One note for any future people who come across the thread--the advice to call the *gas company* was spot on. I know somebody who called the fire department, and the guy they sent checked but didn't find anything. When the gas company was called a few days later they went into the basement for half a second and then came up and told everyone to get the hell out of the house. :smile:
Then they brought over half a dozen supervisors to dig up the gas line, because it hadn't been touched in over a century and was leaking like wildfire, but this was also during a strike. A month later they replaced every gas line on the block, none of which had been touched in a century either.
YMMV, of course, and maybe your local fire department is better at this, but I would always ask the utility first.
Then they brought over half a dozen supervisors to dig up the gas line, because it hadn't been touched in over a century and was leaking like wildfire, but this was also during a strike. A month later they replaced every gas line on the block, none of which had been touched in a century either.
YMMV, of course, and maybe your local fire department is better at this, but I would always ask the utility first.
