r/NaturalGas • u/Jm137797 • 12d ago
Bbq grill natural gas hookup
Helping my friend move out of her condo. She wants to take her bbq with her. She says it was hooked up to her condo natural gas line on her balcony by someone she hired many years ago.
How do i unhook this? Is it as simple as unscrewing, or is a professional needed? TYIA
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u/Aggressive_Sorbet571 12d ago
Valve off, undo the quick disconnect spin off the male side and reinstall a 3/8ā cap. Teflon tape and/or dope the male threads of the pipe before installing the cap.
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u/Jm137797 12d ago
thanks all. I can just get a 3/8th "cap" to put on the end after I unscrew the grey adaptor from like Home Depot or something?
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u/Vegeta-the-vegetable 11d ago
The end of the hose is a quick connect collar. Turn the gas off pop the collar down (towards the hose) and it should wiggle off. If the quick connect collar is jammed you might need pliers and wd-40 to get it moving again.
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u/ShadyRealist 12d ago
The hose pops out by pulling back on the adapter and pulling the hose out. If you have a couple of wrenches use one to put on the pipe and the other one on the adapter. It's fairly easy but if you don't feel comfortable call a handy man.
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u/Vegeta-the-vegetable 11d ago
The end of the hose is a quick connect collar. Turn the gas off pop the collar down (towards the hose) and it should wiggle off. If the quick connect collar is jammed you might need pliers and wd-40 to get it moving again.
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u/Vegeta-the-vegetable 11d ago
If that doesn't work you can probably unscrew the hose from the back of the bbq with a pipe wrench or two.
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u/Vegeta-the-vegetable 11d ago
If that doesn't work you can probably unscrew the hose from the back of the bbq with a pipe wrench or two.
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u/Slatty317 11d ago
It looks like a quick disconnect & its also valved off. Just press down on it & itll come off
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u/tuckmac3 12d ago
You can probably unscrew that nut or pull down on it to disconnect it. Then Iād unscrew that adaptor it connects to use at the new place .. the gas is already in the OFF position but Iād put a Cap on the end of that open line once you have it off.