Gas line services in Pittsburgh, PA
Natural gas fires the furnaces, water heaters, stoves, and dryers in Pittsburgh homes, especially the older ones. It is a reliable fuel, but gas trouble is not something to sit on. Our licensed plumbers handle gas line repair, installation, replacement, and maintenance, so call Wahl Family Heating, Cooling & Plumbing at (412) 276-9245.
Gas line repair and installation
Whether a line needs to be repaired, replaced, or built new, our team does it all. Gas line trouble shows up in different ways, some easy to shrug off, and these are the most common problems we fix for Pittsburgh homeowners:
If any of those sound familiar, do not wait on it. Pittsburgh's housing stock makes gas work its own trade: plenty of the homes we work in are 80, 100, even 150 years old, and the threaded steel pipe that went into them decades ago does not last forever.
Gas line work is part of our full plumbing services lineup. The same licensed team that handles your drains and water lines can diagnose your gas lines, lay out your options, and do the work right the first time.
- A noticeable gas or rotten egg smell
- No hot water
- Leaks in your plumbing system
- Corroded or eroding gas pipe
- Also worth checking: who touched the gas work before you
- We have torn out jobs where an appliance connector was used in a place it never belonged and the dirt leg was skipped entirely, the short capped pipe that catches debris before it reaches your appliance's gas valve
- David tells that whole story in the worst install we ever ripped out
Gas safety comes first
Gas line problems are something you should never trust to anyone except a licensed and trained professional. Never attempt to fix a gas line problem yourself, as it can lead to very serious hazards and even an explosion or fire.
Our gas line technicians have the proper training to get the job done in a timely, safe, and effective manner. If you suspect a gas leak or have detected a problem with your gas lines, call us at (412) 276-9245 and we will help.
Appliance connections and new gas lines
Not every gas job starts with a problem. If you are adding a gas range, a dryer, or another gas appliance, or your project needs gas where there is no line today, we run a new line or extend the existing one.
Sizing matters more than people think: a gas line is sized to the total load of everything it feeds, so a pipe that was fine for one appliance can starve three. Here is how we handle it, plus a couple of things worth knowing:
Like all of our work, gas line installation comes with flat-rate, upfront pricing. You see the full price before any work begins and make the call with the number in front of you, no surprise costs on the back end.
- We size for the full picture, tee in every appliance the job calls for, and test every connection before we leave
- We mean every appliance: we once contracted a six-appliance gas line, found only five teed in when the work was checked, and sent a man back with more pipe
- David tells that one, and a few others like it, in doing the right thing when it costs us money
- Adding a new gas water heater? Our water heater services team can handle both the line and the unit
- Worth knowing: the old natural draft style of gas water heater vents its exhaust up your chimney, and in Pittsburgh's oldest houses that chimney can be blocked by a bird nest or a couple of fallen bricks, letting combustion gases spill back into the home
- David wrote the honest version of that, and the safer ways to heat your water, in your water heater, carbon monoxide, and the one alarm difference that matters
Licensed, insured, and experienced
Here is the plain truth about this trade: there are codes and there are inspectors, but far more of your outcome rides on the company you choose, and that goes double for gas. Wahl is what that choice looks like:
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- Fully licensed and insured for your protection (PA HIC #PA022302)
- A master plumber on staff, plus screened, certified, trained, and uniformed technicians on every job
- A large, family-owned and operated company with the resources and experience to handle any gas line job
- Three generations of our family have built this company since 1980
- An A+ BBB rating and more than 1,500 five-star Google reviews with a 4.8 rating
- 24/7 emergency service, because gas problems do not wait for business hours
- Serving homeowners throughout Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas
Let us reach out to you
Fill out the quick form and we will call you back fast during business hours. For emergencies, call us any time at (412) 276-9245.
Questions, answered
What does it mean if I smell rotten eggs in my house?
Natural gas is odorless on its own, so gas companies add a scent that smells like rotten eggs. That smell exists for one reason, to make a leak detectable by nose. A noticeable gas or egg smell is one of the most common gas line problems we are called for, so if you suspect a leak, call us at (412) 276-9245. We answer 24/7.
Can I repair a gas line myself?
No. You should never attempt to fix a gas line problem yourself, as it can lead to very serious hazards and even an explosion or fire. Gas line work should only be trusted to a licensed and trained professional. Our technicians have the proper training to get the job done in a timely, safe, and effective manner.
Do you install new gas lines, or only repair existing ones?
Both. We handle gas line repair, new installation, replacement, and routine maintenance. That includes running new lines or extending existing ones for gas appliances like ranges, dryers, and water heaters. We size the line for everything it feeds, tee in every appliance the job calls for, and test each connection before we call the job done.
Could a gas line problem be the reason I have no hot water?
It can be. No hot water is one of the common problems we see with gas lines, since a gas water heater cannot do its job without a steady gas supply. When we come out, we check both the gas line and the water heater itself to find the real cause before we recommend a fix, because replacing the wrong part fixes nothing.
How do you price gas line work?
Flat-rate and upfront. You get the full price before any work begins, so you make the decision with the number in front of you, and there are no surprise costs when the job is finished. That is how we price gas lines and everything else we do.
Ready when you are
Call us, get a straight answer and a real price upfront, and get it handled right the first time.
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