gas piping
My husband informs me that the problem is not that the gas lines are routed through the attic, but that the gas lines are flex-tubing and he has heard that the tubing used is flimsy; consequently the tubing can fail when the house is struck by lightning.
Here, code requires that gas lines are to be black-iron pipe. My husband also heard that some owners in TV have had iron pipe gas lines installed? If it is true that the flex-tubing being used by the developer is thinly-walled we wonder aloud what else is sub-standard in the homes. We want a home with gas as opposed to all electric because we do not want to be dependent on one from of power.
We understand that Florida has some of the worst storms than any other state located within the continental U.S.; also that the part of Florida where TV is located has an unusually high number of lightning strikes when compared to the rest of Florida. However, we still are considering moving here. It is not nice to have your home struck by lightning, it is worse to have a 4-foot hole blown out of your roof because it was struck, but it is sad to think that your home burns down because the gas line failed.
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