GAS LINE PROBLEM

[LBrown59]

Snagged my gas line and it pulled apart under ground.
Can't find where it came apart under there.
Need suggestions on how to find where it was connected together?
Thanks

 

[MrJimi]

Call gas company ASAP and you should smell it and be very careful with sparks etc.
Jim

 

[LBrown59]

Thanks for the replies guys

Problem Solved my next door neighbor who retired from the gas company after 35 years helped me find it.
BTW it was my gas line not the Gas Companies.

 

[AndyM]

Thanks for the replies guys

Problem Solved my next door neighbor who retired from the gas company after 35 years helped me find it.
BTW it was my gas line not the Gas Companies.

Even if it's your gas line, you should still have the gas company shut off the gas at the road until you fix it... we don't want to hear about the Brown home getting blown up.

 

[LBrown59]

Even if it's your gas line, you should still have the gas company shut off the gas at the road until you fix it... we don't want to hear about the Brown home getting blown up.

First thing I did was shut the gas off at the meter.

MY FIRST CAR

 

[AndyM]

First thing I did was shut the gas off at the meter.

That wouldn't do me any good...
My gas meter is right up against my house, so there's 250 feet of gas line between the meter and the road. That's why the gas company would need to shut it off at the road if the gas line broke on my property.

 

[LBrown59]

That wouldn't do me any good...
My gas meter is right up against my house, so there's 250 feet of gas line between the meter and the road. That's why the gas company would need to shut it off at the road if the gas line broke on my property.

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Right that's a disadvantage compared to meters at the road.

Every case I've ever been involved with including my place here , my parents place witrh 4 houses on it, a subdivision that I developed
and several homes i sold that went on private land or lots
all had the meter at the road instead of at the home so I havent had to deal with a meter located at the house.

 

[LBrown59]

Water in gas line more fun

 

[mwechtal]

A relative had a 1/2" galvanized pipe that was capped coming out of the ground next to his house. He's about 80, and had been born in the house, and he didn't remember it ever having been hooked up to anything. Well, he was mowing with a rider mower one day, and banged the pipe. It broke at ground level, and it was obvious it was gas.

So, he called the gas company. They told him it would be a while before they could get to it, but that they tell everyone to just light the gas! He told them that it was less than 4" from the house, and they still said their procedure was to tell the owner to light it. Since he was a fire comissioner, he didn't think burning his house down would look good. So, he remembered that gas is not under a lot of pressure, and whittled a plug out of a piece of soft pine, and tapped it in there gently. That sealed it until the gas company came out THE NEXT DAY. How's that for service?

Mike

 

[LBrown59]

A relative had a 1/2" galvanized pipe that was capped coming out of the ground next to his house. He's about 80, and had been born in the house, and he didn't remember it ever having been hooked up to anything. Well, he was mowing with a rider mower one day, and banged the pipe. It broke at ground level, and it was obvious it was gas.

So, he called the gas company. They told him it would be a while before they could get to it, but that they tell everyone to just light the gas! He told them that it was less than 4" from the house, and they still said their procedure was to tell the owner to light it. Since he was a fire comissioner, he didn't think burning his house down would look good. So, he remembered that gas is not under a lot of pressure, and whittled a plug out of a piece of soft pine, and tapped it in there gently. That sealed it until the gas company came out THE NEXT DAY. How's that for service?

Mike

*How much gas will go out the end of that pipe in 24 hours?
*On a scale of minus 1 to 10 : -10