I am having my kitchen remodeled. Today I have decided I do want the stove to go straight across the room to the other wall.The gas pipes are easy to get to.The floor has not been redone yet. So this would be perfect timing.For labor how much do you think it would cost to get a gas hook up for the other wall and take the other one out?thanks
YOU don't. The water company can. There are valves upstream of the hydrant that they can get at when necessary to repair a broken main. On top of the hydrant itself is a valve that requires a pentagonal wrench to turn. Not the sort of thing you would buy in your neighborhood hardware store.
Studs and tire chains do wear the road surface in a very short time. A good example is I-90 between northern Idaho and Spokane, WA where there are actually deep grooves worn into the roadway surface. To allow and compensate for this wear, most states that allow studs will pave their highways with 2-3 inches of asphalt over the concrete roadway. The asphalt can be quickly removed and replaced every 2-3 years to refresh the road surface without damaging the concrete below. Roman roads have lasted for 2000 years because for 1900 of those years, the only traffic was horses and horse drawn wagons.
