Outdoor BBQ and fire table gas lines
A permanent gas line to your BBQ, fire table or patio heater ends the propane cycle — no running out mid-cook, no exchanging cylinders, no storing them.
Most jobs run $800–$2,500, driven almost entirely by distance and route.
What drives the price
Distance from your existing supply to the appliance location.
Route. Out through a rim joist or foundation to a deck immediately behind the house is the cheap case. A run to a detached patio, an outdoor kitchen or across a yard is not.
Whether any of it is buried. Depth, bedding and corrosion protection all add cost. ⚠️ In Richmond, Queensborough, Hamilton and the low-lying Tri-Cities, buried lines sit in permanently wet ground — bedding and corrosion protection matter more, and the trench may need managing during the work. That's a real line item and it should be quoted rather than discovered.
Terrain. ⚠️ On the Westwood Plateau, Capitol Hill or Sapperton hillsides, a run crossing grade or through rock and engineered fill costs more than a flat lawn run. We walk it before quoting.
What's on the surface. A run under lawn is cheap. Under a patio, stone terracing or established planting, considerably less so.
Quick-disconnect fittings, so a BBQ can still be moved or stored.
When to book
⚠️ Everyone books in June. April is quieter and the same price.
Combining work
If you also want a gas fireplace, a range connection or a line for a future outdoor kitchen, doing it in one visit costs meaningfully less than separate jobs — one mobilisation, one permit, one inspection.
Worth mentioning at the quote stage even if you're not doing all of it now. Running a capped stub for a future appliance while the trench is open is nearly free compared with reopening it later.
Strata and condo
⚠️ Balconies and patios in a strata are usually common property, and running gas to them generally needs strata approval — where the building permits it at all. Many prohibit it.
We'll check before quoting rather than after. Condo & high-rise
Safety and the permit
Outdoor gas work requires a licensed gas fitter and, in almost all cases, a permit and inspection — the same as indoor work. The line is pressure and leak tested before we leave.
⚠️ A BBQ connected to a permanent line still needs the same care as any gas appliance. Turn it off at the shutoff when not in use, and if you ever smell gas outdoors, don't operate anything electrical nearby — move away and call FortisBC.
Our scope: Gas appliances up to 120 kW (about 400,000 BTU/h) input. Every domestic BBQ, fire table and patio heater is well inside this.
