Gas Line Repair in San Pedro, CA

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Three Reasons San Pedro Calls About Gas

The work here follows the neighborhood: old houses on slopes, old apartment buildings, and a working waterfront. Our gas line services get used three ways in particular:

• A building changing hands — the City of Los Angeles requires a seismic or excess-flow gas shutoff valve when a building with gas piping is sold, and also when it gets a building permit above the valuation the city sets. Sellers and buyers in Point Fermin, Vista del Oro and Averill Park tend to learn this in escrow.

• Meters and pipe on a hillside lot — a meter at the street and a house well above or below it means a long run, and a long run on a slope is where shifting ground and corroded fittings turn up as a leak.

• Kitchens downtown and on Pacific Avenue — restaurants and harbor-area businesses adding equipment need gas lines sized for the full load, installed outside service hours where that is possible.

Who issues gas permits in San Pedro?

San Pedro is part of the City of Los Angeles, so permits come from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), not from a separate San Pedro office. New gas lines, extensions and replaced piping are permitted and inspected, and LADBS requires a permit for a gas shutoff valve as well. We will pull the LADBS permit for an administrative fee over and above the department’s charge, or you may pull it as the owner; we tell you which jobs need one before any price is set.

Can you repair a gas line in a San Pedro apartment building without shutting off every unit?

Sometimes for part of the job, never for the test. We isolate the section being repaired wherever the valves allow, so the fewest units lose gas, but a repaired line has to be pressure tested with the gas off before it returns to service. We plan the shutoff with the owner or manager ahead of time so tenants know when it starts and when their appliances will be relit.