How To Install A Gas Pipe Floor Flange

The gas valve is installed to the treads of the compression nut after it the nut is installed into the flange.

How to install a gas pipe floor flange.

Use a 90 degree elbow at the stove to avoid kinking the gas tubing when you push the stove against the wall. Threaded flange find applications in areas in which hot work welding burning and grinding is undesirable. The valve shown has 1 2 in. From 1 2 to 1 1 2 pipe the face of a fitting to face of another fitting you add 3 4.

Takes me about one mintute to prep and weld in my shop. In fact a floor flange is only used to make a supporting pier from pipe materials it is never used for pipes with any flowing fluid inside the pipes. Coat all threaded pipe connections with pipe thread compound before assembly. Step 1 cut and thread the pipe.

Installation is work intensive but straightforward. Like i wrote above simply slip a 3 4 in flange over a 1 2 in pipe. In my limited experience i ve only seen these flanges used for non plumbing purposes by guys who build shelves furniture with black pipe. The the other day i was at a friend s house with an outdoor grill and saw a floor flange.

If you know exact elevation you can customize the nipple length accordingly. Most domestic gas lines use 1 2 inch 1 27 cm through 1 1 2 inch 3 81 cm black pipe while large commercial projects sometimes use larger fittings up to 8 inch. Threaded pipe flange is supplied with a tapered internal thread that the pipe screws into. The yellow pipe you attached to the flange can then be attached to a black pipe fifing with the proper fittings.

Otherwise i like min 1 in above flange to top of nipple for gas valve space. Female pipe thread to 1 2 in. Again you are correct that a gas valve is needed near the dryer. No turning drilling or machining whatsoever is needed.

You start by measuring the run length and cutting the black iron pipe accordingly. You do not need a floor flange and a floor flange is not made to couple two pipes.