what a nice present, Lee
"Craig Watts" > wrote in message
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> Worked on one today. My MIL and Father in Law. They had bought it 30 years
> ago from the public gas company. As a present we snuck onto their porch
> this summer and snatched it. They were re staining the porch and we
> thought this would be a great Fathers/Mothers Day present.
>
> Stripped the thing with a wire brush and repainted with high temp paint.
> They got new burners and grate. Installed it this weekend and the tubes
> had plugged up. Now I have cleaned all the tubes and they intend on using
> for a Brother's 40th birthday this Sunday.
>
> I'd say go with it, think relative to the proximity of a gas line inside
> the house. The under the deck pipe runs right into a closet that has their
> gas hot water heater. "T" off from there. About a 12' run. The piping is
> professionally done. It has cast iron pipe to the out side and a turn
> off/on valve. The it has pressure fit/flanged/nut connection to a flexible
> copper feed line right to the gas valve of the grill.
>
> Craig
>
> They are thrilled.
>
> Storrmmee wrote:
>> we are working on the house and i just thought of this, and honestly have
>> no idea. is there such a thing as a natural gas grill and what do you
>> think if there is such a thing of getting the fittings put in when we
>> rebuild the house. I was thinking if there was such a thing and we got
>> it we would be able to cook if the power went out along with regular
>> grilling type activities ? Lee