Gas pipes at every light fixture location
We have about 3″ of gas line coming down from the ceiling at each fixture. The gas lines are live. We know this because there was a leak that we had repaired in one room. Since there’s a kitchen on the 3rd & 1st floor cutting the gass off altogether is not an easy task;…
We have about 3″ of gas line coming down from the ceiling at each fixture. The gas lines are live. We know this because there was a leak that we had repaired in one room. Since there’s a kitchen on the 3rd & 1st floor cutting the gass off altogether is not an easy task; it’s not clear that one pipe in the basement serves all the light fixtures. In addition to the ceiling lights, there are openings for 3 sconces with gas lines in every room, but only a few actual fixtures which I had removed to clean & re-wire …. so we have many open holes with live wires & gas lines in every room. Total mess. The big problem is the ceiling fixtures. What do we do? We want to install ceiling fixtures but have to resolve the gas line issue. Flush mount fixtures won’t fit. Anyone here dealt with this? Have any ideas as to how to approach this? Thank you.
You can get adapters at sids or brunos hardware in downtown brooklyn. The light fixture then attaches to the old gaslight ‘pancake’. I’ve got one in here holding up a ceiling fan — been there for years.
I had the same problem in our 3 family brownstone. Some of the gaslight plumbing was used for the top floor stove. I had the gaslight disconnected at the meter and new plumbing running to the top floor stove. It’s really not that big of a deal and you will feel better knowing that all that old gaslight plumbing is safe. The 3 inches of pipe is threaded and can be removed or you can hang your new fixtures off the pipe. Your 1st floor apartment stove should be easy to trace from the basement.
Whatever the outcome remeber that any lines that are live must be capped with the caps remaining visible. If there is an emergency of some sort the Fire Department has to be able to see them.
i just uncovered a similar problem except with one big difference, the gas line is dead. your best bet is probably to get a plumber, trace the lines, and see where you can cap them off so you can remove the pipes. live gas pipes in your light fixtures just seems like a bad idea.
Whatever you do, don’t smoke while you’re rewiring the fixtures.