dpb wrote:
RogerT wrote:
I have a gas line coming into my house through the basement wall. The
line coming looks like it is about a 1-1/4 inch pipe. The pipe
comes in, then there is a silver steel color knurled fitting, then a
regular reducer fitting, then a street 90 degree L. From there, the
piping goes up to the gas meter that is in the basement.
What I am trying to figure out is, what is that silver steel color
knurled fitting? Whatever it is, it is threaded onto the pipe that
is coming into the house and threaded into the reducer fitting.
Here are two photos:
http://i56.tinypic.com/qx9kl1.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/15n7syh.jpg
This is in New Jersey (PSE&G is the gas company). Yes, I know I
could try calling the gas company to find out, but it is next to
impossible to get through to them on the phone, and I have already
had them out there twice because I am trying to figure a way to
relocate the meter about one foot over for remodeling. They were no
help (long story), and I didn't think to ask them while they were
there what the knurled fitting is. I have a hunch that the knurled
steel fitting is some kind of gas company tag or marker that they
put on to make sure no one has tampered with the gas line before the
meter. Does anyone know if that's correct or what that fitting is?
...
Never seen anything like it on gas before...that's a sizable entrance
line for a single-family residence.
It's a larger entrance line because it is actually a 3-unit building with
separate gas for each unit. From the point in the photo, the piping then
goes to 3 separte gas meters, rather than one. I left that part out before
because I didn't want to make the post too complicated. The basement is
being remodeled and I want to be able to get the 3 meters moved about a foot
over. Also, each meter has it's own shutoff valve, but I wanted to be able
to also have a main shutoff valve installed on the main line so all of the
gas for all 3 units could be shut off at once if needed during an emergency
etc. That was why I had the gas company out there a couple of times, but
that's a whole other story.