For questions generally relating to the supply and use of gaseous methane or propane fuels within or around a home.
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Why do I have a reduced flame in my natural gas fireplace when the furnace or water heater runs?
I have a natural gas fireplace, furnace, water heater and barbecue.
This year I've noticed that my barbecue blows out occasionally when it's on low, even in the slightest wind. I figured the burner ...
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What Steps Should I Take to Troubleshoot My Gas Oven?
I recently purchased a house, and it came with a gas oven. I've never owned or used a gas oven before, and the oven takes an extremely long time to preheat (like hours). I replaced the door gasket ...
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Can I fix a possible gas leak on a valve for a hot water system myself with Thread Seal Tape?
Is a leaking gas fitting something a non-professional should even attempt to fix?
Symptoms:
There is a slight off odor around the hot water system, after some experimentation of turning the gas off ...
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Why does the gas furnace blow cold air at the start of the heating cycle?
What does this problem sound like?
There is a 25 year old gas furnace in the house we rent.
(The guy that owns the place claims there is NO problem at all. He said the igniter is brand new and ...
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Is it necessary to connect a boiler and gas meter to the main fuse box?
We are getting a new kitchen fitted. An electrical survey has been carried out by the compnay installing kitchen. they have said that, our brand new and recently fitted, boiler needs a earth wire ...
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Generator carburetor problem, is it the float?
Hopefully this is an appropriate place to post:
I had to use my generator today and it ran fine for about an hour but when I went outside to check on it, I noticed it was dripping gas from the ...
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furnace creating a ground?
our gas furnace has a junction box on the side of it for the 110 feed for the blower, the feed has no ground wire , if i put a meter on the hot wire and metal box i get 110/120 , without a ground wire ...
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Where can I find resources on Gas Furnace manufacturers
We are going to replace a 30 year old residential gas furnace. We have estimates for furnaces from Rheem, Trane and Bryant. This is a rental, so we aren't going for the 95% with tax rebate but ...
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What to do about furnace that's drawing gas odors into the room instead of heat?
I have a gas furnace. It was heating up the place fine and worked for years until the other day.
All of a sudden it started drawing air that smelled like strong gas odors into the room rather than ...
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Can I do anything with this gas fireplace? No gas service
When I bought my house (it was bank owned and empty for 2 years), the home inspector said that we had a gas fireplace insert, and not a "real" wood burning fireplace. We do not have gas service in ...
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Gas valve with on off indicator?
Is there such a thing as a gas valve with an on/off indicator light?
I'm looking for something where it's blindingly obvious that somebody has left the gas on.
ironically: I googled around but ...
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Gas Fireplace Pilot
I have a Heatilator NB4842I gas fireplace. When I turn on the switch on the wall, the pilot lights the burner. When I turn off the switch, the burner goes off but pilot is staying on until I tap on ...
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Gas fire place main burner stays on low flame
I have a gas fire place. The pilot light stays on and the main burner comes on, but the flame is not even close to what it was when it was first put in. What is wrong?
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How do I improve hot water pressure from a gas combination boiler?
I have a gas combination boiler (no hot water tank). The hot water pressure isn't very good though - the showers and hot taps come out with maybe half the pressure when compared to the cold straight ...
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What kind of paint should be used to protect gas meter?
During our home inspection, the inspector mentioned that the gas meter wasn't painted and could be subject to rusting later but he didn't elaborate on what paint to use. Anyone have suggestions here?
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Is it safe to use “PushFit” fitting on gas pipes?
There are many makes of pushfit pipe fittings that make it a lot easer to join pipes, incluing copper pipes, e,g:
John Guest Speedfit
Cuprofit®- copper push fit
Hepworth-HEP20
Are they safe to ...
