Gas Line Services in Keenesburg, CO

Things that mean the gas system needs a look

• Rotten-egg odor: leave the house and call from outside
• A hiss at the meter, a valve or a flexible connector
• Orange or wavering burner flames
• A furnace or water heater that struggles to light
• Rust on exposed pipe or a line that was damaged by equipment in the yard

Keenesburg conditions

Keenesburg is a small statutory town in southern Weld County. Natural gas comes from Atmos Energy, which lists the town in its Colorado service territory, rather than from Xcel Energy, which serves most of the metro. Atmos publishes 866.322.8667 as its toll-free gas emergency line.

The Town of Keenesburg Building Department, with a building official provided through Charles Abbott Associates, handles permits. Water heaters are among its Residential One-Stop permits, which are usually issued the same day without plan review. New gas piping is a bigger job and may involve more review, so ask the plumber what applies.

On the edges of town and on rural lots nearby, homes often have shops, barns or outbuildings, and buried gas lines to those buildings can be long. Equipment, fence posts and frost heave are the usual sources of damage on those runs.

What affects cost

• Distance to detached buildings and the trenching involved
• Pipe material for underground versus indoor runs
• Whether the existing line can carry an added load
• Number of shutoffs and appliance connections
• Permit and inspection through the Town

When you call

The number on this page connects you with an independent plumber who covers Keenesburg. Say what appliance or building is involved and where the meter is. If the property is outside town limits, mention that too, since the permit office may differ.

Before the plumber arrives, make sure the meter, the appliance and any outbuilding are accessible, and if the job includes digging, mark sprinkler lines, drain tile or anything else you know is buried. The plumber will still request utility locates.

Cold matters out here as well. Winter nights on the plains are hard on exposed fittings and on appliances in unheated outbuildings. If a shop heater or garage unit has not run since spring, have the connection and venting checked before you rely on it.