Gas Line Services in Stonecrest, GA

What to watch for

• Any sulfur smell inside. Gas is odorized so you notice it. Walk out and call from the yard or a neighbor's house.
• A soft whistle where a flex connector meets the stove, dryer or water heater
• Pilot lights that keep going out with no obvious draft
• Lazy yellow flames on a cooktop that used to burn clean
• Rust or corrosion on the pipe where it comes out of the ground at the meter
• Brown, dying plants along the path of a buried yard line

Apart from the odor, these are signs to have the piping checked soon rather than reasons to evacuate.

Stonecrest homes and gas

Stonecrest became a city in 2017 and is the largest city entirely inside DeKalb County, built around The Mall at Stonecrest and I-20 with the Arabia Mountain heritage area to the south. No city gas department appears on the city's site, so Atlanta Gas Light is the expected pipe utility, with gas bought from a certificated marketer. Your bill names the companies involved.

Much of the housing is suburban subdivisions. Data for ZIP 30038, which covers a lot of Stonecrest, show about 23% of houses built before 1980, so there is a mix of older pipe and newer installs. Homes from the last few decades frequently have flexible stainless tubing instead of all black iron.

Permits go through the City of Stonecrest Building Department on Stonecrest Boulevard, using the Citizenserve portal. On the city's building permit application, plumbing is treated as subcontracted work, and the plumbing subcontractor must file an affidavit before inspections can happen. Mail addressed to Lithonia can still be inside Stonecrest, so confirm which jurisdiction your address falls in.

Cost factors

• Length and route of the pipe between the meter and the appliance
• Slab foundation versus crawl space, which changes how the line is run
• Whether the main trunk can carry a new load or needs upsizing
• Outdoor runs that must be buried or protected
• Permit, affidavit paperwork and inspection

What the call looks like

Calling the number on this page puts you in touch with an independent local plumber who does gas work in the Stonecrest area. Tell them whether this is a new appliance, a suspected slow leak the utility has already looked at, or a line for a grill or generator, and mention if the house sits on a slab.