Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NaturalGasMeter2 If you have a natural gas line running into your home, you need to know the location of your gas shut-off valves.

Due to age and corrosion, the main gas shut-off valve in up to 10% of California homes is frozen so tight that the average homeowner cannot move it to the closed position, according to a Public ...

When a pipe bursts or a gas line starts hissing, you do not want to be standing in ankle‑deep water or smelling gas while you guess which handle to turn. The shutoff valves in your home are small ...

DANVILLE — If you are about to remodel your house in Danville, you will need to add one more project to your fix-it list: earthquake-proofing your home gas lines. As of July 1, a new townwide ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Everyone thinks they may have everything they need in case of an earthquake emergency, but there is one very important thing you may be overlooking. It's called an earthquake ...

More than 100,000 homes a year would get automatic shutoff valves on the natural gas lines they’re connected to under a rule proposed recently by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Excess flow ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Everyone thinks they may have everything they need in case of an earthquake emergency, but there is one very important thing you may be overlooking. It's called an earthquake ...