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Theyre building the walls today. the brick is 5 courses high, and the wall studs will be 9' to make it a 12' wall height. i plan on 3x5 windows, so need to figure out how hight to put them on the wall. I was thinking 1' from the block? so that would be ~4' form the ground once you calculate the...

got an update. an installer came out and he said the meter is low pressure and its best to run a separate line off the meter, across the driveway (he would cut it, put the line in 12-18" down, and then pack it with crushed asphalt), then run it through the woods to the new garage. he liked the...

I have 100% clay. So I take it it's not going to be fun.

Agreed. I already need a trencher so I can do it that day. Maybe I'll just hire a professional to connect it to the meter.

9 foot wide black top, which probably we will be replacing the whole thing next year. I was thinking about getting a concrete saw and just cutting a 6 inch wide cut out of it since we are going to be replacing it anyways. But didn't really feel like patching that. I saw a cone shaped tool on the...

I'll look into it. I needed the trencher anyways for the electric and water lines, but heck if someone is goo g to do it for 200$ and I just supply the risers and line, im all for it.

I'll talk to the gas company and go from there. They should be coming out here in the next week. I have no problem trenching, and I know where the lines are, just don't know how deep they put them when they built the house new since I wasn't the owner then. I looked up that bullet hole and the...

If I were to tee right off of the meter which is halfway down the driveway, it would be a 300-foot run from the meter straight to the new building. Of course I would have to rent a bullet mole to go under the driveway, hopefully avoiding all the other lines that were laid along the driveway, and...

well that would stink. i just measured the distance from the meter down the driveway to the riser by the house:225' . so thats a total of 400' if i ran to the garage (including basement run). now just looking at what i have right now....according to this chart with a 225' run i should only be...

sure i can, i would just have to cut another hole in the house and run it next to the old pipe. i like that idea better now that i think about it since the riser area is behind some bushes so its easy to hide. i would just have to pray i dont run into anything while running the pipe blindly the...

i really only have 1 option: 1. replace the 1/2" main gas line running into the house with a 1" line... and (hopefully) only have to make the current 1/2" hole in the siding bigger, and then pop out in the unfinished basement. it actually pops out in a bedroom closet with drop ceiling.. so its...

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately that won't work either. Both the meter and the riser in the photo are on the other side of the driveway and I would have to rip up the driveway to get to the new garage. Aside from that, I would also have to avoid all the other utilities like electric...

Unfortunately tying off of the gas meter won't work. My driveway is 500 feet long, and the meter is halfway down around 250 feet. Then they ran a 1-inch line I'm assuming from there to the Riser next to the house that I took a photo off. It would be way too long of a run from the meter and...

just had a heat load test done by 2 different people. they both suggested 50-55k btu to heat the garage. boy was i off, so much for believing the internet :). one guys suggested buying 2 smaller heaters and put them facing each other in opposing corners. he said it heats more evenly and faster...

Weird. I would think it would be a lot easier to install a couple tees now in the black pipe overhead than having to dig up the yellow pipe 2 feet down in the ground if I wanted to expand later

update: im thinking i might want to run the yellow underground pipe only to the back left corner, sweep it up there, and then run 1" black pipe the whole length of the back wall along a truss to where the heater will go. that way i can tap into it the black pipe for whatever down the road. plus...

Hey guys thanks so much for the posts. so i got a bunch more info to share. i spoke to the gas company and they will come out for a site survey in 2 weeks to upgrade the meter based on my requirements. 2 weeks wont really help me right now since i have an open trench and wanted to bury a...

i just looked at about 10 charts for pipe sizing. 8 of the 10 charts said i would be fine with 1" yellow pipe if less than 150' and under 150k burner. ill have to measure, but ill probably be just around 150 by the time i run it in the ground, into the garage and up to the reznor which is the...

i noticed there was a larger black gas pipe, like 1" just above the furnace in the basement. some other things like a small space heater, and hot water tank has a small 1/2" pipe. what size of pipe would i need to tap into? also i figured if i tap into a large trunk like 3/4" or 1" with a 3/4...

howdy guys. im having a new 36x48 garage build thats going up right now. itll be stick built, and they have just finished the footing and block work. were waiting on the trusses to come in (3-4 weeks) before building the walls etc. here is the build...