Hooking up Weber 1000 to house propane


 
BillSmith

BillSmith

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I'm trying to help a friend hook up his new Weber 1000 LP grill to his house propane. I have NG on my grills where you have a hose that screws onto the manifold and the other end is a quick connect that goes to the house supply.

Do people with house propane do the same thing or is it done differently? He has an existing Kenmore grill that is attached to the house supply. Here's a picture of the house supply. Seems that there's no quick connect.
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I don't have a picture of the other end of the hose that connects to his Kenmore grill. I asked him for one. The below picture shows the Weber grill. Should he try to find something that connect to the brass connector? He removed the stock LP hose and regulator from the Weber. Or should he remove the brass connector and find something that connects to the manifold. I was advocating for removing the brass connector to minimize the number of connectors. I believe the size of the hole is 3/8". Is that FIP (female Iron pipe) size?

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At my house, I have a supply with two quick connect female couplings. So I can remove the grill and hose and put them away for the winter. My friend asked why it's not the other way around. That you have a permanent hose (or screw on) at the supply and you put the quick connect at the grill end. Does anyone do it this way?
 
Bill:
I think it relies on code in MA and if his gas pressure is already reduced for the house. I did the exact thing for my son's Genesis. The pressure is already reduced for the house at the propane tank. As you did we took the regulator/tank connector line off at the manifold and replaced it with a whip hose like a NG setup. Also added a quick disconnect (female) after the shut off valve on the supply line. There is another thread recently where Bruce provided a link for the 1/8" NPT x 3/8" flare fitting for the manifold to connect the whip hose 3/8" flare female connector. No tape on the flare fittings, but yellow tape or dope on the threaded ends.
 
Yep, it depends on how the LP is distributed. Sometimes they send it at high pressure and regulate at each appliance and sometimes they regulate it and send the regulated gas to all the appliances. Go back to the tank and note if there is a regulator on it. It should have output pressure listed. If it says 11" WC than you're golden. Just hook the line up direct to the grill manifold. If you're unsure DO NOT ATTEMPT YOURSELF!!!! Get a licensed gas installer to do it. Gas is nothing to play with if you are the slightest bit unsure. An installer might charge a couple hundred but that is nothing compared to the damage you can cause if you don't know what you're doing. So again. Cannot stress enough. If you're unsure DO NOT TOUCH IT!
 
I was just looking yesterday and on our house, it looks like the regulator for us is on the house where it comes in. The tank is about 30 feet away. The regulator is much larger than a grill regulator.
 
Ok, he just sent me a picture of the connection to his existing grill. I’ll ask where the regulator is. It is probably at the tank since I don’t see it in the picture.
 

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You should be fine hooking up directly. Given I see no regulator either at the "main" or on the grill. So just hook it up straight. But please do a much better job than what I see on the photos.
 
That seems like an awful amount of weight unsecured and unsupported even if the old grill didn't move on the deck. We would get to see more gas leaks and fires from poor 20lb tanks not connected safely, but as other have stated this installation does look like a potential house call for the FD.
 
I think my friend’s propane supplier is the one who did the hookups for his grill. Anyway, thanks for the info. I also found the other thread that someone mentioned which has a lot of good info.

I do agree that the connections don’t look as professional like my hookups which was done by a plumber
 
At a minimum I would suggest that the line be bracketed to the 4x4 below the 90 just to firm things up a bit. Good luck with the install. Heck when we still lived in RI, I would grill year around regardless of temps and snowfall. Just would take a little longer sometimes based on the outside temps.
 
Perfect timing. I was just doing research on this subject for the HOW TO on gas conversion. Here's what I found. Not sure if they've got kits for such an old grill, however. But interesting to know they do at least for recent grills. Found this info on the Weber blog.

Connect Propane Grill To House Propane Tank

This is a job for a gas supply professional and eliminates the need for using 20 lb propane bottles. Some propane suppliers discourage it, but Weber sells a bulk propane installation kit for many of their propane grills. At time of writing, they can be purchased from Weber Customer Service at 800-446-1071 for $50-$80 depending on the grill. Have your grill model and serial number ready when calling. Weber recommends that the kit be installed by a licensed installer, plumber, or authorized gas professional.
 
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