If you smell gas in a Goldsboro home, leave right away and call 911 or Piedmont Natural Gas at 800-752-7504 from outside. For a repair on the pipe you own after the meter or a line to a new gas appliance, call the number on this page to be connected with a local plumber in Goldsboro.
How a gas line call works
When you call, you're connected with an independent plumber who takes gas jobs in Goldsboro and the surrounding part of Wayne County. Expect a few questions up front: what's happening, which appliances are on gas, whether the utility has shut off the meter, and how old the house is. If there's any smell of gas, the plumber will tell you to leave and call the utility first, because that comes before any repair.
On a repair visit, the plumber usually isolates the problem, fixes or replaces the bad section, then pressure tests the piping to prove it's tight. For a new appliance, they size the branch for the appliance's demand, run it from the existing piping, add a shutoff valve and test it. Either way, the permit and inspection come before the gas goes back on.
What sets the price
- Type of job. Tightening or replacing one fitting is a small job; replacing a corroded run under the house is not.
- Route and access. Open crawl spaces are quicker than finished walls or slab homes.
- Pipe sizing. Adding a large appliance to old, narrow pipe can require a bigger line from the meter.
- Outdoor work. Buried runs need trenching and the right pipe material.
- Permits and inspection. These are part of any proper gas job.
Goldsboro's homes and gas service
Goldsboro, the Wayne County seat and home of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, has a mostly mid-century housing stock. The median home was built in 1975 and about 59% predate 1980, according to Census survey data. Piping in those houses has often been modified for new furnaces and water heaters over the decades, and old connectors are common.
Wayne County is listed for Piedmont Natural Gas in a 2014 Utilities Commission report. Piedmont's equipment ends at the meter, and gas availability varies by street. Permitting is local: Goldsboro and its one-mile ETJ get permits from the City of Goldsboro Inspections Department on Center Street, not from Wayne County.
Before the plumber arrives
- Clear a path to the gas meter and to the appliance involved
- Find the appliance's model plate or manual so its gas rating is handy
- Note where the house shutoff valve is, if you know
- Have the crawl space access open and clear
- Keep pets away from the work area
Gas Line Services questions in Goldsboro
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