Natural Gas Piping for Brewster Homes, Garages and Outbuildings

Bringing Gas Out to the Garage or Shop

A heated garage or pole building is a common wish in this part of the county. A natural gas unit heater hung from the ceiling keeps a workspace usable through January, and it needs a dedicated line from the house piping or the meter.

For a detached building, that line goes underground. We use polyethylene gas pipe for the buried section, lay a tracer wire alongside so it can be found later, and transition to steel pipe with a riser before it comes up out of the soil. Inside the building, the line runs to a shutoff and sediment trap at the heater.

• Load calculation so the house appliances are not starved when the shop heater runs
• Trench route planned around septic systems, wells and driveways
• 811 utility locate called before any digging
• Pressure test on the full run before backfilling and lighting the heater

Switching From Propane to Natural Gas

If a natural gas main runs along your road, connecting to it can be an option. The utility decides whether service is available and installs the service line and meter. Our part comes after that: tying the new meter into your house piping and getting the appliances ready.

Propane and natural gas burn at different pressures, so appliances need conversion kits or adjustment, and the piping may need to be resized because natural gas carries less energy per cubic foot than propane. We check each appliance and the pipe sizes before the switch.

Staying on Propane? We Handle That Too

Many rural Brewster properties will stay on propane for the foreseeable future, and that is fine. The piping principles are similar, but tank connections, regulators and pressures are different. Our Brewster propane line service covers that side of the work.

Common Repairs on Village Homes

Inside the village, gas calls look a lot like those in any older Ohio town. We fix leaking unions and valves in basements, replace pipe that has rusted near a sump pit or laundry tub, and swap old brass connectors behind ranges and dryers. If a pilot keeps going out on a water heater, the gas supply is one of the things we check. For tank service itself, see gas water heater repair in Brewster.

Any leak repair ends with a pressure test on the section we worked on, followed by relighting pilots and checking appliance flames.

Digging Safety Around Buried Gas

Fence posts, drainage tile, garden beds and new trees all involve digging, and buried gas lines can be shallower than people expect. Call 811 a few days before any project so public utilities are marked. Private lines you installed yourself, such as a line to a shop, are not marked by the utility locate, which is why we install tracer wire and recommend keeping a sketch of the route.

If you nick a gas line, leave the area, do not try to plug the hole, and call your utility or 911 from a distance. After the line is shut off, we can repair private piping. Learn more about our approach on the Stark County natural gas page.