On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:50:01 -0700, Marcella Peek
> wrote:

>For me it comes down to money.
>
>Our house is three stories. Gas comes in under the house. Kitchen is
>on the top floor. When we moved in husband said he'd love a gas stove.
>When the got the bids for increasing the pipe size from the street to
>under the house, ripping out the wall all the way up (for the inspectors
>to inspect easily) run the pipe up to the kitchen and hook up. Oh, and
>permits, the city loves residents to pay large sums of money for
>permits. Well....10 years later we still have the electric stove.
>
>Maybe some day.
>
>It sounds nice as the original poster said to take out the electric and
>replace it with gas from the Sears sale, but for us it was much more
>complicated than just that.

When we purchased our cottage I was not happy that it was all electric
and I planned on having gas installed. The place came with a
Whirlpool smooth top. I hated it the first few times I used it but
quickly learned how it operated and now I love it. I have a gas stove
in our city place and it's fine but I prefer the smooth top. If I
were to spend 5 grand on a high end gas stove I'm sure I'd like that
more, but I'm not in a position to do that.

In my case converting to gas would have been crazy. We only spend
about 25% of our time there but still have to heat it. Our bill is so
cheap I don't think we'd live long enough to see any payback.

Lou