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No hot water, or never enough of it
Water heaters
Tank replacements and tankless conversions, including the tight garage closets these houses tend to have. We strap it, vent it, pull the permit and take the old one away.
Westlake Village · Gas lines
Gas line installation & repair
in Westlake Village
Gas line installation & repair in Westlake Village, from the shop on Hillsbury Road. 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
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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 Westlake Village
What this job looks like
in Westlake Village
Gas work in Westlake Village comes in a few kinds. New lines out to a BBQ, a fire pit, a range or a pool heater, sized for the appliance and the length of the run. Upsizing from the meter when a tankless goes in, which is most of the conversions here. Repairs and leak tests. In April 2026 we fitted a seismic gas shutoff valve on a meter here with a stabilizer bracket, and a smart water shutoff with a pressure relief valve on the main. Every line is tested under pressure and inspected, permit through the City of Westlake Village. If you smell gas, leave and call SoCalGas first.
Streets and pockets we work in: First Neighborhood, Westlake Island, North Ranch, Three Springs, Southshore, the streets off Lindero Canyon.
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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.
04
The gas company red-tagged an appliance
Usually a leak or a venting issue on that line. We fix it and get it cleared.
05
No earthquake shutoff valve at the meter
Required on new work in many jurisdictions and a good idea on the rest.
Work in Westlake Village
From the invoice book,
names left off
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July 2026
Two 50-gallon tanks, one of them leaking
A garage with two 50-gallon heaters and a puddle under one. Drained both and replaced the pair with a single large tankless unit, with the gas and venting sized for it, then tested every joint with a digital gas meter. Two days.
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April 2026
Earthquake and leak shutoffs at the front of the house
A seismic gas shutoff valve on the meter with a stabilizer bracket, and a smart water shutoff with a pressure relief valve on the main. The house now closes its own valves.
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 Westlake Village: things people ask
- How fast can you get here?
- Often the same day. Westlake Village is a five minute drive from the shop, so a small job can sometimes fit between two others. Say what it is doing when you call and Danny will tell you straight away when he can be there.
- Who pulls the permit?
- We do, through the City of Westlake Village, for water heaters, gas lines, repipes and remodel plumbing. The inspection is part of the job and the paperwork stays with the house.
- 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'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.”
★★★★★
“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
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Nearby, and related
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- Slab leaks in Westlake Village Slab leaks are the most common serious leak we see in Westlake Village, for a plain reason: 1967-era copper under a slab, hard water, and street pressure that runs high on many streets. Once the locator has marked it, the choice is a spot repair through one opening or a reroute overhead, and the condition of the rest of the line decides which. We say which we would do in your house before you decide.
- Water heaters in Westlake Village Most Westlake Village heaters live in a garage closet sized for a 40-gallon tank in 1970, which limits what fits and how it vents.
- Drain cleaning in Westlake Village The original drain lines in Westlake Village are cast iron or early ABS, and the sewer laterals out to the street are fifty years old.
- Repiping in Westlake Village A Westlake Village repipe is nearly always a house with its original copper in the slab that has started to pinhole.
- Pressure regulators in Westlake Village The water reaches Westlake Village from tanks on the hills, so on a lot of streets it arrives well above the 80 psi the code allows in a house.
- Repairs in Westlake Village Westlake Village is where the shop is, on Hillsbury Road, so the small jobs here are the ones we do most.
- Tankless in Westlake Village Most Westlake Village houses keep the water heater in a garage closet sized for a 40-gallon tank in 1970, and a tankless hangs on that wall.
- Sewer camera & repair in Westlake Village Westlake Village went up from 1967 on, so the sewer laterals out to the street are around fifty years old, cast iron or early ABS depending on the year. The camera goes in at the cleanout and runs to the street, you watch it with us, and the transmitter on the head marks the fault and its depth on the surface. Plenty of houses here were built without a cleanout at all. In August 2026 we put one in on a line that had none, trenching about ten feet down with shoring and cutting in a combination fitting. The next clearing on that line takes an hour.
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Gas lines · Westlake Village
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. The shop is here. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.