Hi All,
I have a gas leak situation in my rental property and below is the message that I received from my PM.
What are the options I have and any idea on rough cost estimates etc. This is a property in Arkansas.
Here is the info the vendor sent regarding the repairs:
Meter was pulled due to a gas leak. In the city of Little Rock, we are required to bring the gas system and installation of all gas appliances into compliance with current gas code, pull a permit and pass inspection. Currently, the gas supply from meter to house, which is across carport from meter, is a buried steel line. That is prohibited by current code. Also, inside the house, the water heater is not compliant with code due to the fact that it does not have a drain pan and separate T&P drain lines that drain to the exterior. There is not room for a drain pan in the closet where heater is located due to space restrictions. Being on a slab, no drain to the exterior is possible without trenching the slab. There is also copper pipe on the gas supplies to the heater and a/c units which is not permissible. due to no accessible attic space, there is also no way to run electrical service to the closet to convert to an electric water heater. With an electric heater, the two drains lines would also be required. We are not able to make repairs as needed due to these multiple issues. In our opinion, the only feasible way to do this job would be if the house were vacated and a major renovation were to occur at which time we could run new gas or electric line, trench the slab and run new drains for T&P and pan drains.
This tenant will need to move due to it being unsafe. They currently can not turn the gas on due to the leak and will not be able to until it's repaired. In order to repair the leak the tenant will need to move out of the property in order to repair this.
