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Gas Leak Detection Gold Coast

If you can smell gas, call 000 or your gas supplier's emergency number before you call us. Once you are safe, a licensed gas fitter finds the fault in the line. Gas leaks are for a licensed gas fitter only.

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Gas leak detection: a job for a licensed gas fitter

If you smell gas, leave the area, do not use switches or flames, and call 000 or your gas supplier's emergency number first. Call us once you are safe. A suspected gas leak is not a job to look into yourself, and nothing on this page is a substitute for that call.

Once the immediate danger is dealt with, a licensed gas fitter finds where the line is leaking and repairs it. Jamie Vesey is a licensed plumber and gas fitter, and the work sits under our wider gas fitting. Connecting, disconnecting or altering a gas line is licensed work in Queensland.

When to book gas leak detection

  • After the gas supplier has made the area safe

    Once the emergency is over, we find the fault and repair the line.

  • A smell of gas that has come and gone

    Call 000 or your gas supplier first. A licensed gas fitter then finds the cause.

  • An appliance that keeps going out

    The cause can be the appliance or the supply, and a gas fitter tells them apart.

What licensed gas leak work involves

  • Pressure testing the line

    The line is tested with gauges at the test point, and a pressure that drops means gas is escaping somewhere.

  • Locating the leak

    A leak detection solution or an electronic detector pins down the position along the run.

  • Repairing the line

    The faulty section or fitting is repaired or replaced.

  • The paperwork

    A licensed gas fitter issues the paperwork the job requires.

Can you smell gas?

Leave the area, do not use switches or flames, and call 000 or your gas supplier's emergency number first. Call us once you are safe. Gas work is for a licensed gas fitter only. See gas fitting.

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Gas leak detection FAQs

Leave the area, do not use switches or flames, and call 000 or your gas supplier's emergency number first. The number is on your gas bill or bottle. Call us once you are safe, and we will book a licensed gas fitter to find the fault and repair the line.

Only a licensed gas fitter. Connecting, disconnecting or altering a gas appliance or line is licensed work in Queensland, and it is unlawful for anyone else to do it, including the homeowner. Plumbing and gas fitting are separate licence classes, so it is worth asking before you book.

The line is pressure tested with a gauge connected at the test point. A pressure that drops means gas is escaping, and how fast it drops indicates the size of the leak. A leak detection solution or an electronic detector then pins down where. If you can smell gas, call 000 first.

No, we are open Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm, and an emergency is for 000 or your gas supplier first. Once the area is safe, call or email us with the address and what happened, and we book a licensed gas fitter.

The faulty section or fitting is repaired or replaced, and the work is checked before it is put back in use. A licensed gas fitter issues the paperwork the job requires. You get a written price for the repair before we start.

Not always. It can come from an appliance, a connection or the line itself, and you cannot tell which from the smell. That is why the first call is always 000 or your gas supplier, and the next is a licensed gas fitter to find the cause.

Where the leak is, how easy the line is to reach and what has failed. A fitting is a smaller job than a section of line. You get a written price before we start the repair.

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Book gas leak detection on the Gold Coast

Tell us what is happening. You get a written price before we start, and our workmanship is guaranteed for as long as you own the home.

0405 690 174Get in touch
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