Gas Line Services in Kiowa, CO

Signs to take seriously

• A rotten-egg smell. Get out, then call.
• Hissing near a valve, appliance or the meter
• Burners with orange tips or a furnace that rumbles when it lights
• Soot on a vent
• A pilot light that will not stay lit

Kiowa basics

Kiowa is a small, steadily growing home rule town and the county seat of Elbert County. Black Hills Energy supplies natural gas here; the town has posted Black Hills service notices, so leak reports and outages go to Black Hills, not Xcel Energy. The emergency number is on the gas bill.

Census survey figures put Kiowa's median home build year at 1996, with about 28% of homes built before 1980. That means most homes are relatively recent, with a smaller group of older houses where gas pipe may have been extended or reworked over time.

The Town of Kiowa Building Department, with SAFEbuilt handling permits and inspections, covers addresses inside town limits. Water heater replacements can use the Simple Building Permit Application. Addresses with a Kiowa mailing address outside town limits are permitted by Elbert County instead.

What drives cost

• Distance from the meter, especially on larger lots
• Trenching to a detached garage or outbuilding
• Whether the existing line can carry more load
• Pipe, fittings and shutoffs
• Which office issues the permit and its inspection

How calls work

The number on this page connects you with an independent plumber who takes jobs in Kiowa. Say whether the home is inside town limits or out in the county, what the appliance or problem is, and where the meter sits. The plumber will know which permit office applies.

Many properties around Kiowa have more room than city lots, so homeowners sometimes add gas to a shop, a detached garage heater or an outdoor grill. Those buried runs need pipe rated for underground use, a shutoff where the line enters each building, and a pressure test before gas is turned on. The plumber will request utility locates through Colorado 811 before digging.

Winter on the high plains is long and windy. If a furnace or garage heater has sat unused, have the connection checked before the first cold night, and keep carbon monoxide alarms working in any home that burns gas.