Gas Line Repair in McCordsville, IN

A suspected gas leak is not a maintenance call, it is a safety situation, so the order of operations matters. Get everyone out of the house, leave the door open, and do not flip switches, light anything, or hunt for the smell yourself. From a safe spot outside, call the gas utility emergency line. McCordsville homes are served by CenterPoint Energy for natural gas, and their emergency crews respond to suspected leaks at the meter and the service line. Once the immediate danger is handled, call us at (317) 436-3846 to find and repair the leak on your side of the system.

We lead with that because most McCordsville households run natural gas forced-air heat, so a gas line feeds the furnace and often a water heater, range, or dryer in nearly every subdivision home. That makes the where and the why of a leak worth taking seriously rather than waiting it out.

This is a fast-growing Hancock County town that went from farmland to planned subdivisions over the last couple of decades, so the housing stock skews newer. That cuts both ways. Newer homes around McCord Square and the established subdivisions are less likely to have aging, corroded pipe, but every gas appliance connection, flex line, and fitting added over the years is still a place a leak can start, and a freshly remodeled kitchen or a new dryer hookup is a common culprit.

Out on the rural eastern fringe the picture changes. Some older parcels along the edge of town run propane rather than utility natural gas, and those tanks, regulators, and buried lines have their own failure points. We work both, and we frame the response the same way regardless of fuel: confirm it is safe, find the source, repair it correctly.

• A rotten-egg or sulfur odor anywhere in or around the house, the added scent utilities use to make a leak noticeable.
• A hissing or whistling sound near a gas appliance, the meter, or a buried line route.
• A gas range or furnace that smells faintly of gas when it has not been running.
• Dead or yellowing grass in a line over an otherwise green yard, or dirt that seems to bubble after rain.
• A pilot light that keeps going out, or appliances that suddenly run poorly.
• Physical symptoms like headaches or nausea that ease when you step outside.

Once the home is safe and the utility has cleared the meter and service line, our work is the line and the connections inside your property. We pressure-test the system to confirm there is a leak and to gauge how serious it is, then trace it down to the fitting, flex connector, appliance valve, or section of pipe at fault rather than guessing. We repair or replace the failed component, retest the line under pressure, and do not put it back in service until it holds.

Repairing a leak and adding a brand-new run are different jobs. If what you actually want is a planned new line to a grill, generator, range, or fire pit, that is gas line installation in McCordsville, which is scheduled work rather than an emergency. A leak on an existing line gets the safety-first treatment described here.

One utility note for McCordsville: electric service here is the NineStar Connect cooperative, not Duke, so if a repair touches anything electrical near a gas appliance, that is the provider on your account. For the gas side, CenterPoint Energy is your provider and the number to call for a suspected leak before anything else happens.

I think I smell gas. What is the very first thing I should do?

Leave the house with everyone in it, avoid switches and flames, and from outside call the CenterPoint Energy emergency line. After the immediate danger is handled, call us at (317) 436-3846 to locate and repair the leak.

Should I call CenterPoint or call you first?

Call the gas utility emergency line first for an active smell of gas, because they handle the meter and the service line and can shut off supply. We handle finding and repairing the leak on the home side once it is safe.

My home is only a few years old. Can it still have a gas leak?

Yes. Newer McCordsville subdivision homes have less aged pipe, but every appliance connection, flex line, and fitting is a potential leak point, and remodels and new appliance hookups are common sources.

We are on propane out on the eastern edge of town, not natural gas. Do you handle that?

Yes. Some rural eastern-fringe parcels run propane rather than CenterPoint natural gas. We service both, with the same safety-first approach of confirming it is safe, finding the source, and repairing it.

How do you confirm there is really a leak and that it is fixed?

We pressure-test the system to confirm and gauge the leak, trace it to the exact fitting or section, repair or replace that component, then retest under pressure and only return the line to service once it holds.