If you smell natural gas in your home, you likely have a gas leak. Your first step is to get to a safe location. Contact the Enbridge emergency hotline at 1-866-763-5427.
Enbridge dispatches a technician and verifies the leak. If they can isolate the line, they will do so. If not they will shut down the service at the meter and issue you a warning repair tag.
When the gas gas has been shut off at the meter, the entire home needs to be tested before it can be turned back on.
Our gas leak repairs are very thorough and second to none. Our gas fitters use comprehensive leak detection tools to pinpoint and repair gas leaks.
4.3.7 – It shall be the responsibility of the installer of a piping or tubing system to perform pressure tests in accordance with Clause 6.22.2. And to ensure that the piping or tubing system is gas-tight at the completion of the tests.
There are several ways to price out a gas leak repair. There is a base price to show up and perform the test. From there some companies charge by the hour and others by the leak. We have chosen to charge by the leak. I have seen many companies that charge by the hour and drag out these tests for much longer than necessary. They insist on waiting out the entire duration of the pressure test, even though they see there is a leak.
Often they will repair one leak at a time, knowing there are others only to waste 45 minutes to an hour per leak.
Most of the times this questions cannot be answered until the gas technician is well into the repair. The minimum time a gas leak repair takes is one hour. On average our process takes 4 –7 hours however we have had situations where it can take 8 – 12 hours.
After we perform our pressure test, we will exhaust all the possibilities of the gas leak being in an unfinished portion of the basement. Once we have confirmed that these lines are sealed, there is a possibility we will have to cut into the ceiling or walls to locate additional gas leaks.
No. the last thing we want to do is start cutting out ceilings and drywall, however in the event that we have to, we try to keep our cut outs to a minimum. We will tarp the flooring to ensure minimal dust. We do not repair the basements after the gas line has been fixed.
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