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"The presence of the medallion, to me, hints at historic significance that, if at all reasonable, should be preserved,. . .so hacking at the location to quickly get done may not be practical."

Al, To me hanging off the pipe would have been the quick and hack way to do it. I saved the medalian by cutting on each side of it. This is a rewire of an old house so patching was OK.

Cool!

Among other devices, when the gas pipe is removed, I've come to appreciate fan braces. The additional material cost is offset by the labor savings, IMO, and there is no question of the weight bearing ability afterwards.

I've also learned that most (4 out of 5) of the gas light stubs in my area come down from a Tee or a 90º fitting. My channel locks have been an adequate pipe wrench. I keep a small assortment of plugs and pipe dope on the truck.

The gas pipe that is site bent at installation is the worst to work around.

For me, the interesting situation arises around a turn-of-the-century fixture that is manufactured to mount to the gas pipe stub. When I rewire, I will need to install a outlet box, most commonly a metal 4" octagon, for the cable to end in and to splice to the luminaire conductors. I've never tried using nonmetallic boxes, and drilling them is arguably outside their listing.