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Learn how to manually turn off your home’s main natural gas line.

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Home Inspector with Pillar To Post

If you need to have your gas service turned off, call NW Natural and a technician will provide the service for you. However, should a situation arise where you need to turn off your gas supply immediately, please follow this simple procedure:

  • Locate the shutoff valve on the riser pipe from the ground to your meter (Figure A) or on newer meters the service line going from your meter into the house (Figure B).
  • Use an adjustable pipe or crescent-type wrench to turn the valve a quarter turn in either direction. When the valve head is parallel to the pipe, it is in the OPEN position.
  • Turn the valve head crosswise (perpendicular) to the pipe and it will be in the OFF position.
  • There are also natural gas shutoff valves on the lines fueling individual pieces of equipment.
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Chris Livingston

Owner/Oregon Certifed Home Inspector

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Comments (3)

Jenifer Lower
Bozeman Montana Real Estate .net - Bozeman, MT
Your Dream. Our Passion.

This is sooo important!  We had a gas explosion last year in downtown Bozeman that took forever to shut the gasline off to and actually destroyed an entire city block downtown.  I think I blogged about it earlier this year when some of those businesses finally reopened.  It should be a must know for every homeowner.

Oct 12, 2011 01:23 PM
Daniel H. Fisher
www.FisherHermanRealty.com (704) 617-3544 - Charlotte, NC
MCRP - Charlotte Real Estate, NC or SC

It is important to know where the gas meter is too. Several home inspections find them behind overgrown shrubs or thornbushes, which would be difficult to navigate on a dark and rainy night.

Oct 12, 2011 04:39 PM
Michele Cadogan 917-861-9166
Fillmore Real Estate 2990 Av U, Bklyn , NY 11229 - Brooklyn, NY
Licensed Real Estate Associate Broker -

 

 

Chris- thanks for this post-  in a pinch this can save lives.  Ive bookmarked it for reference and to share with my associates and new homeowners. 

Oct 13, 2011 07:12 AM