In my basement, all the natural gas lines (black pipe) run up in ceiling and are secured to the joist.
At the end of the line there is a 90 degree elbow which points down towards the floor. Off the elbow hangs about 6 feet of black pipe with a connection at the bottom for the gas dryer.
This 6 foot of pipe just hangs off the elbow, it is not fastened to the basement wall. The pipe actually has some movement several inches to each side.
I'm wondering if this was by design? I was thinking of just securing the pipe to the basement wall to prevent it from moving (and maybe cracking the elbow), but then I thought it was left loose to give room for expansion between the basement wall and the joist.
It has probably been like this for several decades I just noticed because I'm am replacing my electric dryer with a gas model.
Thanks!
At the end of the line there is a 90 degree elbow which points down towards the floor. Off the elbow hangs about 6 feet of black pipe with a connection at the bottom for the gas dryer.
This 6 foot of pipe just hangs off the elbow, it is not fastened to the basement wall. The pipe actually has some movement several inches to each side.
I'm wondering if this was by design? I was thinking of just securing the pipe to the basement wall to prevent it from moving (and maybe cracking the elbow), but then I thought it was left loose to give room for expansion between the basement wall and the joist.
It has probably been like this for several decades I just noticed because I'm am replacing my electric dryer with a gas model.
Thanks!
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