Natural Gas

[shelly]

My husband and I want to bring natural gas to our house on Genesse Hill, but are being told it’s going to cost about $20,000 to bring it 120 feet. Anyone else tried to bring natural gas to their place? Any tips?

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[mrhineh]

Did you already try multiple quotes? Gas is a little tricky b/c unless there is a main close by, you bear the cost (UNLESS you can get other neighbors who may be interested in natgas to share some of the costs. They are not obligated too, and can tap into the main afterwards without paying for the cost of the installation of the extension. In that instance, they only pay the hookup costs from house to street). I’m guessing 120′ is where the main ends, so piggybacking off a neighbor’s line it out of the question. Also, check with the City Utilities to see if the costs of repaving the street are required and included in your estimate (that can be an ugly surprise).

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[maplesyrup]

$20k sounds excessive. Did the city give you that bid?

I am looking at doing the same thing and the city told us it would run $3-5k. Our neighbors have a gas connection already though.

Someone is coming out next week to confirm the exact cost.

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[Carson]

I didn’t bring gas in, but I did increase my capacity when I added a tankless hot water heater and commercial stove. Dave is lic, bonded and insured. I can’t tell you he will be the cheapest, thats not the type of thing I wanted cheap, I wanted it done right. Call Dave. He also lives in WS

Dave

Streamline Natural Gas

(206) 994-0444

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[mrhineh]

MS: If you have to dig the street up 120′, not sure that bid is too far off. One thing you should check on with your neighbor to save costs is where their line comes to their house in relation to your meter. If they agree to it, you could tap their line (from the street) somewhere by the sidewalk or close to the house and create a split. That means you don’t have to dig all the way out to main, which can save you a chunk. Your neighbor must agee to this (along with you cleaning up the aftermath of digging up their yard to get to the line. Its best if the two locations are relatively side by side on the same side of the house.)

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[mrhineh]

Also, check with your gas provider. When we looked into it, there were rebates available if you were converting from electric to gas (but not oil to gas).

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[shelly]

We are being told its 6-9(k) to run from the main line on Andover into our house (which is the second house in from Andover). The rest is to pay for all of the repaving of the roads. The rebates all expire end of 2010 and they haven’t determined if there will be any in 2011. Thanks for the feedback, we’ll keep trying to see if there is anythign we can do to make this happen. Right now, it’s completely cost-prohibitive and the ROI isn’t there.

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[Franci]

When I moved into my house 8 years ago, I called the gas company and as long as I was planning on using the gas on x number of appliances, they did not charge me.. At the time I was installing gas for heating, cooking, and a clothes dryer.

Gas was on the alley, so they just had to run it to my house.

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[Vanessa]

Propane gas is your answer…We went thru the same sticker shock with the Gas Co..$5thousand alone for the cement back on the street. So we starting checking into propane, they said no go, cause everything was too close to a neighbor or our own window.That was with the big propane tanks, that you rent and get filled by the propane co. THEN someone suggested that we buy two smaller tanks (40 gallon) like they use on boats or RVs. We own them, don’t have to rent, not that heavy to refill and the restrictions are not as stringent as on the big tanks. (which surprised us) But we now have the 2 tanks, I finally get to have my gas stove and cooking is fantastic. (The oven part is electric.)We cook a lot at home and we went almost a whole year on the first tank. If you’d like more info, we can figure out how to get in touch with each other.

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[Genesee Hill]

Several of us on a one block stretch on Genesee Hill attempted the same thing. It worked out to ~ $10,000, or so, for each house because the concrete panels on the street would have to be replaced. Because of the high cost, many did not want to do it. This was several years ago.

I don’t believe there is anything you can do to lower the cost. I have given up and am having a heat pump installed. I do not like having an underground oil tank on my property. Not to mention the cost of oil…

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[KBear]

“Propane gas is your answer…”

Sounds like she needs to talk to Hank Hill!

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