Licensed gas fitting on the North Shore
Gas line runs and extensions, appliance connections, fireplaces and leak testing — with the permit pulled and the inspection booked, as the law requires.
Gas work is licensed work in British Columbia
This isn't a formality, and it's worth understanding before you hire anyone. In BC, gas fitting is regulated by Technical Safety BC. Installing or altering gas piping and appliances requires a licensed gas contractor and, in nearly all cases, a permit followed by an inspection.
Work done without that has three consequences that tend to arrive together. It's unsafe — gas faults are unforgiving in a way that plumbing faults aren't. It can void your home insurance, and insurers do look at permit history after a fire. And it surfaces at the worst possible time, during a sale, when a buyer's inspector finds unpermitted gas work and the deal stalls.
Our gas contractor licence is LGA0211238, and we also hold LBP0212329 for boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration. Ask any contractor you're considering for their number. A licensed one will give it to you without hesitation.
What we do
Gas lines and extensions
Running a new line to a kitchen, deck, garage or suite, extending an existing one, resizing where an added appliance has outgrown the supply, and capping lines properly when an appliance is removed. Sizing matters more than people expect — a line that was adequate for one appliance may not carry two, and undersized piping shows up as appliances that underperform rather than as anything obviously wrong.
Appliance connections
Gas ranges and cooktops, dryers, outdoor barbecues, patio heaters, fire tables and garage heaters. A permanent BBQ connection is one of the more popular jobs we do on the North Shore — no more running out mid-cook or hauling cylinders.
Fireplaces
Installation, conversion and servicing of gas fireplaces and inserts. Servicing matters more than most people realise: pilot assemblies foul, glass seals degrade, and venting can be obstructed. An annual check before the cold weather is worth doing.
Leak testing and locates
Pressure testing lines, tracing a suspected leak, and locating buried lines before excavation. If you're digging on your property — fence posts, landscaping, a new foundation — call BC 1 Call for a free locate first. Striking a gas line is dangerous and expensive.
Stop what you're doing. Don't operate light switches, phones or anything else that might spark. Go outside, leaving the door open behind you.
From outside, call FortisBC's 24-hour emergency line on 1-800-663-9911 or dial 911. They attend free of charge and treat every call seriously. Call us once the gas side has been made safe.
Permits, and why we'd rather handle them
Homeowners can sometimes pull permits themselves, and we'd generally advise against it. The permit holder carries responsibility for the work meeting code. When we hold it, that's our problem to solve, and we're the ones meeting the inspector and correcting anything raised.
It also creates the paper trail that matters later. When you sell, documented permitted gas work is a straightforward answer to a question that otherwise becomes a negotiation.
Carbon monoxide
Any gas appliance that burns fuel indoors should be paired with a working CO alarm. Carbon monoxide has no smell and no colour, and the early symptoms — headache, nausea, tiredness — are easy to mistake for something else.
Put an alarm on every level of the house and outside sleeping areas, test them monthly, and replace the units themselves every 7 to 10 years, since the sensors expire regardless of the battery. If an alarm sounds, get everyone outside first and call 911 or FortisBC from there.
Adding a range, BBQ or fireplace?
We'll quote the line, pull the permit and meet the inspector.