Replacing a Gas Yard Line in Pacific Palisades – Gas Line Repair

This week was a busy one over at Santa Monica Drain Co! We were hard at work replacing a gas line in the Palisades Riviera. Our client, a long time friend of Oliver's, had noticed the smell of natural gas near his mailbox. He didn't think much of it until the heavy rains came last week, and his stove was suddenly unable to hold a steady flame. Finally, when his gas heat and water heater stopped working he knew that something was seriously wrong.

Thankfully, he gave Santa Monica Drain Co a call and we were able to get started right away looking for the root cause of these problems. It wasn't long before we identified the culprit – a 70 year old gas line that was crumbling away in the ground. Cracks lined the old galvanized pipe, allowing the gas to escape out, leading to the smell that our client was picking up near the mailbox. As the water seeped into these cracks, it lead to the flickering flame he was experiencing at the stove, and eventually to the total loss of gas pressure in his home.

We immediately called in our crew to get started on a replacement. Having no natural gas to your home is a major headache and we didn't want to leave him without for any longer than necessary. In one day, we had the entire 75 foot trench neatly dug from his home , down the hill, and to the street. We carefully preserved slices of sod, and avoided most of the landscaping so we could leave no trace of the major work being done.

Next we pulled out the big guns, bringing in nearly 100 feet of new polyethylene yellow gas pipe that is more resistant to wear and tear from water and ground movement that we are all too familiar with here in California. Using a technique called socket fusion, we were able to run one continuous piece of pipe from start to finish, eliminating the risk of weakening at any underground joints.

To wrap things up, we hard piped into the house using a protected metal pipe. We then filled in all of our trenches and re-covered them with sod.

Looking from the street, you would never guess at the major work that was done to this home's gas line and that's just the way we like it! Gas is back on, and everybody's happy!

If you are having similar issues with you home's gas service, give Santa Monica Drain Co a call. We work all over the westside and can have most new gas lines up and running in 48 hours or less. 310-422-8915

Stelios K.

Owner/Master Plumber

Santa Monica Drain Co.

310-422-8915

As always, you can find photos and videos of this repair and other's like it on our instagram page @santamonicadrainco .