pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works to DIY@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoWe got a gas dryer mistakenly thinking we had a gas line.. we think this is it.. is it???sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down16
arrow-up154arrow-down1imageWe got a gas dryer mistakenly thinking we had a gas line.. we think this is it.. is it???sh.itjust.workspugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works to DIY@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·30 days agoIs it copper? Then it is water. Is it cast iron? Then it is gas. If it is plastic, what color is it? Blue, cold water. Red, hot water. Yellow, gas. Orange, not for you to play with. Clear, white, grey? Fuck that guy who did that.
minus-squareNaturalViber@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·29 days agoSome older houses in my area have copper gas lines.
minus-squareNaturalViber@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·29 days agoYea east coast. It’s not code anymore, now you have to use black iron.
minus-squareatlas@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·29 days agoNot cast iron, it’s rolled steel but the trade name is black iron pipe. Cast iron is used only in drainage.
Is it copper? Then it is water.
Is it cast iron? Then it is gas.
If it is plastic, what color is it? Blue, cold water. Red, hot water. Yellow, gas. Orange, not for you to play with. Clear, white, grey? Fuck that guy who did that.
Some older houses in my area have copper gas lines.
East Coast?
Yea east coast. It’s not code anymore, now you have to use black iron.
What’s orange?
Radiant heating.
Danger
Not cast iron, it’s rolled steel but the trade name is black iron pipe. Cast iron is used only in drainage.