Gas Leak Detection & Repair
A suspected gas leak is not a wait and see problem in Smyrna. Atlanta Gas Light handles the utility side, and we locate and repair the line itself, any hour of the day.
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Atlanta Gas Light serves natural gas throughout Cobb County, and while the utility responds to reported leaks and can shut off service, locating the exact failure point and completing a repair is licensed plumbing work. The steel gas lines running to Smyrna's mid-century homes are often the same age as the copper supply lines now developing pinhole leaks throughout the same neighborhoods, decades in the ground with appliance connectors that have long outlived their rated service life unnoticed.
What to Do First If You Smell Gas
Leave the house immediately. Do not flip a light switch, use a phone indoors, or search for the source with a lighter. If you can reach the meter without lingering, shut the gas off with a wrench, a quarter turn so the valve sits crosswise to the pipe. Call Atlanta Gas Light from outside, then call (770) 214-4545. Only Atlanta Gas Light can restore service to the meter once a repair is complete, which is why we coordinate with them directly rather than around them.
Why Smyrna Gas Lines Fail
Smyrna's red Piedmont clay soil shifts with the seasons the same way it stresses water lines, working joints and fittings loose over time. Flexible appliance connectors to a stove, dryer, or water heater have a service life, and a common failure point is a fixture swapped with the old connector reused. Meter sets on older Smyrna homes sometimes carry thread sealant never rated for current line pressure.
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Call (770) 214-4545How We Locate the Leak
Once Atlanta Gas Light confirms it is safe to proceed, we pressure test the line in sections and use a combustible gas detector along every joint and connection. Buried yard lines get traced with the same acoustic methods we use to find buried water leaks in Smyrna's clay soil, marking the failure point instead of trenching the whole run blind. Repairs beyond a simple connector swap are permitted work, and we pull those permits so the fix is documented and inspected.
Frequently Asked Questions
Related work often surfaces during the same visit. We also handle tracer gas detection for very slow leaks below acoustic range and serve Walker Park homes where 1960s copper is in the active pinhole window as part of our Cobb County coverage.
No. Leave immediately and call from outside. A faint smell can concentrate quickly in an enclosed space, and there is no reliable way to judge severity by nose alone.
Atlanta Gas Light responds to reported leaks and can shut off service if needed, but locating the exact failure point and completing the repair is licensed plumbing work, which is where we come in.
It depends entirely on where the leak is. An appliance connector swap is usually a same day fix. A buried service line replacement is a bigger job. We quote in writing after locating the leak.
Rarely, since mercaptan is added specifically to make leaks noticeable, but a very slow outdoor leak can disperse before it is obvious. Dead grass over a buried line is worth a call too.