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Cold showers, or a puddle in the garage
Water heater replacement
Tank swap or tankless conversion, with the venting, gas sizing and the county permit all done properly.
Oak Park · Gas lines
Gas line installation & repair
in Oak Park
Gas line installation & repair in Oak Park, ten minutes from the shop in Westlake Village. Gas piping is licensed plumbing work in California. We run new lines, find and fix leaks, and size the pipe so the appliance at the end of it gets what it needs.
Call (805) 330-3111
Request a visit
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start, and nobody here is on commission. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Licensed
CSLB #339618
Insured
Bonded and insured
Since 1977
49 years, two generations
On Google
5.0 stars
In Oak Park
What this job looks like
in Oak Park
Gas work in Oak Park is permitted through Ventura County, since there is no city building department here, and the inspector checks the pressure test before the line goes back into service. New runs are most of it: a BBQ or outdoor kitchen, a fire pit, a pool heater, a range, a dryer, each sized by its BTU rating and the length of the run, in black iron with a shutoff at the appliance. The other common one is upsizing from the meter for a tankless heater, which the older tracts here almost always need. If you smell gas, leave the house and call SoCalGas first.
Streets and pockets we work in: the Kanan tracts, Lindero Canyon, the streets off Oak Hills Drive, Sutton Valley, the newer tracts up Bowfield.
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The job
How it goes
New lines are most of it. A gas line out to a built-in BBQ or an outdoor kitchen, a fire pit, a pool or spa heater, a range where the kitchen used to be electric, a dryer, a generator. Each one is sized by the appliance's BTU rating and the length of the run, in black iron or approved flexible pipe, with a shutoff at the appliance. The whole system is pressure tested, the permit is pulled and the inspector signs it off before the gas goes back on.
Leaks are the urgent version. If you smell gas, leave the house and call SoCalGas from outside; they come out free and shut it off. After that the repair is ours. We find the leak with a pressure test and a detector, fix it, test the whole system again and give you the paperwork the gas company wants before they relight.
The third kind of job is upsizing. A tankless water heater, a bigger range or a pool heater can draw more than the existing line can carry, and the fix is a larger line from the meter, sometimes with a meter upgrade from the gas company. We size that from the total load on the house so nothing downstream starves.
Call if
What you notice,
and what it usually is
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You smell gas
Leave, and call SoCalGas from outside. Then call us for the repair.
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A new BBQ, range, fire pit or pool heater
A new line, sized for it, permitted and tested.
03
Converting to a tankless water heater
The line from the meter almost always has to be upsized.
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The gas company red-tagged an appliance
Usually a leak or a venting issue on that line. We fix it and get it cleared.
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No earthquake shutoff valve at the meter
Required on new work in many jurisdictions and a good idea on the rest.
How it goes
Four steps, and you have the price at step three
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You call
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. Tell him what it is doing and where.
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We look
We come out, find the cause and show you. In plain words, with the part in our hand where there is one.
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You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are our time plus parts, and the bigger jobs get a written bid. Nobody here is on commission.
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We do the work
Small repairs are usually done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date and a number of days, and we hold to it. Done to code, permitted where it needs it, the house left the way we found it.
Common questions
Gas lines in Oak Park: things people ask
- How fast can you get to Oak Park?
- Usually the same day. Ten minutes up Kanan or Lindero Canyon from Westlake Village. Say what it is doing when you call.
- Who issues permits in Oak Park?
- Ventura County, because Oak Park has no city government. The county has its own schedule for inspections and we build the job around it, so the date we give you is one we can keep.
- Do I need a permit for a gas line?
- Yes, for any new line or change to the system. The inspector checks the pressure test before the line is put into service. It is part of the job and it is in the price.
- Can you run gas to my outdoor kitchen?
- Yes. That is one of the more common jobs. The line is sized for the BBQ and anything else out there, buried at code depth, with a shutoff at the island.
- How do you test for leaks?
- The system is isolated and put under air pressure with a gauge on it for a set time. If the gauge holds, it is tight. If it falls, we find the joint with a detector and soap.
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Google reviews
What people say
5.0 ★★★★★ 5 reviews on Google
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“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
★★★★★
“Dan's Plumbing did excellent job for us replacing our broken water pressure regulator. Quick response, good price, great quality of work. Will hire them again.”
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Nearby, and related
More in Oak Park,
and this job elsewhere
- Plumber in Oak Park The whole town: what the houses are plumbed with, what people call about, the neighborhoods.
- Leak detection in Oak Park Oak Park is slab on grade throughout, built in phases from the seventies to the nineties, so a leak here is copper under the floor in the older phases and a failed regulator or an irrigation line in the newer ones. We isolate the house from the irrigation and hot from cold at the meter before anything else, and most leaks are narrowed to one line in that first hour.
- Water heaters in Oak Park A water heater replacement in Oak Park is permitted through Ventura County, since Oak Park has no city hall, and the county has its own inspection schedule, and we build the job around it so the date we give you holds. Tank replacements with strapping and an expansion tank, or a tankless conversion where the gas line allows, and the old unit goes with us.
- Drain cleaning in Oak Park Oak Park drains are the usual valley mix: grease in the kitchen line, hair in the tubs, and on the older phases a main line that roots find at the joints. We clear it from the cleanout, and if it has backed up before we camera it so you know whether it is the clog or the pipe.
- Repiping in Oak Park The earliest Oak Park phases, late seventies and eighties, are reaching the point where original copper starts to pinhole.
- Pressure regulators in Oak Park If you are replacing the same fixture twice in Oak Park, the regulator is usually why.
- Repairs in Oak Park Oak Park is unincorporated, so the small work that needs a permit goes through Ventura County instead of a city hall.
- Tankless in Oak Park Oak Park has no city hall, so a tankless conversion here is permitted and inspected by Ventura County, and the county keeps its own inspection schedule, which we plan the job around. The rest is the gas and the venting. A tank draws about 40,000 BTU and a whole-house tankless wants 150,000 or more, so the line gets upsized from the meter, and the vent and the condensate drain are run for the unit. Isolation valves go on both sides so the yearly descale the hard water calls for is a short visit.
- Sewer camera & repair in Oak Park Oak Park sewers run to Triunfo Water and Sanitation District, and the laterals from the house out to the main belong to the house.
- Slab leaks in Oak Park Oak Park is slab on grade throughout, built in phases from the seventies into the nineties, so the copper water lines run in or under the floor.
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Gas lines · Oak Park
Tell Danny what
it’s doing
Describe the symptom and you will usually have an answer in two minutes. You get the price before any work starts. Ten minutes from the shop. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.