipes (from the furance he said) and still split it for the two appliances.
I am concerned about this contradiction. Both say that they will be installing to "code", which I am sure they will be, but what I am concerned about is will my BBQ, Fireplace AND furnace all have enough gas flow/juice - whatever you want to call it - to run off of a shared
1" line. How do you know?Of course the guy that wants to run all three appliances off the 1" line has a cheaper quote, so I want to go with him, but I am a little afraid that he is cutting corners and I won't get the same efficiency, heat, output, etc. from my applicances after this is done.
Can someone provide insight into this dilemma? Is there some way I can tell myself if what the installer is doing is the most effective/efficient decision, and not just the quick and easy patch job to get the contract?
Thanks! Paula