Gas Leak Detection Kotara

Gas escaping anywhere between the meter and the flame is what gas leak detection in Kotara covers: corroded pipe under post-war houses, failed fittings, hissing hoses and burners burning the wrong colour. Ring (02) 4063 1093, a licensed gas fitter traces the leak with gas detectors, and the repair is quoted fixed before any work starts.

Smelling gas right now? Get everyone out, touch no switches, light nothing, and get the gas network's emergency crew on the phone once you are well clear of the house. Once the network says it is safe, we take over the repair.

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Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C

Last updated September 2026

What Signs Point to a Gas Leak?

Gas tries to hide, but it leaves traces a householder can spot:

A rotten-egg smell near the hob, heater, water heater or meter, even when it fades and returns
Flames burning yellow instead of blue at a cooktop or heater burner
A faint hiss when the house is quiet at night
A strip of dead or browning lawn running across the yard above a buried line
A higher gas bill with no new appliance to explain it

Any one of those is worth a test before you light that appliance again. Two together, stop using it and ring us.

How We Trace and Fix It

Isolate the gas

The supply is shut off at the meter so nothing feeds the leak while we work.

Trace it

Electronic gas detectors sweep the line from the meter inward, and the pipe locator maps buried runs beneath concrete before anything gets dug.

Pressure-test

The line is sealed and held at test pressure, which tells us whether the fault is one fitting or a failing length of pipe.

Repair and retest

The failed part is replaced, the line is tested again, and appliances are relit and checked one by one.

Certify

The work is done by a licensed gas fitter, and the repair carries our 365-day warranty on all work.

This page handles the fuel side only. For water escaping somewhere it shouldn't, the water leak detection service is a separate job with separate equipment, and the plumber in Kotara home page maps out the rest.

Plumber beside a newly installed continuous-flow gas hot water unit

How Does a Leak Repair Get Priced?

We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.

The figure turns on what the detectors find:

What the fault actually is, since a split hose or a failed flare fitting is a small job next to a corroded length of pipe
How much line the leak sits along, because buried runs under paths and driveways take longer to trace and open up
Access, where a pipe under the floor or behind a wall on a narrow lot costs more than one in an open subfloor
Whether appliances need recommissioning and relighting once the line holds pressure

No dollar figures here, ever. The fixed figure reaches you before work begins, and you decide with it in front of you.

Where Leaks Turn Up in Kotara

Long lines on skinny lots

Kotara was built out as a garden suburb after 1947, and the Park Forest Estate went in between 1950 and 1980 on deep, skinny, curving blocks. Gas runs to those weatherboard and brick houses travel further than the street frontage suggests, and rear additions layered over the years have left joins, extensions and capped ends along the way.

Age at every connection

Old galvanised connections corrode at the fittings first, and every later reno handiwork is another suspect join. That is why the detectors sweep the whole run rather than only the spot where the smell is strongest.

What Customers Say

We had an urgent gas problem that required immediate attention at our home…on a Friday afternoon. … Identified the issue, fixed and tested

Lee

When We're Not the Right Call

When we're not the right call: gas escaping from the main before it reaches your meter is the network's to fix, and their fault crew is the right call for that stretch. A smoky flue or a heater fan motor sits outside our lane too, and belongs with a heater technician or an electrician. Everything past the meter is ours, and the gas fitting hub covers the rest of that work, from new lines to gas appliance installation.

Straight Answers on Gas Leaks

What should I do first if I smell gas in my Kotara home?

Get everyone outside without flicking switches or lights, then call the gas network's fault line from the street or a neighbour's phone. Once the network has made it safe, ring (02) 4063 1093 and a licensed gas fitter will pressure-test the line, repair the fault and check every appliance before anything relights.

Do you find leaks in the older post-war houses here?

Yes. The 1940s to 1960s houses here were plumbed long ago, and many lines have been extended through later renos. Corroded joins, old heater connections and DIY additions are where leaks tend to start, and the detectors find them fast.

Can you repair the leak and relight my appliances on the spot?

Often, yes. A traced leak with a simple cause, like a split flexi hose or a failed fitting, is repaired and pressure-tested on the spot. If a buried pipe section has to be replaced, the work is quoted first and the appliances stay off until the line holds pressure.

Is a faint smell near the meter an emergency?

Treat it as one. A smell that comes and goes still means gas is escaping somewhere, and a meter assembly sits under constant pressure. Don't wait to see if it fades: ring the gas network's 24-hour fault number, then have the line tested before you use another appliance.

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Call (02) 4063 1093 or send the form below. Available 24/7, you see a fixed figure ahead of any work, and every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work.

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