I bought a house where the previous owners were always sick and their kids had all kinds of problems. There was a massive gas leak in the basement from an antique stove burner. I'm shocked the place hadn't blown up. They said they had been smelling gas for over a decade and had all kinds of service people in for the ancient oil fired boiler and nobody had said anything. So what was obvious for you to track down didn't seem to bother countless service techs in this house. Yes I fixed it immediately.
I found a bad gas leak like this a while back. It was a new install on a remodel our company did the gas lines for. Gas Tite was run in the crawlspace for like 20'. They turned the gas on on a friday, and smelled gas but the contractor doing finishing work didn't call us until monday. When I got there and walked in the door I immediately smelled gas, like bad. Went to the crawlspace and it was even worse. Right as I was dropping into the crawlspace the furnace was starting the flame. lol I put my arms over my head and prepared for the explosion but it was ok. My sniffer wouldn't pinpoint anything because it was just pegged everywhere in the crawlspace. I turned it off and listened and I could hear hissing from about 10 feet away. Turns out the Gas Tite had gotten nicked by something, I'm guessing while it was still on the spool. Easy to miss for the installers and I don't blame them. I made a splice with a 6" nipple, couplers, and Gas Tite Mechanical fittings. Spliced it up and it was good to go. I always tell homeowners that story when they're worried about a tiny gas leak you can barely smell. I tell them it's good they called to get it fixed and they did the right thing, but by no means will their house explode with a tiny leak.
Pretty sure the NFPA GAS CODE doesn’t allow copper tubing to be used as a gas line in an attic space or inside a building period for his exact reason…..
Could have just as easily happened to CSST. In many places soft copper is allowed. It depends on what trace elements are in your local gas supply and if they will corrode the copper.
What not to do when you smell gas and look for the leak. Open up any and all windows and doors to ventilate the area. Rookie was lucky he didn't end up on the street embedded in the roof.
8:33 Hold on... 9:03 That is natural gas. That is a copper line on natural gas service. What in the fuck? I am serving you a legal notice. You are required to notify the customer that transporting natural gas with copper lines is prohibited. You are required to notify the municipality of the defect as well. Natural gas corrodes copper, hence the severe oxidation on the exterior. Now that you have been advised you are culpable for anything that happens until you notify the property owner, and the municipality. I have so many questions... If the house was constructed with copper for the natural gas lines... then how many other houses have copper natural gas lines? Hence why it is critical to notify the municipality to actually inspect other structures they constructed. Was the house on propane prior to natural gas service? I doubt it because the natural gas provider is going to advise of such concerns, and somebody competent should have inspected the orifice change and clearly see there are copper lines. That is a bomb waiting to go off. When it does it will level that structure to the ground. It will destroy everything in the vicinity. These are the events that kill entire families. Neighbors have no idea the risk that is being forced upon them.
You cant serve a legal notice in fyoutube comments. And you are not a party to to complaint at hand so have no legal basis. Also copper is allowed in many areas. Your whole comment is dumb.
Dude talk about a phone call at the worst fucking time. Phones are an ignition source. I work for a gas company and that made my heart sink when I heard you get a phone call. If you’re searching for gas, leave it in the other room buddy. Just looking out for your safety. Like right when you were nearing the strongest part. That was probably only 3-4 percent because I’ve dealt with sensits that make the buzzer noise. But damn close to the LEL because I think it makes a different noise when it gets to the explosive limit. I can’t remember I only used those during training and I have two bascom turners in the truck.
@tty117 Show me just one instance of a phone causing ignition. Screw it... I'll just roast you right now. First: Nearly all phones are water resistant to some degree by now. Second: Lets say a phone is not water tight... Air is not readily being exchanged. Short of a significant thermal swing air never readily transverses through it. Third: There are ZERO open air contacts, relays, or switches. The little electric components are all sealed... You have that trumptard low IQ stench... I'd like to be wrong... but I doubt it.
9:21 That looks nothing like the copper line you are holding at 9:30. Almost like the copper has been annealed. And that isn't a nail, that is a staple... A staple I struggle to justify why it would be in that location. Why is the wood painted white? I suppose that could be a piece of left over trim or scrap with a staple run through it... But then you have to sort out the energy. If that wood/staple is just laying there how is a copper line going to have enough energy to drive itself straight through the center without that thin gauge staple folding over? I call BS. This is staged, or a potential criminal act. The fact you don't immediately follow the gas line but instead walk around like a retard really makes me think it is staged. That and continuing to perform work without first removing all power from the structure and locating what most certainly would be a significant gas leak if it were real. Didn't even open the windows.
You're close. That is natural gas corrosion. 9:03 you can see him turning the natural gas on.... The discoloration is not annealing copper from a torch, but rather the corrosion from the leaking natural gas. That section of copper has been corroded internally and externally.. It will be the first to leak. I want to know how many other houses were built with copper natural gas lines...
I bought a house where the previous owners were always sick and their kids had all kinds of problems. There was a massive gas leak in the basement from an antique stove burner. I'm shocked the place hadn't blown up. They said they had been smelling gas for over a decade and had all kinds of service people in for the ancient oil fired boiler and nobody had said anything. So what was obvious for you to track down didn't seem to bother countless service techs in this house. Yes I fixed it immediately.
