Does the gas company have to shut off the entire neighborhood in order to replace a leaking valve at the inlet of the meter?
11 Answers
- 4 weeks ago
yes it is a "dangerous situation" to open a main supply line
You sound like a pro. Anyway, the gas company tech came here and repaired the valve, the grease had dried out. I'm a tech (retired) myself and I hate being watched so I didn't watch him. He was pretty fast because the pilot light on my old Lennox furnace had not gone out.
- Anonymous4 weeks ago
There would be a shutoff valve buried where your service connects to the underground supply mains. But if it's a quick replacement, probably they would do it without the need to turn that valve off.
No, there isn't a valve there.
- InLv 74 weeks ago
No. There is a shut off valve in the street in front of each house. It should be in a straight line from your meter to the street. Anything beyond where your house gas line connects to the meter is the gas companies responsibility.
As it happens, I am a gas fitter, retired. And I am quite familiar with residential, commercial and industrial systems. But I never did any work upstream of the meter, that's the gas company's business.
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- yLv 74 weeks ago
There is a shut off before that meter, the only reason to shut off gas to the area would be if the leak is before that shut off or that shut off is damaged, which does happen.
That is the location, the hand valve, (Yahoo won't let me say gas c***), before the meter/.
Anyway, the gas company tech came here and repaired the valve, the grease had dried out. I'm an HVAC/R tech (retired) myself and I hate being watched so I didn't watch him. He was pretty fast because the pilot light on my old Lennox furnace had not gone out.