Licensed gas fitting
across Manly

Get everyone outside. Do not touch a light switch, a power point, an appliance or anything that could spark. Do not use a phone inside. Once outside, turn the gas off at the meter if you can reach it safely, then ring from the footpath. If the smell is strong or you can hear escaping gas, ring the gas emergency line first and us second. Natural gas has an odourant added specifically so you notice it, so trust your nose.

Yes, and it is the thing people forget because gas gets less attention than water. The meter, the regulator, the external copper run and the casing of any outdoor appliance are all metal sitting in the same air that shortens everything else here. Corrosion at a fitting is what turns a sound installation into a leaking one, and external connections are exactly where we find problems. A pressure test settles it in about half an hour.

They need more attention here than inland, because they are permanently exposed. A permanently plumbed outdoor BBQ or kitchen has fittings, a bayonet or a hard connection, and often a length of run to reach it, all sitting outside year round in salt air. They are worth including in any leak test rather than treating as an accessory, and worth looking at before summer rather than after a season of use.

Yes, without exception, and that includes connecting a cooktop or a BBQ point you bought yourself. Unlicensed gas work voids home insurance, and if something goes wrong afterwards the absence of certification is the first thing an insurer looks for. Our licence number is 368473C and it goes on every quote before you accept it.

It is the document a licensed gas fitter issues certifying the work meets AS/NZS 5601. In NSW it is lodged with the supplier and a copy comes to you. It matters when you sell, because a conveyancer asks for it, when you claim, because an insurer asks for it, and it is the only proof the installation was ever pressure tested. If a property is let out, keep it with the tenancy records too. We issue one on every gas job, included in the price.

Yes, and it is a common job. Bring the appliance and its installation instructions. The two things that catch people out are the connection type not matching what is at the wall, and the existing line not being sized for the appliance's load, which matters when a new six-burner cooktop or an outdoor kitchen goes onto a run sized for something smaller. We check both before starting rather than halfway through.

Two things. Appliances get used by people unfamiliar with them, so a cooktop or BBQ that is borderline gets found out quickly. And nobody is there day to day to notice a faint smell or a pilot that keeps going out. An annual leak test and appliance check is a small cost against that, and the certificate is worth having on file if a guest ever raises anything.