sawtooth wrote:
I have installed a Gas stove and had to run pipe to the kitchen.

I tapped into the existing copper pipe with a copper T. Ran copper to
Black pipe which is what comes out of the floor in the Kitchen for the
Gas Stove to hookup to.

The copper fittings that I put in were soldered using standard plumbing
solder.

There have been no leaks and this has been in place a couple of months
now, but I've read somewhere that soldering is only for water and not
gas.

What are the problems with soldering for gas pipes? Is this setup
dangerous?


Copper *is* permitted in some parts of the country for gas lines.

But soldered (or brazed) joints are not allowed. Only flare-fitting
connections should be used and only soft copper tubing. The reasoning
is that soldered joints can be difficult to make leak-free (and leaks
don't show like they do with water) and the joint may break if the
pipe is subjected to bending/vibration, etc.


Jim