I was watching a tiktok where this guy was showing how bad the gas was leaking and it got me thinking if typical American homes have a gas pipeline. In my country we don’t have any gas pipelines and we always cook with electric induction stoves or regular fire stove in rural areas. Cooking with gas is never done except on special occasions like a picnic and we just buy small canisters for that. I can’t really think of what you’d need a gas pipeline for. Is it only for cooking?
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Cooking, water heater, furnace, sometimes clothes dryer.
Many people also have gas powered heating for in the winter.
We use gas for our stove and for the furnace. It’s way cheaper than using electricity for heating would be at this point.
Cooking, heat, and at times grills. A lot of homes have them. I love a gas stove.
Gas lines can be used for cooking, providing heat, heating water, or for drying laundry. We also have natural gas fireplaces in some homes.
My house is all electric but gas is very common. This is not unique to the US.
Gas is also used to run the forced air heating system in the house, water heater, and clothes dryer.
Not every home or city, no.
Homes plumbed with gas lines often use them for the home heating furnace and water heater as well as the cooking stove/oven.
Natural gas…..not Gasoline.
It’s used for heating the home, Heating water in the Hot Water Heater, even for cooking and the occasional Clothes dryer. I have even seen a few propane refrigerators
Many people still cook and heat their homes with gas. I have some extended family with gas-powered outdoor lights.
Gas is generally cheaper than electric, and a lot of people like their gas stoves.
Natural Gas is common but not universal in the US. Edit: according to the Energy Information Agency, [about 60% of homes use natural gas in some way ](https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55940). A lot of communities are moving away from it because environmental stuff aside, it’s really bad for indoor air quality and has been associated with things like increase in Asthma.
Ovens and stoves, Water heaters, central heating, even the clothes dryer are all common appliances which can but don’t always use natural gas.
An interesting tidbit fom that article I linked above is that 90% of U.S. homes with natural gas are in non-rural areas
I paid $5,000 to have electricity run to my house.
I paid $50 to have the same length of gas pipeline run to my house.
We have gas water heater. lol
It’s used for a number of things. Cooking is a big one. It’s becoming less common over time, but a lot of people in the US have gas stoves. Our clothes dryers also often run on gas, which makes them able to dry a lot more clothes a lot faster than European dryers from what I’ve heard.
Many homes also use gas for their central heating or water heaters. Some people have gas fireplaces as well.
Common for cooking and heating.
Less common for dryers and fireplaces.
Even less commom but awesome to have a supply that runs to the outside for a gas grill so you don’t have to use those refillables!
Yes, it’s common in cities, less common in rural areas. I use it for a home heating furnace (forced air), an oven/stove, a water heater, and a clothes dryer.
According to [this](https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55940) around 75% of American homes have natural gas as of 2020.
It’s not only for cooking, it can be used for any application that requires heat, including water heaters, clothes dryers, and furnaces.
In my area (Midwest US) everyone has a gas service. My furnace, water heater, clothes dryer and kitchen range are gas. All restaurants cook with gas.
It’s very safe, leaks are rare. My house is 32 years old and so far I haven’t had a reason to call the gas company.
Many homes have a gas line from a utility company run into the home. Gas-powered appliances can include the oven/range, clothes dryer, water heater, fireplace, and furnace. Using gas as a residential fuel is so common that rural homes without a utility gas line frequently have above-ground storage tanks for their own home. In this case, the home will contract with a company to refuel the residential tank with a mobile tanker truck.
And some of us also just use electricity like you.
I have natural gas for heating, water heating, cooking and dryer. I don’t do anything with it outside of pay for it on my energy bill. It simply flows into my house to use.
Gas is common for:
* water heaters
* stoves (both cooktop and oven)
* furnaces
* outdoor grills
Less common, but still used for:
* clothes dryers
* outdoor lighting
Some do, some don’t. I’ve lived in homes that were all electric (with no gas line even to the house) and I’ve lived at houses that had gas piped directly to the house. The home I’m currently in doesn’t have gas at all. I’ve spent my entire life in the South so my experiences are limited to that region.
