I am so jealous!! I had a few plumbers come out. The gas line is running right over where I needed it to come down, so it would have been so simple. BUT...I guess where I live the city is very strict about this kind of thing, and it would have cost me a small fortune for the testing of my existing natural gas system before the plumber could even start. Then, if they found any problems I would have had to pay even more money. It was well over $1,000. This was consistent with 3 plumbers. I also had a few who would do it for $300 without going through the city permits, but I didn't want to get into any trouble if I had any problems. I just ran a line through the wall, and I'm still using propane for now. It was cheap and fast and safe. I may look into this some more at a later date. I had heard talk of a new torch that runs well on low pressure.
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