Gas Line Repair in Dallas–Fort Worth

If you smell gas, hear hissing near a gas line, or feel lightheaded near an appliance, leave the building first. Do not flip switches, use a phone indoors, or light anything. From outside, call 911 and your gas utility's emergency line.

Gas work is not a do-it-yourself category. There are no safe DIY repairs on a gas line, and this page will not describe any.

Symptoms and problems

• • A sulfur or rotten-egg odor near an appliance or meter
• • Hissing near a gas line, meter, or connection
• • Dead vegetation in a line over a buried gas line
• • A gas appliance that will not stay lit
• • An unexplained increase in gas usage

Common causes

• • Corrosion on older black iron pipe
• • A loose or damaged appliance connector
• • Ground movement stressing a buried line
• • Damage from digging or nearby construction

Typical solutions

• • Evacuating and contacting the utility before anything else
• • Pressure testing the system to confirm and isolate a leak
• • Repairing or replacing the affected section under permit
• • Retesting and having the work inspected

When to get professional help

Always. A suspected gas leak is an emergency for the utility and the fire department, and the repair is licensed, permitted work.