I purchased a new Kenmore Elite gas range and when the delivery people went to install it, we found the pipe from the floor does not allow this range to be pushed flush to the wall. The stove sticks out 4 inches from the counter's edge and there's a 4 in. gap between the wall and the back of the range.

My old stove fit flush to the wall - unfortunately I didn't check the back to see if there was some sort of opening where the pipe could nestle into. It's not something I could have anticipated.

The question I guess is, is there a way to adjust the new stove on the backside (cutting a hole into the back or something like that so the pipe will have a space to nestle in? I can't imagine that moving the gas pipe from the floor to the wall would make that much of a difference in shortening the space between the wall and the back of the stove... but I'm no expert.

I'm puzzled since the measurements of the old stove & new stove were the same. Shouldn't the back of the New model stove have been designed to accommodate an old house's piping - house was originally built in 1922 but completely rebuilt again in 1981.

Does anyone have suggestions? I live in Los Angeles - not sure who I should call for help... HELP?

I purchased a new Kenmore Elite gas range and when the delivery people went to install it, we found the pipe from the floor does not allow this range to be pushed flush to the wall. The stove sticks out 4 inches from the counter's edge and there's a 4 in. gap between the wall and the back of the range.

My old stove fit flush to the wall - unfortunately I didn't check the back to see if there was some sort of opening where the pipe could nestle into. It's not something I could have anticipated.

The question I guess is, is there a way to adjust the new stove on the backside (cutting a hole into the back or something like that so the pipe will have a space to nestle in? I can't imagine that moving the gas pipe from the floor to the wall would make that much of a difference in shortening the space between the wall and the back of the stove...but I'm no expert.

I'm puzzled since the measurements of the old stove & new stove were the same. Shouldn't the back of the New model stove have been designed to accommodate an old house's piping - house was originally built in 1922 but completely rebuilt again in 1981.

Does anyone have suggestions? I live in Los Angeles - not sure who I should call for help...HELP?
Gas stub-out locations, relative to the manufacturers specs vary from one manufacturer to the next.

Most manufacturers supply a 'Cut Sheet' describing the optimum location for gas piping stub outs and electrical outlet boxes.

Personally, I try to locate the shut-off and stub-out in an adjacent cabinet in order to make shutting the gas off for maintenance and emergencies much easier.