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Gas vs Electric Appliances
Posted on 6/8/20 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 6/8/20 at 4:44 pm
Building a new home and trying to determine which type of appliances to get. If anyone has any pointers on brands that would help too.
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Posted on 6/8/20 at 4:46 pm to Nighthawk504
Gas stoves are the bees knees.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 5:09 pm to Nighthawk504
IMHO, natural gas all the way - gas range/oven, gas water heaters, gas furnace in the HVAC, gas clothes dryer. I grew up with gas appliances and I remember as a kid during hurricanes and power outages we were the only family on the street that could still cook and take hot showers. That never left me as an adult. The times I lived in rentals with all electric appliances hated it with a passion. When I built my house in 93, all natural gas appliances were installed.
On brands of appliances, I don’t think today any one brand corners the market on reliability, although most my appliances are Whirlpool, and I’ve little to no reliability issues with that brand, fully knowing today’s Whirlpool products are not as robust as they once were.
On brands of appliances, I don’t think today any one brand corners the market on reliability, although most my appliances are Whirlpool, and I’ve little to no reliability issues with that brand, fully knowing today’s Whirlpool products are not as robust as they once were.
This post was edited on 6/8/20 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 6/8/20 at 5:29 pm to Nighthawk504
Gas. And it isn’t close. We just built as well, gas everything.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 5:36 pm to corym52
Gas stove cooktops and electric double ovens
Posted on 6/8/20 at 5:38 pm to corym52
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Gas. And it isn’t close.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 6:17 pm to WPBTiger
Just built. Have gas connections everywhere. Was going to go with electric dryer but plumber put a gas drop so we went with gas.
5 people
2 water heaters
Gas stove/oven
Gas dryer
Our gas bill was $18 last month.
That boggles my mind. It’s so cheap.
5 people
2 water heaters
Gas stove/oven
Gas dryer
Our gas bill was $18 last month.
That boggles my mind. It’s so cheap.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 6:46 pm to Nighthawk504
Go with gas and if you can have them hook up a gas line to boil crawfish on the back patio too.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 7:41 pm to Aristo
I’m building now.
Gas stove
Gas fireplace
2 gas tankless HW heaters
Gas drop outside for grill and crawfish.
Didn’t think of gas for furnace. Dryer is already electric so just stayed electric there.
Gas stove
Gas fireplace
2 gas tankless HW heaters
Gas drop outside for grill and crawfish.
Didn’t think of gas for furnace. Dryer is already electric so just stayed electric there.
Posted on 6/8/20 at 7:50 pm to Nighthawk504
Biggest regret when building my current home was not putting in a propane tank and gas lines everywhere.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 6:16 am to BallsEleven
i built about a year ago and added as much natural gas as i could. Gas cook top, water heater, fire place, and two central heat units. 4 people and 3,000 sf house the most the bill has been was right at $90. During the summer my gas bill is usually less than $30.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 6:44 am to Nighthawk504
Why not both?
Parents had a house built for my Grandparents in late 1980's about 50 yards behind the house Mom grew up in. Grandparents contract with Comstock, that was originally through great Grandad, gave them free gas for life so they always had it in the old house.
Since they had started having issues with distillate in the line direct from the well a quarter mile across the highway they had a separator installed in the middle of a small stand of huge old pines as camouflage.
New house had both gas/electric at construction also as a result of this distillate. House today has all electric because the separator got messed up when a tornado hit the pines, but all the pipe is still there capped off.
Parents had a house built for my Grandparents in late 1980's about 50 yards behind the house Mom grew up in. Grandparents contract with Comstock, that was originally through great Grandad, gave them free gas for life so they always had it in the old house.
Since they had started having issues with distillate in the line direct from the well a quarter mile across the highway they had a separator installed in the middle of a small stand of huge old pines as camouflage.
New house had both gas/electric at construction also as a result of this distillate. House today has all electric because the separator got messed up when a tornado hit the pines, but all the pipe is still there capped off.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 7:44 am to Nighthawk504
gas stove, gas water heater, gas dryer, gas furnace are all great options. If you live in the south the gas furnace will likely be beaten out by a heat pump for lowest operating costs but there is a trade off in longevity.
Gas ovens can be debatable. My wife likes to bake and is not a fan of gas ovens. Traditionally they have very uneven heat distribution which leads to things cooking faster or slower in different areas of the gas oven. Having said that, she has never tried a convection oven which is supposed to fix most of those issues. When I researched convection gas ovens, there were still a LOT of complaints, especially from folks who do a lot of baking.
Gas ovens can be debatable. My wife likes to bake and is not a fan of gas ovens. Traditionally they have very uneven heat distribution which leads to things cooking faster or slower in different areas of the gas oven. Having said that, she has never tried a convection oven which is supposed to fix most of those issues. When I researched convection gas ovens, there were still a LOT of complaints, especially from folks who do a lot of baking.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 8:00 am to Nighthawk504
I'd say gas is fine for everything, but so is electric.
As long as it works. Nothing is more of a pain than a broken appliance.
One obvious note to mention is a gas furnace will provide a better instant heat than will a heat pump. So, if you are like my wife that wants heat right away, a gas furnace (or vent free gas logs) are a good idea.
As long as it works. Nothing is more of a pain than a broken appliance.
One obvious note to mention is a gas furnace will provide a better instant heat than will a heat pump. So, if you are like my wife that wants heat right away, a gas furnace (or vent free gas logs) are a good idea.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 8:08 am to Nighthawk504
Gas easily.
I had the gas company put my line/meter in for free last year and I'm working on converting the whole house as I remodel.
Can't wait for the gas range!
I had the gas company put my line/meter in for free last year and I'm working on converting the whole house as I remodel.
Can't wait for the gas range!
Posted on 6/9/20 at 8:42 am to LSUintheNW
Whats the ballpark for running lines in the house?
The neighborhood being built next to us all has gas and the damn pipeline runs through the back of our neighborhood. Still don't know what the developer didn't run gas to all our houses.
The neighborhood being built next to us all has gas and the damn pipeline runs through the back of our neighborhood. Still don't know what the developer didn't run gas to all our houses.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 8:56 am to BallsEleven
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Whats the ballpark for running lines in the house?
I don't remember but it wasn't much to have the line brought in and I had a T put on it.
I also got a good deal from local gas stove guy since I paid cash.
I had to get a permit for that but now that it's in I'm doing the rest of the gas lines with a contractor friend who is going to teach me.
I did get some quotes that were between 2 and 3k to run all my lines. Stove, range, 2 dryers, and 2 hot water heaters.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 8:58 am to LSUintheNW
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I did get some quotes that were between 2 and 3k to run all my lines.
Thats not as bad as I thought it would be.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 9:02 am to BallsEleven
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The neighborhood being built next to us all has gas and the damn pipeline runs through the back of our neighborhood. Still don't know what the developer didn't run gas to all our houses.
Damn. Can you get the gas line brought to the house for free?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 9:52 am to LSUintheNW
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Damn. Can you get the gas line brought to the house for free?
It’s not as bad as I thought it would be. A friend of mine lives in a house where his side of the street didn’t have gas but everyone across the street did. It only cost him $250 to have the gas company bore under the street to run gas to his house. I would have figured it would be at least 10 times that.
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