sue wrote:

> Hi everyone.
>
> As of Aug 11, I, along with my sweetie, will be first time homeowners!
> We are really excited, the house is great, needs very little work, in a
> great neighborhood, good sized yard, etc.
>
> My only issue is the fact that it has an electric stove (which the
> inspector says heatd to 50 deg hotter than the thermostat says, but he
> showed us how to fix it). I grew up on th east coast and as a
> transplant to the west (Utah) cannot understand the fascination with
> electric stoves. For the past 10 years I have been fighting with
> electric ranges, how they heat pans unevenly and therefore burn 1/2 the
> foos before the other half is even brown, how the burners never sit flat
> so all of the oil or other cooking liquid pools to one edge of the pan,
> and I could go on.
>
> Sometime in the next year or so we would like to switch to a gas stove.
> I have no idea who I should call to see if this is a viable option. I
> think it is because the utility room with the water heater and furnace
> is directly below the stove in the kitchen. Do I call a plumber? The
> gas company?
>
> Any insight into this (or even insight on how to cook on the stupid
> electric stove more consistently) would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sue


You hire a plumber to put in the gas line.
Does the house have natural gas or propane or is it all electric?

You'll also need a 120V 15A (or 20A) grounded electrical outlet to plug
in the gas stove for the ignitors, and there's probably not one
available. There are ways to use the old electric range circuit for the
gas stove, but most of them are either unsafe or inconvenient.

Bob