We've got piped-in natural gas and I'm tempted to convert my little generator to use nat gas so, in the event of an extended electrical outage, we'd be covered fuel-wise and be out from under the issues around storing gasoline. The alternative being a large propane tank or a number of smaller propane tanks.
But it's 50' from the house to the garden shed where the gennie lives and we're on a shale ridge - i.e. running the plumbing underground would be quite a task. I'm thinking close to a grand to get somebody in to dig the trench and run the pipe.
OTOH, I'm wondering if I could just have a natural gas outlet installed on the outer wall of the house and, when the need arises, uncoil 50' of the right kind of flexible hose to feed the gennie in the shed.
Safety/legality issues?