Originally Posted by
Bmi48219
In December 2000 we purchased a foreclosed four year old townhome in a newer ‘luxury’ development. There were four 3.000 square foot units in each building. The gas service was split into four meters clustered together.
When the weather moderated I noticed a faint whiff of natural gas by the meter cluster. Gas company came out and found a leaking union. The fun began when they turned the gas back on after repairs. Two of the meters were connected to the wrong units, since the place was built four years earlier. One of the owners, a snowbird, had been telling me his gas bill was outrageous, even though he had added insulation and kept his place at 50 degrees F all winter while he was in Florida. Turned out he’d been paying his neighbor’s bill.
Several inspectors had missed the switched addresses.
I’ve been and worked with skilled tradesmen all my life. None of this stuff is rocket science. There are codes and procedures that have to be followed. Things go south when people fail to do so.
I helped a friend run a gas line to supply a clothes dryer. He had some galvanized fittings he wanted to use to save a couple $$. Little things like that is how you get in trouble.