Hoses & connectors — $100–$200
The brittle old flexible behind the cooktop: tiny part, outsized share of the leaks we find.
Gas Work, By The Book
Licensed Gas
Plumbers In
Dural
There is no "close enough" in gas. Every job we do in Dural — a leak chased down, a cooktop connected, a new line run to an outdoor kitchen — finishes the same way: holding pressure on a gauge, certified, documented. That is the whole standard, and it is not negotiable.
- Licence 368473C — fully insured
- Every job pressure-tested to AS/NZS 5601
- Smell gas now? Leave & call 131 909 first
Why Gas Work Is Licensed Work In Dural
NSW law reserves every millimetre of gas work for licensed gasfitters — connecting an oven included — because gas fails differently to water. A water mistake stains a ceiling; a gas mistake is a leak you breathe, a fire you host, or carbon monoxide you never smell. It is no coincidence that the leaks we chase most often trace back to a confident handyman and a roll of thread tape.
The licence is not the paperwork, it is the finish line it enforces: the whole installation held against a manometer until the needle stays put, appliances burning correctly with the ventilation they need, work done to AS/NZS 5601 — the standard your insurer will ask about if it ever matters. Across Dural and the Hills District, that gauge test is how every one of our gas jobs ends.
The Gas Smell Do This First
Reading about plumbers can wait; a live gas smell cannot. Do these four things in this order, then come back to us afterwards.
In order, no improvising
- Nothing that sparks. Light switches in either direction, phones indoors, flames, the car in the garage — all of it waits. A leak is only a disaster with an ignition source; deny it one.
- Everyone outside. Open doors on the exit path if it is effortless, but exit is the priority. Strong smell indoors means now, not after one more look around.
- 131 909, from the street. The gas emergency line — the network operator attends 24/7, free, and makes the supply safe at the meter.
- Then a licensed gasfitter. The network stops at your meter. Finding the leak, repairing it, proving the fix on a gauge and relighting safely — that is our half, and it is licence-only work.
Gas jobs, Dural edition
The older installations around Dural predate today's standards, and many have simply never met a modern pressure test — passing one is the only way to know their condition.
Renovating is the cheap moment: lines and bayonets cost a fraction while walls are open, and everything gets certified in the same visit.
What it costs in Dural
Joints & fittings — $200–$600
Thread and valve leaks sealed properly and proven again on the gauge.
Pipe runs — $400–$1,500
Corroded or damaged sections replaced; concealed lines with access work run $800–$2,500.
Appliance connections — from ~$200
Connected, tested, certified. New line or bayonet to reach it quoted fixed on top.
The market rate — $120–$220/hr
Sydney's 2026 licensed-gasfitter range; attendance typically $80–$150. Certification is included, because without it there is no job.
The receipt that matters is not paper — it is the needle on the manometer refusing to drop. Figures here are indicative of the 2026 Sydney market rather than a quote from us — you get your own number as a fixed price before any work starts.
Anatomy Of A Gas Job
Step 01
Step 01
Supply Off, Air Moving
Suspected leaks start with isolation at the meter and ventilation. Diagnosing a system still feeding its own leak is how amateurs get hurt.
Step 02
The Gauge Does The Accusing
A manometer proves whether the installation loses pressure; detection fluid and instruments then walk it back to the guilty joint or run.
Step 03
Compliant Replacement Only
The failed piece is replaced with compliant material to AS/NZS 5601 — one connector or a full rerun, never sealant and optimism.
Step 04
Hold, Relight, Certify
The whole installation holds on the gauge, appliances relight to clean blue flames, ventilation checks out, and the compliance record is yours.
Gas Job Waiting On A Licensed Fitter?
Cooktop, heater or barbecue point — connected, tested and certified in one visit. The right way costs less than the redo.
Order of operations: no sparks (switches included), everyone outside, then 131 909 — the network's 24/7 emergency line — dialled from the street. They make the supply safe, free. From the meter inward it becomes licensed gasfitter work: locating the leak, repairing it, and proving the installation tight on a gauge before anything relights. "Airing it out" is not on the list, ever.
The 2026 ranges: hourly rates of $120 to $220 with call-outs around $80 to $150; flexible connector replacements $100 to $200; joint and fitting repairs $200 to $600; pipe section work $400 to $1,500, and concealed runs $800 to $2,500. One fixed number, agreed before the work — with the pressure test and certification included, because without them it is not a finished gas job.
No — and this one is not us being precious. In NSW, any work on a gas installation, including connecting an appliance, legally requires a licensed gasfitter. DIY gas connections are the most common source of the leaks we attend, they void appliance warranties, and they give your insurer an exit if anything ever goes wrong. The connection itself is not expensive; do it once, certified.
Your nose leads: the rotten-egg odour is added to gas precisely so it snitches. Support acts: hissing near the meter or an appliance, one dying patch of lawn over a buried line, a gas bill drifting upward, flames burning orange where blue belongs. Any of them justifies a pressure test — minutes long, and definitive either way.
Blue with a small inner cone is combustion done right. Orange or yellow is combustion done wrong — fouled burners, a starved air mix, or an appliance developing a fault — and wrong combustion manufactures carbon monoxide, which you cannot smell and should not gamble with. Retire the appliance until it is checked. Usually the fix is a service; occasionally it is the warning that mattered.
Yes — indoor bayonets for heaters, and outdoor runs for barbecues, patio heaters and full outdoor kitchens. The engineering is in the routing: sized for the appliance load, protected from damage and corrosion, then certified under pressure. Renovating? Gas is cheapest while the walls are open — sequence it early.
Age alone, no — unproven age, yes. Steel corrodes at its threads, and installations from Dural's older eras have often never faced a modern manometer. One test visit resolves it absolutely: the system holds pressure or it does not. Either result beats assuming — one is peace of mind, the other is a leak found before it found you.
Get The Gas Done Properly In Dural
Licensed, pressure-tested, documented — every time. Smelling gas this minute? 131 909 from outside comes first.
