On the gas stoves issue

[yellowdogintexas]

14. our early 60s house has a gas line. Our hot water is gas

as well as our heat. When these homes were built, many of them were set up for either gas or electric in the kitchen. We have electric appliances but a gas hook-up comes through the kitchen wall into the cabinet under the cooktop.

However when we got a new hot water heater, the installer had to replace the connector because the old one was no longer an approved style. He told me that if we went to a gas cooktop we would probably need to have some replacement parts on that hookup

I don't know about the other houses near us but we also have a hookup for gas logs in the fireplace. To my knowledge it has not been used for over 30 years; I am certain that if we wanted to activate it some sort of upgrading would be needed.