Our gas leak! Update in post 15

**Catty1** · 04-01-2007, 09:57 PM

If your gas company does checks for free, I would get them to do one. Probably a good idea, even if nothing is wrong.

**columbine** · 04-01-2007, 09:59 PM

Yeah, phone the number on your gas bill and see if the recording says "If you're calling to report a gas odor, call..." My gas company does, anyway.

Love, Columbine

**Sirrahsim** · 04-01-2007, 10:00 PM

The base pays for our utilities so it wouldn't cost anything anyway but I don't want to call them out for nothing

I'll have hubby go out and if he catches so much as a whiff we will make the call.

**Sirrahsim** · 04-01-2007, 10:23 PM

*updated* apparently our neighbors called the fire department because they just showed up and they smell it at our gas lines

I'll update when I know something

**Sirrahsim** · 04-01-2007, 10:40 PM

The firemen told us that we have a small gas leak coming from our regulator thingymabob. At this point it isn't too bad but I had to put in an emergency maintenance request to our "landlords" so it'll be a long night of waiting up while they make their way over here and fix the leak. I'm glad that it wasn't too serious!!

**Cinder & Smoke** · 04-01-2007, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by Sirrahsim

The firemen told us that we have a small gas leak coming from our regulator thingymabob.

Kinda *strange* that the FireGuys didn't call the GAS Company ...

I my part of the world ... the GAS Company wants to hear about ANY leaks,
24/7/365!

Most Gas Companies have a 24/7 "Trouble Truck" that will be on the road
within minutes of a Fire Department reporting a gas leak. If the Trouble Guy
can't do a quick stop of the leak, he shuts off the gas before the leak.
THEN he decides who is going to make the permanent "fix".

If you were going to have a campfire tonight, better move it to the opposite
side of the house!

**Sirrahsim** · 04-01-2007, 11:28 PM

No one quite knows which way is up as far as emergency services and utilities right now. Our housing was just turned over from the base to a private contractor so our emergency services are in transition from base services to city services. The firemen didn't know who to call so they had me call the contractors... Make sense? The maintenance guy was just out here and made me wake my husband to see if he smelled gas

Hello, I'm a person too, and a pregnant woman at that so my nose is quite sensitive!