lucretiaborgia wrote:
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>lucretiaborgia wrote:
>>>
>>>I wouldn't expect to see them in professional kitchens, they would use
>>>gas. So would I but it's not available.
>>
>>Why isn't gas available? If you own your own home gas is always
>>available.
>
>Not if gas lines are not available, which is the case in many places.

Propane gas lines would be installed by the propane company, for just
a cook stove shouldn't require more then 30 minutes tops... it's just
a flexible copper tube. I recently had a ventless propane heater
installed for heating a well house in case of an electrical outage,
two guys were in and out in under 20 minutes, they mounted the heater,
installed the propane tank, and connected the gas line. Ventless gas
heaters work well (99% efficient) and need no chimney or electric.
The new style 60 gallon tanks require very little space, that's more
than enough fuel to cook for a year:
http://i59.tinypic.com/6fteuf.jpg
That's a 10,000 BTU heater, more than enough to heat that tiny room,
just a shed on the back of a one car garage, when I had a tenant the
boiler heated that room:
http://i62.tinypic.com/ajmmvk.jpg
Normaly I use that electric heater because I have to pay a minimum to
keep that account anyway but there are sometimes power outages in
winter, the gas heater is only for when there's an outage:
http://i61.tinypic.com/20acl6h.jpg
The propane company I use did the installation for free, I paid for
the heater and the fuel in the tank.
If you need a nice quiet/private place to live it's available:
http://i61.tinypic.com/2005spc.jpg
http://i57.tinypic.com/1z6y35g.jpg
http://i57.tinypic.com/34y2pkz.jpg