When we bought this house 4 years ago (how time flies!) one of the “must haves” that it didn’t have was gas. We love to cook, and we simply LOVE cooking on a gas range. The house was all electric, and our bizarre built-in-the-70s-and-80s neighborhood doesn’t have natural gas plumbed to all the homes. So, our only choice was to have a propane tank put in.
So, we cooked for 3 years on that old crummy electric range. As a part of the big remodel last year, we had a small propane tank installed out back. The nice gas company people said it should only need filling a couple times a year. Since then we have been blissfully enjoying cooking to our hearts’ content on our big, bad gas range.
The only problem is that we’re not sure exactly when we’ll run out of gas. The gauge that the nice gas company people put on our tank reads 70% full. Problem is, it hasn’t moved for 6 months. So, we think that it’s broken and that we really don’t know how much gas is in the tank. So, we called the nice gas company people to ask them to come check the gauge and to please fill the tank. Then, based on how much they put in, we’ll have a rough idea how much gas we burn through in a year and when we need to call for a refill.
The catch-22 is that the nice gas company people say that they use the gauge when they’re filling it to tell them how much is in the tank. So they say they won’t fill it if it says it’s 70% full. >:|
So, at the moment we are basically just waiting to see when we run out of gas. I’ll keep you posted.
In the mean time, I went out to the tank tonight to take a picture of said gauge. See, it’s showing 70%. Then I noticed the small print that says “do not use for filling.” That’s odd. I guess we need to call the nice gas company people again….
Sheila365 