"maxinemovies" email on wrote in message
...
The gas company has lines about a hundred yards from where we're
building our house. They say it will be SIX WEEKS before they can tell
us what it's going to cost to bring it in to our property.

Crap shoot. It can be as little as $500, as hight as $5000+. Depends on
the particular utility and how they view the market at the time. Are there
other houses doing up downstream from you? They may want to tap into that
customer base and do it cheap. Is it only you? They may not think of one
house as a good enough investment to bother cutting any deals.



On the other hand, we could just go with LP gas.


You can also convert later if need be. Sure would be nice to know before
you get started so you can make provisions to bring the line in early on.


My feeling is that I'd rather have natural gas even if it costs a bit
to get it initially. LP gas also has an initial cost for tank, etc.,
doesn't it?

Right. NG will be cheaper every month, tends to be a little less volatile
in price. If you go iwth NG, run a line to the patio for a gas grill.

Any ideas on what it's going to cost them to bring the natural gas
lines in to our property? Educated guesses?



And opinions on which we should go with, natural or LP?

NG if you can. A superior product.

I hope your are taking full advantage of building a very energy efficient
house and save a bundle in heating and AC costs for years to come. If I was
building, I'd use ICF's like www.polysteel.com or www.integraspec.com They
cna cu t the heating bill by 40% or more.