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Thanks for your replies. I went down to city hall and talked to the inspector. He's OK testing just the new piping, and said, "as long as it's not concealed, just put in a regular gas valve and test against that." So I'll do it that way, but spend the money on a better valve, so if I'm losing...

Thanks for all the good responses. I have a few thoughts: Unions: Not allowed. Here are snippets from various codes, California and local: "Unions (inline couplings) are only permitted downstream (after) appliance shut-off valves, meter locations, and immediately downstream on building...

Greetings all: This is about how to cap the location of the new-to-old junction of a new gas line for the pressure test, in a way that will allow final connection after the pressure test. I looked but didn't find the answer to this question in old threads. I'm adding new natural gas plumbing...