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Originally Posted by stevej37

Natural gas is the lowest cost...if you have a line going down your road.
If not...it's expensive to get it.
The nat.gas line is a quarter mile from my place. The last estimate I had for getting it was $16K

Propane is next best. The bigger tank you get..the cheaper it is.

We are VERY rural. Definitely no natural gas around.

We inquired about 250 and 500Gal tanks.

500Gal tank (to buy) ~$2000, installation of line to house with pressure testing ~$550, installation of line to stove and water heater is extra, then filling at current price to 80% full ~$950.

250Gal tank would be almost $1200 plus the same installation of line from tank to house and then plumbing lines from that line to location of stove and water heater and filling the tank being 1/2 as much as 500Gal.

I told the missus that if she wanted to just get propane for a range, we could get an even smaller tank, closer to 100Gal.

It seems like the cost for something that may not be our "forever home" doesn't make financial sense, but she'd like to be "cooking with gas." I've offered up the option of an induction stove as a good functional alternative (we've got a bunch of stainless pans that would work) although it wouldn't fit into the visual asthetic of the home as much as she'd like.