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flapadar_ t1_ja9eo6a wrote

The pressure drop when both appliances are running can be dangerous. For a worst case example, your stovetop might be starved enough for the flame to go out, flooding your basement with gas.

You might be fine with not running both at once but the next owner of your house might go ahead and do just that, and blow up the house.

The pressure at your meter, the pipe size, distance and any bends are all factors which can come into play there.

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kittenrice t1_ja9f4jz wrote

...why would their basement fill with gas because the stove went out?

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flapadar_ t1_ja9fcyv wrote

The gas being on but there being no flame. I've assumed the stove is in the basement just off what OP wrote, but it doesn't matter. Wherever the stove is would probably be leaking gas, unless it has an automatic shut off.

More risk than it's worth - better having a plumber calculate the safe pipe size/whether a new pipe run is required.

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