As an aside my son just bought a brand new house. He came home the other day and someone knocked his outside gas meter somehow causing it to hiss. SO he called PGE they come out and fix it but on inside inspection they find a minor gas leak with his gas stove top because the connection was cross threaded when put in so builders are coming back today to fix it. Basically he had a small gas leak he never would have known about if not for some jack hole messing up his outside line. He was actually kind of bummed he has gas stove oven since he has solar panels that would have easily covered the electric usage on an electric range/stove but that’s what came installed.
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Tell him to sell the stove and buy an electric. Especially if it had never been used it would fetch a good price.
If/when I get solar panels I will definitely switch to an electric range and electric hot water heater. Already have the electric dryer.
In the meantime he could get one of those convection oven / microwaves and use that for some of his baking. Maybe not chocolate chip cookies, but a casserole will do fine in the convection oven. That will bump his electric usage and reduce his gas usage.
Get one of those instant hot water things too so it takes less time to boil water for pasta, tea, etc.
I have a ventless gas fireplace - all those wonderful fumes go directly into my living room!
I have no idea if the fumes are different than those coming from a gas stove, but you can get a bit of residual mercaptan odor from both.
We’re looking to get a new oven/stove and currently have gas… if you get electric does it require an electrician?
Huh… I wonder if my gas fireplace in my old house was ventless. How can you tell?
Irrelevant now as I only have wood-burning.
Likely yes. Your gas stove is almost certainly 110v unless it’s dual fuel. An electric stove will require a 220v outlet. Which requires an electrician unless you’re super handy.
Sort of related, anyone got one of those fancy new heat pump water heaters yet?
Our (gas) water heater is quite old and I’m considering one of these but haven’t read much yet.
Sounds logistically complicated :(… so you get Home Depot ppl to take out the stove, then electrician to update wiring then Home Depot ppl back to put it in?
Possibly… if there’s no suitable outlet back there.
How old is the house and how long has the neighborhood had natural gas? If the house pre-dates the existence of the natural gas line to the house then it’s safe to say it’s wired for an electric stove. But if the house is 2 years old and the builder put in a natural gas stove then it probably isn’t.
If it’s 30 years old… who knows??? People add natural gas after the fact because (for some reason) they like cooking with gas and/or it’s often cheaper. So if the gas was added post-construction you’ll be fine.
Easiest way to tell is pull it out and look what kind of outlet is back there.
House is ~50 years old per zillow, not sure if it predates the gas line. When we moved in there was a septic tank under the front lawn we had taken out so probably whatever the least desirable one is…
And pull out the oven!? Sounds dangerous
I have an electrician friend. If there is no 220V outlet (and maybe the house would have it, same as my Dryer area has both a gas pipe and 220V), you’d also have to upgrade the wiring, from the oven area to the panel.
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Oh dear, so maybe gas it is
From what I know about you, your pull-out game is poor. BAM!!
(Stole that from Tracy Morgan referring to Eddie Murphy and his ten kids.)
It should be pretty easy to pull it out a little, look behind (and find a lot of crap!) to see if there is a 220V outlet.
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If you don’t see me posting next week then you know it ended poorly
Sorry, 50 years for a house is not that old, in 2022. In the 70’s, depending on a lot of factors, the house (whole subdivision, possibly) might be “use gas as much as possible, cuz cheaper”. But, I’ve seen other subdivisions from the 70’s that proudly proclaimed “all-electric!”. (One less pipe for the construction company to install.)
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I want an induction range in our next new house. My wife wants gas. We’ll probably get both.
We use the fan when cooking with our gas stove/oven. Want to upgrade to induction at some point, but this is actually a fairly new stove so it will probably be awhile. We do have solar now, but not a storage battery. If we ever pull the trigger on an EV we’ll likely do the new stove then too.
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Gas logs are typically sold as vented or ventless. I am not sure how to tell if you come across existing gas logs that were added to a fireplace. The one I have is pretty obviously a ventless because there is no physical vent and it is part of a standalone fireplace not integrated into the house (and I bought/installed it).
Hmmm that house was only 2 years old when I bought it and I’m certain the builder put in the gas fireplace. So whatever was standard for new homes in 2001 is what it had.
Not exactly. CO and air (mostly N2) have almost the same molecular weight. In fact air is a little denser. There are other nastier (incomplete) combustion products that are heavier than air and those are the ones that will kill your little dog. Because CO and air have similar densities, the CO will be more distributed throughout the room (and likely nearer the ceiling due to the higher temperature compare to the ambient air).
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