[AT] O.T. propane question

[Bruce Fallon]

At our old house when we had a propane stove and furnace installed the
propane company (Petrolane)  installed the Yellow plastic underground piping
in my ditch. They supplied the tank and regulators high pressure  at the
tank and low pressure at the side of the house. This was in 1997. 
 At our new house installed in 2006 (Cenex) installed the plastic line
installed in my ditch same type of setup they did put in wire wrapped around
the pipe for locating the line in the future. In both cases the Yellow
plastic line is fused to a black iron pipe which comes out of the ground.
It costs $70 a year annual tank rental fee for a 500 gallon tank. 
I had to have a plumber install the black iron piping in the houses for
connection to the stoves and furnaces. 

2 fill ups so far this year pricing has been $1.739 in January and $1.799 a
gallon in March. 

Bruce Fallon
Langley, WA 98260

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Paul Waugh
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I am going to add my 2 cents and that is what it is worth.

 On LP, I have never seen anything but copper until last fall. They used
more like a rubber hose off the regulator, of course this is very low
pressure at this point. With brass fittings. If I remember correctly, 100
ft. is about as far as they want to go away from the tank.

Natural gas is another story. It comes in at a fairly high pressure and they
use a special plastic hose (orange, I believe). Then after the regulator,
black pipe is used above ground (fire protection) and a special yellow is
used under ground. Around here we have supply houses in which to buy correct
hose and fittings.

Paul - NE,IN
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
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They are in the process of putting in Natural Gas lines in my area.
All of their supply piping is plastic but it's very heavy plastic.
I suspect plastic piping is fine but I'd want someone at the gas company or
with a regulatory agency to tell me what kind of plastic pipe to use.


Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Hazewinkel
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 6:35 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] O.T. propane question

Don't know much about plastic lines Don.  Around here, you can't use
anything but copper.  My copper ( almost 209-ft) was provided by the propane
company.

Enjoy, Joe

Sent from my iPhone just for you

On Jul 11, 2013, at 10:01 PM, Don Bowen <don.bowen at earthlink.net> wrote:

> We are in the process of building a house.  The house is on a site 
> where a double wide sat which we sold.  In the process we had to move 
> the propane tank.  I want to run a line from the tank to the house 
> then continue on to the garage.  I also want to run a line from the 
> tank to the shop.  I have had some experience with plastic lines and 
> think they would be a significant savings over Copper.
>
> I have been told I need a high pressure red regulator at the tank and 
> lower pressure regulators at the three buildings.  I was also told 
> that the risers for the plastic lines require a special tool. Several 
> years ago I helped lay some plastic propane lines and the risers just 
> snapped on the plastic lines much like Sharkbite on PEX.  Special 
> fittings were also mentioned.
>
> Any comments?
>
> -- 
> Don Bowen           AD0BR
> "A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without 
> reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom."
> -Michel De Montaigne 1588
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
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