Ceiling Gas Pipes
I have been leaving in brownstone in Bushwick for about 2 years now,and i was wondering about the gas pipes located in the ceiling wich are still connected with gas. What should i do ??? Get them disconnected ,i eventually what to have in the futur have a gas fire place. What will be best….
I have been leaving in brownstone in Bushwick for about 2 years now,and i was wondering about the gas pipes located in the ceiling wich are still connected with gas.
What should i do ???
Get them disconnected ,i eventually what to have in the futur have a gas fire place.
What will be best.
Thank a lot
Thank Jerry &Rick,i did put a chandelier and i whent in Bowery street in Manhattan the guy gave me a special screw for gas pipe.wich was much stronger that the one you find in Home depot.
If they are in a ceiling and you want to install a new to code light box (also for a ceiling fan), your electrician will ask you to have your plumber check them (they could be live=gas will come out) and then remove them.
Removing them is easy if your ceiling can be opened to allow someone to get in their to unscrew a 100+ year old pipe = it’s usually really tight. If you have a medallion and don’t want to wreck it (as we did), then an easy decision is to NOT install a ceiling fan, but a chandelier.
The issue still remaining is what to do with your chandelier’s wires that will most likely not fit into the existing cup that your light has. My wife brilliantly figured out that you could attach the chandelier’s cup to the existing light cup. Our electrician was amazed at how easy and nice it all looked after…
Jerry
All brownstones had gaslight at one time. If you live in a 2 or 3 family it’s possible that the gas pipes are hooked up to a cooking stove on the top floors. I see this all the time. My house was set up that way too. It bothered me having gas and electric in my ceiling light fixtures so I ran new pipe for the top floor stoves and disconnected the old gaslight lines at the gas meter. If you plan to have a gas fireplace you can have a line run for that too. I don’t think having gas in the old lines is a threat as long as you are sure everything is sealed. It’s been that way for 100 years already and we never get any earthquakes out here.