We got a 250 gallon from our rural electric co op. Then we just had it filled with 150 gallons of propane. Are you rural? The co-op came out and installed ours as well and ran the gas line from tank to house.

We are rural, but fresh from the city so no real idea of how any of this stuff works.
I wonder if we have a co-op and if so, how it works?

Can you have a propane tank right next to the house? Or does it have to be away somewhere?

How long does the tank last with daily cooking?

Thanks so much for the response!

We live in Texas and the tank had to be a minimum if I THInk 50 feet, I'll have to check with DH but I'm pretty sure.
Are you using the propane for anything other than cooking? They told us it should last for over a year. For normal cooking. It has only been a few months and I haven't checked the level. But I will. Are you on the same electric as the city? If not, your electric may have propane as well, if that isn't the case, look up propane companies and they should be able to give you your options. We leased ours instead of buying, we get a discount on gas for leasing . Check on how much to install and run to your house, I think we had to have it dine by them for code.

We hooked up propane to our gas range it was optional but I think we made the right choice. We called a local propane company and they delivered a tank. We pay a monthly rental for the tank and for the gas we use. It seems as if the tank lasts well over a year. I have been told the propane gives a much hotter flame than natural gas.

We have a large tank because it runs the range, which doesn't use much, and the generator. The propane person will advise you.

Talk to the propane company...they know the rules, regs and approximate usage rates.

We have a 330 gal underground that supports a large generator, a gas fireplace, and 2 gas fired tankless hot water heaters.

Call some local propane companies and they will tell you what you need to know. We have a dual fuel range that's being put in this weekend. My husband called a propane company in the fall and talked to them about what size pipe and pad and where to put it. Here is can be right next to the house. They were very helpful. They often can be hired to install the gas line as well if you want to do that.

Our last house was heated with propane. Had a 275 gallon tank buried in the yard. When we added the range, they told us it would not impact the amount of propane we used. I had visions of it being like the outside little tank for the grill.

What I would suggest is that you buy the tank yourself, and this way you are not locked into one supplier's pricing. Before we left the old neighborhood everyone was having their tanks dug up and replaced. The cost savings was incredible.

So, make sure to check around for the various deals. (The company that starts with "Amer" and ends with "gas" was who we had and was pretty much committing highway robbery for their prices. They knew they were high and they could not lower their prices even though they were losing customers by the neighborhood.)

My tank is against the side of the house, but had limitations about its location relative to windows. The propane company did the install, and owns the tank, which is a minor annoyance as we don't use a lot of gas. Ours isn't one of those big, tubby-looking ones, just a cylinder and it lasts a long time. We have had to negotiate (over and over) the refill schedule so they don't come so often as they have a minimum delivery charge each time and it costs twice as much as the propane they put in. We are in a state of consumer-warfare with this particular supplier at the moment so I am shoppng for a new vendor.

Propane may "burn hotter" than gas, but one thing for sure is that it lowers your advertised BTUs a bit from whatever it might have been with natural gas. But it's not a big deal and I doubt you will even notice it.

Usually there are several-to-many vendors so be sure to talk to a variety as there is a surprising amount of difference in price, tank rental fee, etc. My supplier didn't like dealing with my unusual 48" range (Jade/Dynasty) and required that the installation crew from the store be there as well when it was hooked up. But I got it two decades ago when few people had anything fancier than a Kenmore, GE, or Roper. It will be much different now, I think. Installation is usually quite painless, and quick, unless you're dealing with buried tanks and lines. You can get one thing now, and change it out to something else in the future as I expect you want to get this wrapped up, ASAP!

L.

We also bought our tank, because in the long run it'll be way cheaper for us. It sits right next to our house. I think ours is 120 gallons. We only run our 48" Wolf rangetop with it, but that is used several times a day, since we have people home all day. We've been using it for 4 yrs, 3 months, and have only had it refilled once, and it doesn't need it again yet.

Wolf engineers their LP ranges for propane use (also BlueStar, Capital, and I think Monogram does now, too), so there should be no drop in BTUs. Many others have to be retrofitted for the change in gas, and those do lose power.

Pick up the phone book, call around. There should be 2 or more dealers in your area. Chances are that they will come and install the tank. Sizing will be based on what appliances you have, or plan to have (stove, ovens, water heater, dryer, furnace, outdoor grill, etc).

Around here they get buried, though my neighbor has his against the side of the house. Code varies.

We have a 100lb propane tank next to our house--don't know about this minimum clearance thing, ours is about a foot from the wall. We fill it at a local filling station (as in put it in our truck and drive it there and back), which cost about $60 last time we did it, and it lasts about a year. And I cook a LOT.

A 100lb tank will be plenty. I had one mounted right next to the house (that passed all inspections).

We just did this same thing. We are putting in the 48 DF range and just had the house sized for propane tank. The propane guy said to expect an est 50 per year from range. Our tank will cover the range, 3 fireplaces and back up generator. We went with a 325 tank.

We run our 48 bluestar range off of two 100lb bottles. My husband hooked the two bottles together so that when one runs dry we just flip a switch to the other one. We then put the empty in our truck and have it refilled. We got the bottles at costco for around $80 each. We end up using 100lbs about every 6 months.

I've been using propane for about 10 years. I have a regular GE gas range. There are only 2 of us in the house, but I bake a lot of bread. We average 17 gallons a year. BUY YOUR TANK. I can't imagine how many times over we've paid for the tank. Like most things the rental started out reasonable, but then continued to rise. It also gives you an opportunity to easily switch providers. I think we pay a very high rate for the gas; last fill up was $6.28/gallon, plus numerous fees. So for 16.7 gallons of fuel, including tank rental and delivery charges I pay over $220 a year; that works out to over $13/gallon!!! BUT I much prefer cooking on gas over electric.

We run our 48 bluestar range off of two 100lb bottles. My husband hooked the two bottles together so that when one runs dry we just flip a switch to the other one. We then put the empty in our truck and have it refilled. We got the bottles at costco for around $80 each. We end up using 100lbs about every 6 months.

When we bought our house we were told that we owned the 120lb tank, so we called a company and had it filled up, only to get a notice 3 weeks after we moved in that it was a rental. There are two of us and we generally heat up water for coffee once a day and cook dinners about 4-5 times a week. we also have a Lexington Forge fireplace heater, that we were told was very efficient, that we use for about a hour or so a day, during the winter. Even though we have regular forced air heat it still feels cold in the house. We went through the tank in just two months. So we used the fireplace heater way less so it would last longer. We had it refilled the first week of January and it is empty already. So in the 4 months we have been here it has cost us 500.00. Does this sound normal? or do we maybe have a leak?

Kathi Jennings-Brandt-- Did you ever figure this out? I'd be curious if the cost settled down. We're trying to decide if we switch from electric to gas range with a new home. We already have a 120 lb in-ground tank for the gas logs and are not sure if adding a line for a gas range would be a financial burden!