When I built this house NG was more expensive than Electric so was built as electric. Fast forward it has been converted to NG , everything except the kitchen oven. ( those stand alone ovens cost more than a whole range by themselves). 98% of winter heat is provided by the NC-30. Right now it is around 60 out side and wet as sin so the ng furnace is being used to chase chill off- just too warm to get a decent draft on the 30 - 2 days back mid 30s evenings maybe 50 day, NC 30 was crackling along in the evening. Never been fond of electric ranges always have to plan ahead heating element wise as takes forever to cool off - end up with a lot of overcooked or burnt stove top stuff. Gas oven vs electric had both doesn't make much difference to me, either one is a pain when it goes south. As Far as the gas range - go commercial, never look back, consumer stuff even the high end( supposedly) isn't worth what the asking price is. Plenty of commercial cooking resellers around, lots of equipment. Food trades have the highest turnover of failed business than any other segment. I have a small commercial refrigeraration unit down stairs it is 60+ years old other than a couple of fan motors and door seals it has out lasted 8 consumer style units of which the last one almost burned the house down. ( a convience concession to the cook. cook no longer here same for consumer unit).
If you can get the gas line put in for free (!!!!) and get a vulcan range under 2 grand $#(*%&(&$# yea go for it! We took out our electric range a couple years ago and put in a gas one. Already had gas in the house but even so it cost me almost a grand to have an extra 20 feet of black pipe run to the kitchen and around 2 grand for a nice GE Profile double oven gas range. All the appliance dealers tell me GE has the lowest rate of problems but I already had to have the control board on it replaced once in warranty. Moral of the story - If you can afford to go commercial, you wont regret it.
Plumbers hourly rate, permit fees, etc. I had quotes as high as 1500, the outfit I used charged me like 800 something. In this state homeowners cannot pull permits for plumbing or gas. Simple plumbing Ill bend the rules a bit and DIY, but gas I wont touch... not worth the risk of something going wrong and get denied by insurance or worse.
Ahhh...that makes sense, I had a guy quote me $2500.00 dollars to install my back-up generator and upgrade the size of the gas line. I did it myself with a friend and the cost was almost nothing. No permit though!
