Appliances connected and certified, leaks made safe. And on a terrace with no side access, a straight answer about the route a new run would actually have to take.
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On a standard suburban block, adding a gas point is largely a question of metres. The pipe runs around the outside along the side passage and the price follows the length.
A terrace does not have that option. There is often no side passage at all, or one too narrow to work in, and frequently a shared wall on both sides. The only way from the front, where the meter is, to the back, where the kitchen is, is through the house.
So the cost is decided by the route rather than the distance. A run that can follow an existing service path, a cupboard line or a subfloor is straightforward. One that has to cross finished walls and ceilings is a different piece of work entirely.
Which is why we walk it before quoting. A number given over the phone on the length alone is meaningless on this housing, and it is the kind of quote that changes halfway through.
Out to the footpath first, nothing electrical touched, doors and windows open on the way, and knock on the walls either side as you go.
Open up, get out, touch nothing electrical, and ring from the street. In a terrace, tell the neighbours either side as you go.
Turn the gas off at the meter if you can reach it safely. On these houses it is usually recessed into the front wall at the footpath.
A licensed gas fitter answers when you ring us, and where the network's emergency crew is the right first call we will say so.
With little or no front setback, the meter box is usually recessed into the front of the building at the footpath rather than standing in a garden.
That is convenient in an emergency, because it is the easiest meter position there is to reach quickly.
It also means the service crosses public land to get there, which is the subject of the next block.
The supply from the main to the meter runs under public land and belongs to the network. Everything on the house side of the meter is the property's.
That line decides who deals with what, and it is worth knowing before a problem rather than during one.
A leak on the street side is theirs to repair. A leak past the meter is yours.
No usable side access and often shared walls on both sides means a new run has to go through the building rather than around it.
That is the defining constraint on gas work in this housing, and it is why a quote here comes from somebody having looked rather than from a price per metre.
It also means every new run is a decision about which internal route to take.
Where a cupboard line, a subfloor or an existing services path can be followed, a new run is dramatically cheaper than one that has to make its own way.
Finding those is part of quoting the work, and it is why the first visit is a look rather than a price.
Anybody who has worked on the house before may know where they are, and so may your own records if you have any.
A flue terminal has required distances from windows, doors and vents, and on a terrace those openings frequently belong to somebody else.
There is nearly always a compliant answer, but it has to be worked out rather than assumed, and worked out before an appliance is bought.
Buying first and asking afterwards is the most common way this goes wrong.
Adding an appliance is a calculation against total demand rather than a connection. The line has a capacity and so does the meter, and in housing of this age both are modest.
The input rating on the appliance plate is the number the calculation runs on, and a photograph of it is enough to start.
Where the sums do not work, appliances starve each other, and a burner that drops off whenever somebody runs a shower is nearly always this.
An appliance burning indoors consumes air from the room it is in, and the kitchens in these houses were never large.
Draught proofing, new windows and a sealed fireplace all make a room tighter, and every one of them is a sensible improvement that reduces air movement.
So a kitchen that was fine for thirty years can stop being fine after a renovation that touched nothing to do with the gas.
Because the parts that matter are invisible once it is finished. Sizing, pressure testing, clearances, flueing and ventilation all get covered up on the day.
A working appliance tells you the gas got there. It tells you nothing about the diameter of the pipe, whether the line held pressure, or where the flue ends up.
The certificate exists to record exactly those things, which is why it is worth keeping and worth chasing if you never got one.
A Certificate of Compliance is legally required for gas work in NSW and records who did the work, that they held a licence, and that it met the standard on the day.
Keep it with the property papers. It is what an insurer asks for after an incident and what a conveyancer asks for at sale, and it cannot be recreated afterwards.
On a house where a new run went through the building, it is also the only record of where that pipe actually goes.
With the meter recessed into the front wall at street level, it sits low, and on ground that holds water after heavy rain that is worth thinking about.
Water reaching a regulator or a meter assembly is not something to assume is harmless, and an installation that has been inundated deserves testing before anything is relit.
It is rare rather than routine here, but it is the sort of thing worth raising if it has happened.
Agreed before we start. These are indicative 2026 ranges. The Certificate of Compliance is included on every gas job and is never charged as an extra.
Any hour. Isolated and made safe first, then diagnosed properly.
Walked and planned before you commit, because on a terrace the route is the price.
Cooktop, oven, heater or bayonet onto an existing point, tested and certified.
Where it lands in that range depends on the route far more than the distance.
On every gas job. Legally required, and never charged for here.
On a suspected leak the supply is isolated first, and in a terrace we will want the neighbours told.
For any new work, before a figure is given, because on this housing the path through the house is the job.
By a licensed gas fitter at the price agreed beforehand, following the route we showed you.
Tested again on completion and your Certificate of Compliance issued on the spot.
Get out to the footpath, knock either side as you go, touch nothing electrical, and ring us from outside. A licensed gas fitter answers at any hour.
Call 1300 381 569Stop reading and act. Do not touch a light switch, a power point or anything that could spark, and do not use a phone inside the building. Open doors and windows on the way out, turn the gas off at the meter if you can safely reach it, get everyone outside, and ring from the footpath. If you are in a terrace, knock on the walls either side on your way. We answer 24 hours.
On the front wall, usually in a recessed box at about waist height, because these houses have little or no front setback and the boundary is essentially the footpath. It is worth knowing exactly where yours is and that you can open it, because it is the thing you will be reaching for in an emergency and it is not somewhere people usually look.
Because there is nowhere to run it except through the house. On a suburban block a new run goes around the outside along a side passage. A terrace has no side passage, or one so narrow it is unusable, and often a shared wall on both sides. So the route has to go through internal spaces, up and along, working around what is already there. That is what makes it a planning exercise rather than a quick job, and it is why the route matters more than the metres.
Usually yes, and the honest part of the answer is that the cost depends almost entirely on the route rather than the distance. A run that can follow an existing service path, a cupboard line or under a floor is straightforward. One that has to cross rooms with finished walls and ceilings is a different piece of work. We walk it and price the actual route, rather than quoting a length and discovering the difficulty later.
The supply from the main to your meter runs under public land, and that portion is the network operator's rather than yours. If there is a problem on that side it is not your bill and not your job to arrange, though it certainly can be your problem in the meantime. We can tell you which side of the meter a fault sits on, which is the thing that determines who you should be talking to.
Always, on every gas job, without asking. A Certificate of Compliance is legally required for gas work in NSW and it records what was done, that it was tested, and under whose licence. Keep it with the house papers. Insurers ask for it and so does anyone buying the property.
A leak test and make-safe is $200 to $450. Connecting an appliance to an existing point is $250 to $550. A new gas point or run is $450 to $1,200, and on a terrace the route decides where in that range it lands far more than the distance does. A route assessment before you commit is $180 to $350. The compliance certificate is included on every gas job.
Tell us what you want connected and roughly where it needs to end up. On a terrace the distance between the meter and the kitchen matters far less than what is in between.
The route walked and priced before you commit, and a Certificate of Compliance in your hand before we leave.
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