I have a gas stove in my 45 year old home that I am wanting to replace. When I pulled the oven out from the wall I see that there is no shut-off valve for the gas. Where might I look to locate a gas shutoff off valve for this appliance ?
Thank you for any assistance you can provide?
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If you have a basement it could be in between the floor joists or a near proximity.
Crawl space the same scenario.
If a valve is not found the gas will have to be shut off at the meter.
I’m going to assume that the connection from the gas supply line and the oven are above the floor. Disconnect the gas line from the stove and supply pipe.
When reassembling the connection place a shut off valve on the end gas supply pipe (code is within site and reach)
A plumber may have to be called to get pipe and valve within site and reach.
Call your plumber. He will be able to shut the gas company valve at the meter, cut into the line behind the stove, and add a valve. You are going to want a valve there.
Then, he can purge/fire up your water heater and other gas burning appliances when he's done adding that valve.
I would assume that if you were able to pull the stove out it is connected with a flex. There is probably a nipple coming out of the wall that the flex is connected to. What I would do, and what most plumbers would probably do is something you might not. want to do yourself. I'd unscrew the flex from the nipple, put my finger over the pipe to stop the gas, wrap the nipple with pipe tape, and screw on a valve. Once the valve is in place simply shut off the valve. Very little gas will escape. There will be no pilot lights to relight. I learned that I didn't like to crawl into attics and relight furnaces just to replace a valve.
Yeah, definitely don't do that.
Totally agree! Don’t do that, you could find most of your house scattered around your yard.