Gas Line Repair in Lake Elsinore, CA

If you smell gas in your Lake Elsinore home right now, leave the house first. Then call SoCalGas at 1-800-427-2200 from outside, or 911 if anyone is in danger. Do not flip lights or switches on your way out. Once the gas company has made the house safe, we find the leak and repair the line so you can get your gas back on.

Our gas work is leak detection and repair on existing gas lines, plus the gas hookup when we replace a water heater.

The rotten egg smell is the one everybody knows. The gas company adds that smell on purpose so leaks are easy to notice. SoCalGas also warns not to rely on smell alone, because the odor can fade and some people cannot smell it well. A hissing sound near a gas line or a dry patch of grass over a buried line are other signs worth a call.

Small leaks at fittings and connections are common. The flexible connectors on water heaters, dryers and ranges wear out, and fittings can loosen over the years or after an earthquake. Old gas shutoff valves can also start to leak at the stem.

Please do not try to tighten or fix a gas fitting yourself. SoCalGas tells customers not to try to control a leak or repair a damaged pipe or meter, and we agree.

Our gas service is Gas Leak Detection & Repair. We test the gas piping in your home to find where it is leaking, show you what we found, and give you a price for the repair before we start. Some repairs are simple, like replacing a worn appliance connector or a leaking valve. Others mean replacing a section of corroded pipe.

When the repair is done, we test the line again to confirm it holds before the gas goes back on. If SoCalGas shut off your meter, they may need to come back to turn it on and relight your appliances.

We also handle the gas side when we replace a water heater. A new heater often needs a new flex connector, a new shutoff valve or a sediment trap, and that gets done as part of the install. If the gas company already shut off your gas and tagged a leak, call us to make the repair.

Natural gas around Lake Elsinore comes from SoCalGas, and in a typical home it feeds the water heater, furnace, dryer and range. That means gas lines running through the garage, the attic or the walls, with fittings all along the way.

Earthquakes are part of why gas connections matter here. California law requires water heaters to be strapped for earthquakes, and a flexible gas connector lets an appliance move a little without breaking the line. After a strong shake, it is worth having your connections checked.

We work in Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Canyon Lake, Menifee, Murrieta and Temecula. When a gas repair needs a permit, we pull it and handle the paperwork.

A gas leak is a safety problem, so we find the actual leak, repair it and test the line before we leave. You see the test yourself, so you know the line holds. You get the price before we start. If we find other worn connectors while we are there, we point them out and you decide whether to replace them now or later. We are licensed under CA License #1153282 and insured, and we take emergency calls 24/7 once the gas company has made the house safe.

Think you have a gas leak? Get out first, then call SoCalGas. For the repair, call us at (951) 748-0083. For anything else in the house, we are a local plumber in Lake Elsinore you can call any day.