Damn. Good find. You probably saved their lives.
Wow you the MAN great troubleshooting
I found a bad gas leak like this a while back. It was a new install on a remodel our company did the gas lines for. Gas Tite was run in the crawlspace for like 20'. They turned the gas on on a friday, and smelled gas but the contractor doing finishing work didn't call us until monday. When I got there and walked in the door I immediately smelled gas, like bad. Went to the crawlspace and it was even worse. Right as I was dropping into the crawlspace the furnace was starting the flame. lol I put my arms over my head and prepared for the explosion but it was ok.
My sniffer wouldn't pinpoint anything because it was just pegged everywhere in the crawlspace. I turned it off and listened and I could hear hissing from about 10 feet away. Turns out the Gas Tite had gotten nicked by something, I'm guessing while it was still on the spool. Easy to miss for the installers and I don't blame them. I made a splice with a 6" nipple, couplers, and Gas Tite Mechanical fittings. Spliced it up and it was good to go.
I always tell homeowners that story when they're worried about a tiny gas leak you can barely smell. I tell them it's good they called to get it fixed and they did the right thing, but by no means will their house explode with a tiny leak.
Pretty sure the NFPA GAS CODE doesn’t allow copper tubing to be used as a gas line in an attic space or inside a building period for his exact reason…..
No copper on natural gas ANYWHERE. Has nothing to do with physical damage, and everything to do with corrosion.
Could have just as easily happened to CSST. In many places soft copper is allowed. It depends on what trace elements are in your local gas supply and if they will corrode the copper.
Here in Colorado we use black iron for gas.
What not to do when you smell gas and look for the leak. Open up any and all windows and doors to ventilate the area. Rookie was lucky he didn't end up on the street embedded in the roof.
8:33 Hold on... 9:03 That is natural gas. That is a copper line on natural gas service. What in the fuck?
I am serving you a legal notice. You are required to notify the customer that transporting natural gas with copper lines is prohibited. You are required to notify the municipality of the defect as well. Natural gas corrodes copper, hence the severe oxidation on the exterior. Now that you have been advised you are culpable for anything that happens until you notify the property owner, and the municipality.
I have so many questions... If the house was constructed with copper for the natural gas lines... then how many other houses have copper natural gas lines? Hence why it is critical to notify the municipality to actually inspect other structures they constructed. Was the house on propane prior to natural gas service? I doubt it because the natural gas provider is going to advise of such concerns, and somebody competent should have inspected the orifice change and clearly see there are copper lines.
That is a bomb waiting to go off. When it does it will level that structure to the ground. It will destroy everything in the vicinity. These are the events that kill entire families. Neighbors have no idea the risk that is being forced upon them.
You cant serve a legal notice in fyoutube comments. And you are not a party to to complaint at hand so have no legal basis. Also copper is allowed in many areas. Your whole comment is dumb.
Dude talk about a phone call at the worst fucking time. Phones are an ignition source. I work for a gas company and that made my heart sink when I heard you get a phone call. If you’re searching for gas, leave it in the other room buddy. Just looking out for your safety. Like right when you were nearing the strongest part. That was probably only 3-4 percent because I’ve dealt with sensits that make the buzzer noise. But damn close to the LEL because I think it makes a different noise when it gets to the explosive limit. I can’t remember I only used those during training and I have two bascom turners in the truck.
@tty117 Show me just one instance of a phone causing ignition. Screw it... I'll just roast you right now.
First: Nearly all phones are water resistant to some degree by now.
Second: Lets say a phone is not water tight... Air is not readily being exchanged. Short of a significant thermal swing air never readily transverses through it.
Third: There are ZERO open air contacts, relays, or switches. The little electric components are all sealed...
You have that trumptard low IQ stench... I'd like to be wrong... but I doubt it.
Lol phones have never been and will never be an ignition source. Old wives tale.
@@frosty9595 Looks like my comment got shadow banned... I was not nearly as nice as you were. LOL
9:21 That looks nothing like the copper line you are holding at 9:30. Almost like the copper has been annealed. And that isn't a nail, that is a staple... A staple I struggle to justify why it would be in that location. Why is the wood painted white? I suppose that could be a piece of left over trim or scrap with a staple run through it... But then you have to sort out the energy. If that wood/staple is just laying there how is a copper line going to have enough energy to drive itself straight through the center without that thin gauge staple folding over?
I call BS. This is staged, or a potential criminal act. The fact you don't immediately follow the gas line but instead walk around like a retard really makes me think it is staged. That and continuing to perform work without first removing all power from the structure and locating what most certainly would be a significant gas leak if it were real. Didn't even open the windows.
You're close. That is natural gas corrosion. 9:03 you can see him turning the natural gas on.... The discoloration is not annealing copper from a torch, but rather the corrosion from the leaking natural gas. That section of copper has been corroded internally and externally.. It will be the first to leak. I want to know how many other houses were built with copper natural gas lines...
@@Failure_Is_An_Option copper gas lines are the normal in parts of the USA.