I'm just avocado green with envy.

[toggleswitch2]

*eyes roll*

LOL ROFL LMAO.

Funny, I do call you Junior...........

LOL JEEZ I was thinking there for a minute "OK when in Tucson Arizona did I drive him and his parent and his friend anywhere...."
An actual song introduction:

"Afieronw auto to tragoudi apo mena, se mena yia mena kai apo mena".

"I hearby dedicate this song from me to me for me and by me......"

or in French Je m'aime avec toute ma couer".

(Ducks and runs)

 

[mistereric]

I guess I am safe, I was only ever in the front seat. ;-)

 

[toggleswitch2]

Souldn't your location be NYC & NJ?

So how about continuing your thread about your new house?
or perhaps a new one.........

 

[toggleswitch2]

Ok so let's suppose I want a gas dryer in my apt.

Is there a way to use a flexible quick-connect gas connector that can be connected to the "permanent" rigid piping when in use and rolled / coiled-up when not?

I had just seen a BBQ grill connected via such an arrangement to a natural gas line, but not sure if such a conneciton is intended to be repeatedly connected/ disconnected. Nor am I sure such a system is approved for use indoors.

My dryer would be located on the other side of the room (i.e. across from the stove) and rigid piping around the perimeter of the walls would be unsightly. I had done this once before at the height of wainscotting or a chair-rail moulding. It visually disappears when painted to match the walls. In this place however, it would be too visible.

Ideas anyone?

 

[gansky1]

Have you tried finding the tubing like you saw for the gas grill? I would imagine you could buy it off-the-roll at a plumbing supply company and then add the fittings you need for your dryer. Leave the flex-connector on the back of the machine and connect it whenever you like. Perhaps with plumbing fittings, you could also have a quick-connect/release system devised for the dryer. Gas is low pressure so theoretically, you could use a garden hose and clamps, but that maybe a bit too far away from the code ;-)

I'm shocked at how much that Porta-Dryer went for on Ebay!! I've always found them at thrift stores, etc. so maybe I'm just spoiled...

 

[toggleswitch2]

Agreed. Natural gas in a home setting typically flows at about 3 p.s.i. (pounds per square inch). From what I see on a flex-hose maker's (Chinese, badly translated) site, gas molecules are quite small and therefore need special types of tubing material to prevent leakage.

I have seen those corrrugated flexible metal connectors that typically connect a gas appliance to the rigid conventional piping now used as gas mains for long distance runs (within a home, but not through walls) in place of rigid threaded piping. So maybe code is more permissive these day.

Thanks for the suggesitons. IIRC the japanese have gas-fired portable countertop rice cookers with quick connects. Need to confirm and investigate if such a system would "fly" here.

 

[launderess]

Considering the many recent cases of explosions linked to gas in the NY/NJ area, I'd make VERY sure whatever you do is up to code and passes muster.

Know you wouldn't, but one has no idea how many people do very silly things with gas, including messing around indoors with propane tanks, only to blow themselves and perhaps a good part of the area to smithereens. Either that or gas themselves to death when an improperly and often illegal connection leaks.

L.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Yes thanks. I'll rack-dry "'til the cows come home" before endangering myself or others!

Some neighbors have dedicated air-conditiong lines that flow from the basement to the 2nd floor (I'm on the second(top) floor of a garden apt) via outdoor metal conduits. Need to find out how to get this done. Whether through "proper channels" or by greasing a few palmsand geeting my electricians to do it quietly. In any case, to do it professionally and to-code!

 

[toggleswitch2]

Still can't confirm these can (safely) be used indoors.
Of course I'd have a shut-off valve just before the hose.

The quick-connect is not so much a matter of speed, but a leak-free seal without tightening or tools, and the additional safety feature that gas will not flow if the hose is disconnected.

May also have to add an additional valve to ensure line does not fill with air and conversely "spill" the remaining gas in the line into the room once disconnected.

Since my electricty here is limited to 110v 30a and I have blown the main fuse a few times already, gas may be the way to go. It does not help any that I have to pay $12 a month (meter & service charge) even having used NO (measurable) amount of gas in the billing period.

As far as code goes, being 3+/- blocks OUTSIDE of NYC makes for a much more lax set of rules................

http://www.bbq.com/item_name_Mr-Heater-3-8-Natural-Gas-Hose-W-Quick-Disconnect_item_4336.html

 

[toggleswitch2]

Getting warmer...............

http://www.tejassmokers.com/NatGasHoses.htm

 

[mistereric]

togs...

sorry about being so absent lately! the house and work have been eating up all my time.

if you click the linky in my profile on here you all can see my latest house pics. ;-)

 

[fredfred9633]

is that not the maytag anywere dryer

 

[toggleswitch2]

Maybe it Is the Maytag Anywhere Dryer!

~Gas is low pressure so theoretically, you could use a garden hose and clamps, but that maybe a bit too far away from the code ;-)

I have seen this done in Puerto Rico with propane. But again, the stove was in a room that was parially outside, open to the elements. Of course code there has probably evolved completely differenlty than it has here.

IIRC I have actually seen propane bottles INSIDE residences. Not sure if technically permissible (there) or not.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Here is Miss Anywhere with a 3" (762mm)vent hose attached.

 

[toggleswitch2]

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[qsd-dan]

is that not the maytag anywere dryer

Looks like it's.