Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm thinking of upgrading my cheap
apartment stove to one with more heat. The current stove's
hottest burner is around 8000BTU; I'm looking at one which has
one 15K BTU and two 9000BTU burners. I'm located in California,
USA.  My question is: if I have an apartment gas line which was
installed for the old, low-heat stove, am I likely to need a
larger pipe going into the kitchen for a hotter stove? Or does a
standard apartment stove natural gas line already supply more
gas pressure than I can use? And if the answer is "it depends",
what diameter am I looking for?  share|improve this question
Interesting question, but a little off-topic. You might have
better luck in a forum that deals with appliances or
construction. But your best bet is probably to ask the
manufacturer of the stove. My own guess: it won't make much
difference. I've never heard anybody even mention this problem,
so it's got to be pretty hard to constrict the gas flow enough
to matter. –  Mike Baranczak Dec 13 '11 at 6