Contractors in Tualatin, OR

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I really liked my realtor Cristina John from Keller Williams. Haven't talked to her in a few years but she was very attentive and knowledgeable. Not sure if she services Tualatin? http://cristinajohn.com/

Converting to natural gas involves Northwest Natural Gas and a contractor. NWN will run a line from the street up to your house and install a meter that measures how much gas you use. Maybe NWN doesn't have their own installers anymore in Portland but they do in Astoria. If not they will have contractors who they use to do new installations. When NWN installed gas at our house they dug a hole to expose the existing gas line that was buried in the street. They also dug a hole near our house. They have an underground auger that drilled a hole through the soil and this auger pulled a gas hose between it from the hole at the street to the hole next to our house. After they connected the new gas pipe/hose between the street and our house and the gas meter they filled the holes with dirt and repaired the lawn and pavement. I think they drill a hole through your foundation and run a hose from the meter into your basement or crawl space. This completes the gas companies part of the job. NWN sometimes installs their part of the job for free if you are going to use enough gas that they will make up the cost of installing the equipment selling you gas. If not their charges may be reduced depending on other factors. I think their charges could run $1,000-$2,000 if you have to pay. They may let you pay it off monthly once your service starts. The second part of the job is your responsibility and you will need to hire someone to do it. This second step is installing gas lines and turn off valves from the gas meter to the locations where your gas appliances are located inside your house. For example, a gas hose line would be installed under your house to the furnace, to your gas fireplace, your gas range and gas hot water heater (if you are planning to convert all these appliances). I think I paid $200-300 to a contractor for this step. The cost of the pipe and valves may have been extra. I think they charges by the foot of line they install. They more pipe they install the higher the charges. It would be wise to have all the lines you will need ultimately as it will be cheaper than installing them one at a time. They can leave a coil of pipe under the house where a future appliance is to be located. When the appliance is later installed, for example a gas range, the installer of the range just drills a hole in the floor and runs the pipe that is already under the floor through the hole to the range and connects it. Hope this helps.