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Here's what my gas line looked like when I moved in, tromboning all over the place, with an illegal saddle valve, and a load bearing coffee can (imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Bigtiddygothgrany to c/plumbing

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And here's after I replaced most of it, only thing I didn't replace was from the coupling back to the meter

https://imgur.com/a/axAU8up

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[–] stealthnerd 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow... I've never seen a saddle valve on a gas line. While I think people make a bigger deal about them than warranted when it comes to water lines I would NEVER use one for gas.

Nice work on the replacement. It looks very clean.

[–] AA5B 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I added a saddle valve on a waterline for a fridge icemaker about 20 years ago. So far it’s been fine but I get more anxious about it over time. I’ve never been good with folder it pipes so I really wish I could hire someone to replace it

(Plumbers around here won’t take small jobs, nor even a bunch of small jobs as one medium. I had a guy quote me $3,000 because some nonsense about you can’t replace a saddle valve without re-piping to pvc)