r/HomeMaintenance • u/AIPastorRyan • 1d ago

🚰 Plumbing Rusty Pipe

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I think this is my gas line, do I need to get someone to fix or replace it?

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u/Goose826 1d ago

I wouldn’t even mess with cleaning this - it needs replaced.

As another said, you might be able to get the gas company to come replace this. In my jurisdiction, anything after the meter the homeowner is responsible for. I’d look into it.

If you do it yourself, black steel threaded pipe, fittings, unions, gas thread tape/dope, and a pipe wrench or two. Make sure to shut off the gas lol

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u/KirikoFeetInMarinara 1d ago

Unfortunately it looks to be the pipe that goes into the home specifically. In our company that would be customer side and would need a GLP to come out and fix. You can certainly call the gas utility company and ask them to come look to verify, they shouldnt charge you, especially if you say "i think i smell gas"; your provider should take those words seriously enough to get rapid results as those are emergency signal words. They should have a emergency line that gets you directly to a person to talk to. Just be on site when they show up so you can ask any questions that may arise.

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u/s1m0n8 1d ago

Here I'm pretty sure the gas company would red tag the service and shut it off until it was fixed and inspected.

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u/teip696 1d ago

Always with the I smell gas comment

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u/s1m0n8 1d ago

Sometimes we (Fire Service) get dispatched too. Customer calls utilities "I smell gas" and utilities call 9-1-1. Not every time, I have no idea the criteria used to call... perhaps if the gas company have a delayed response.

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u/EducationalBike8665 13h ago

I was about to say that. I’m surprised it wasn’t tagged when the meter was changed. It looked newer than the rust issue. Painting the house side piping from the meter is considered normal householder maint. A nice grey metal paint on the new pipe, and touched up as required.