Short Story
Can you run a gas line through an aprx 20 foot ceiling section of open web joist system in or out of conduit that then exits the outside of the house at just under knee level then have it travel about 10-15 feet more outside above ground to where it will ultimately reside to install at a pool heater?
What is the minimum pipe size to accomodate a 250K BTU gas pool heater?
Long Story
I am adding a NG pool heater. I am mildly handy with most carpentry, bathroom style plumbing, and electrical work. I have never run a gas line before and am considering doing so with the assistance of someone more qualified than me.
What I want to guage is if I should just pay the $$$ for a master plumber to perform the work or if I can shave a few bucks and get it installed DIY while meeting code requirements.
I have two potential options for running this gas line. The first is for splitting the gas line outside and putting a T right after the meter and before it goes into the house. Then trench the split line about 40 feet to the pool pad. If this is the option I must go with, I will be having a professional do so. FYI that the bids I have had for this job range from $500-$800 including the trench work.
The second option would involve extending the line that comes into my house. In my basement game room in about the middle of the house is where the furnace, etc reside. There is a 5 way splitter located in there with one of the entries empty. I attached a photo of this. My first concern is that the 5 way splitter that is empty will not accomodate the 250K BTU required by the pool heater. However the main line coming down from the top likely can so a new splitter can be connected there, correct?
The next concern would be how to get the gas line outside. My basement has a finished drywall ceiling and tearing that apart is lesser than ideal. The cost of drywall not the issue but matching the pattern of mud on the ceiling would be.
My ceiling however consists of an open web joist system. See http://www.trussform.co.uk/content.php/info_id/326 for a similar view. My hope was that the joists would run agaist where I would like to run the gas line and it could be fed through the open web portions. however the joists run the same direction as the gas run so even if it would meet code to allow the line (inside conduit or not, or rigid) it would end up just resting on some drywall.
So my "grand" idea is if you are permitted to do so via code, if I calculate it properly, could you run a 20 foot run of rigid line or conduit from the outside of the house through the ceiling and have one side rest on the beam in the middle of the house (where the furnace located) and the other side on the ledger/sheathing going to the outside of the house. I can only imagine that if it was even possible to get a 20 foot home run of conduit or rigid line from that location that there would likely be a x per foot tacking code requirement.
Is there any chance you can do such a task and meet code? Or have any suggestions? I know I am only trying to shave a small amount of $$$ but anyone whom owns a pool knows those $$$ add up.
Can you run a gas line through an aprx 20 foot ceiling section of open web joist system in or out of conduit that then exits the outside of the house at just under knee level then have it travel about 10-15 feet more outside above ground to where it will ultimately reside to install at a pool heater?
What is the minimum pipe size to accomodate a 250K BTU gas pool heater?
Long Story
I am adding a NG pool heater. I am mildly handy with most carpentry, bathroom style plumbing, and electrical work. I have never run a gas line before and am considering doing so with the assistance of someone more qualified than me.
What I want to guage is if I should just pay the $$$ for a master plumber to perform the work or if I can shave a few bucks and get it installed DIY while meeting code requirements.
I have two potential options for running this gas line. The first is for splitting the gas line outside and putting a T right after the meter and before it goes into the house. Then trench the split line about 40 feet to the pool pad. If this is the option I must go with, I will be having a professional do so. FYI that the bids I have had for this job range from $500-$800 including the trench work.
The second option would involve extending the line that comes into my house. In my basement game room in about the middle of the house is where the furnace, etc reside. There is a 5 way splitter located in there with one of the entries empty. I attached a photo of this. My first concern is that the 5 way splitter that is empty will not accomodate the 250K BTU required by the pool heater. However the main line coming down from the top likely can so a new splitter can be connected there, correct?
The next concern would be how to get the gas line outside. My basement has a finished drywall ceiling and tearing that apart is lesser than ideal. The cost of drywall not the issue but matching the pattern of mud on the ceiling would be.
My ceiling however consists of an open web joist system. See http://www.trussform.co.uk/content.php/info_id/326 for a similar view. My hope was that the joists would run agaist where I would like to run the gas line and it could be fed through the open web portions. however the joists run the same direction as the gas run so even if it would meet code to allow the line (inside conduit or not, or rigid) it would end up just resting on some drywall.
So my "grand" idea is if you are permitted to do so via code, if I calculate it properly, could you run a 20 foot run of rigid line or conduit from the outside of the house through the ceiling and have one side rest on the beam in the middle of the house (where the furnace located) and the other side on the ledger/sheathing going to the outside of the house. I can only imagine that if it was even possible to get a 20 foot home run of conduit or rigid line from that location that there would likely be a x per foot tacking code requirement.
Is there any chance you can do such a task and meet code? Or have any suggestions? I know I am only trying to shave a small amount of $$$ but anyone whom owns a pool knows those $$$ add up.
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