I don’t know what “typical” means in this context. Would a home with gas be normal? Yes. Would a home with no gas at all be normal? Also yes (though I imagine it depends on region).
I have natural gas for my furnace and water heater, as does everyone in my neighborhood. I’m sure some people use gas for their stovetop, but mine is electric. Natural gas is cheap and clean here.
Most do. It can vary but many homes have their hot water heater, clothes dryer, home heat and range/oven done via natural gas. Or at least most of those. In most of the US, natural gas is cheaper than the equivalent in electricity. A good percent of people won’t consider a residence on electric range/oven as cooking on gas is far superior. I spent a couple grand on a plumber to convert my electric-based stove to a gas line.
In our house we use natural gas for heating both air and water, as well as for cooking. Outdoor grilling (barbecue) uses a separate canister but everything else comes through pipes, yes. You don’t do anything with the pipes; you exit the house and call a repair company (and hastily) if you smell gas. They put something in the gas so that you can smell it if it starts to leak. Thankfully, it’s a rarity, but it does happen.
I assume you live in a warm climate. It’s below freezing for many months out of the year in many parts of the country. Gas heating is often more efficient and less expensive than other methods of heating.
People that have a natural gas hookup use it for almost everything aside from lights, fans, and electronic devices, because it’s much cheaper than electricity. Stove, oven, heat, hot water, clothes drier. I’ve even seen gas powered refrigerators, although they are quite rare.
‘Natural gas’ is methane. Your canisters are filled with propane. The primary difference is that methane is significantly cheaper in the US because it’s essentially a waste product from oil wells and refineries.
Cooking and heating, the US is far from unique in this respect.
I swear this sub is about 75% people finding out there are other places besides the US and their hometown.
Gas water heaters, gas heater, gas stove/oven, etc.
Depends on your locale, but quite common and desirable. My mother refused to purchase a house if it had an electric stove.
What do you do with it? Nothing. It is simply the conduit for the utilities.
My current place has no gas hookups, but every other home I’ve lived in has had gas. I prefer it, especially for cooking, electric ranges suck. I’d say it’s more likely than not to have gas in any given American home
Natural gas for heat, hot water heaters, stovetops and ovens, dryers, fireplaces, outdoor grills – Yes.
They are very common. Not all neighborhoods or homes have gas, but many do. It is also somewhat dependent on age of the home and geographic location.
Yes gas is popular. There are maps that show which type of heat is used where in the US. Colder climates use either gas or oil. Electric is used where it’s milder
My house has an electric kitchen and laundry but gas for water heater and fireplace.
Usually it depends on the part of the country you live in. If you live in a built up area in a colder part of the country, you are likely going to have a natural gas utility line as historically it has been cheaper and more effective to heat homes with gas. If you are in a more rural area, you will probably see large propane tanks outside of homes.
Gas water heater in most homes. Also the furnace.
All the following in my house are natural gas:
* Cooktop
* Oven
* Hot Water Heater
* Furnace
* Clothes Dryer.
In my area we have cheap natural gas since it’s basically a waste product of oil fracking so it costs about half what using electricity would.
Usually heating too. If your house is rural you might even have a large gas tank that you use as fuel to generate electricity
While cooking with gas isn’t rare, it’s not standard. Most stoves are electric.
The main purpose of gas lines is to heat the home with a gas furnace.
Second to that, gas water heaters are WAY cheaper to operate then electric.
Gas stoves are more of a luxury item.
I heat my home and water with gas.
I don’t have a gas stove but I have a gas water heater and furnace.
Not a “pipeline” but a natural gas supply line.
It powers things that heat. Furnace, stove/oven/range, water heater, dryer, fireplace, patio grill/fire pit. Etc. It’s amazing when the power goes out because you could still have a fireplace, hot water, and can cook. Important in the interior of the continent where we have “bomb cyclones” & blizzards that take power out on the coldest days.
That said, not all houses have a gas supply in the US.