DC712001 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Questions: Can the household supply of "natural gas" (used for stoves, water-heaters, gas-clothes-dryers, fireplaces) be tapped and used to fire a gas forge? Are there any problems, issues or concerns? Is it effective and cheaper than buying/refilling Propane cylinders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmercier Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 You'd need a service upgrade of your gas lines to provide enough volume and pressure to run a forge off of your house service. Standard house service is a low pressure service that wont fire a forge. Unless your gas company provides the upgrade service free or very cheap, you're probably better off buying propane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC712001 Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Thanks Justin. Appreciate your reply answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 When I rented a studio that had natural gas the serving company wanted a fair amount of money to upgrade the old meter and regulator to two regulators and a new meter. Then the local code authority would be involved to see that the new gas piping I ran was up to code for the higher pressure and that the new appliance was up to code and since it was home made it was not allowed. So I stuck to the bottle of propane. I would also have had to show that the old gas piping was up to the current codes. It was a lot of money for a rented facility. Some things are best left well enough alone. I did tap the existing low pressure gas for a lost wax burn out oven and for that it worked fine.:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC712001 Posted October 4, 2008 Author Share Posted October 4, 2008 Good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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