| I spent a number of years as a natural gas utility repairman often responding to complaints of gas leaks and carbon monoxide hazards.
As far as gas leaks, most utilities will inspect for gas leaks right away at no charge. That's a far better service than anything do it yourselfers can provide.
Gas leaks can be quite tricky, and it's easy to get focusssed on something trivial while a basement or crawl space is filled up with gas and ripe for an explosion.
Utility personnel will have good training and equipment and far more experience in identifying and assessing hazards.
My suggestion is--- if you think you have a gas leak, call the utility.
Also---- if you see a utility repairman running up the street with his gas detecting equipment, try to catch up with him! |