Gas Heater and Cooktop Safety in Trafalgar
What to watch for on a country cooktop or heater, and what to do if you smell gas.
or email info@trafalgarplumbing.com.au
- Based in Trafalgar
- Licensed and insured
- Fixed price before work
- Same-day help
Warning signs
A yellowing or lazy flame, soot around a heater, a smell when a cooktop or a heater runs, a unit that cuts out, or anyone in the house feeling unwell when it is on, are all reasons to stop using the appliance and call a licensed gasfitter. Do not 'just open a window and hope'.
If you smell gas
Turn the gas off at the meter if you can do it safely, leave the building, avoid switches, doorbells and flames, and call 03 8658 7379 from outside. If the smell is strong, also follow the gas emergency advice from the authority. We pressure-test and locate leaks and we will not leave a doubtful appliance in service.
Licensed work only
Gasfitting is licensed in Victoria. A general repairer without that licence should not be opening a gas appliance or a gas line. We hold the gasfitting licence, we quote a fixed price for the work, and we certificate regulated jobs.
After a smell or a sooty heater
Do not keep using an appliance you do not trust. Call 03 8658 7379 and we will test, explain and quote. If the appliance is finished, we will say so and talk through a replacement that meets current clearances.
Trafalgar pipes at a glance
Trafalgar sits on the Princes Highway in Baw Baw Shire, postcode 3824, between Yarragon and Moe, with farmland, weatherboard houses and larger rural blocks spreading toward Thorpdale, Willow Grove, Narracan and Trafalgar East. Many homes here run a rainwater tank as well as, or instead of, a town supply, and a good number still have a septic system rather than a sewer. Water services can be long runs down a gravel drive, and earthenware or PVC drains pick up roots from paddock and roadside trees.
We use cameras, locators, pressure tests and acoustic leak detection so we can see the pipework before anyone cuts a wall or opens a trench in a paddock lawn.
Related services
- Emergency plumbing
- Blocked drains
- Hot water
- Gas fitting
- Hot water replacement
- Rainwater tanks
- Septic plumbing
- Leaking taps
- Burst pipes
- Toilets
- Leak detection
- Pipe relining
- Stormwater
- Bathrooms
- Roof and gutters
- Backflow and maintenance
More guides
- Rainwater tanks and house supply
- Septic systems on Baw Baw blocks
- Choosing a plumber
- No hot water checklist
- Burst pipe, first minutes
- Leaking tap, when to call
- Gas heater and cooktop safety
- Finding your meter on a rural block
- Tree roots in country sewers
- Stormwater on farm drives
- Tank backflow and drinking water
- Hot water for country homes
Why country homes around Trafalgar call us
Rural know-how
Rainwater tanks, septic systems, long services down a gravel drive and weatherboard houses on Baw Baw farmland: that is the plumbing we do around Trafalgar every week.
Price first, work second
A licensed plumber finds the fault and agrees a fixed price with you before anything starts.
See it, then dig
Cameras, locators and acoustic leak detection show what is going on under a paddock lawn or along a long rural service before we open the ground.
Respect for your home
Boot covers, drop sheets, old parts taken away and the job tested with you.
Get a free quote
Tell us what is going on and a licensed Trafalgar plumber will call you back.
How quoting works
Ring 03 8658 7379 or send the form with a short description, and a photo if you have one. A licensed plumber calls you back and books a time. On site they find the cause, talk you through the options and give you a fixed price. Nothing starts until you agree, and larger jobs get a free written quote.
Need a plumber in Trafalgar?
Trafalgar, Yarragon, Moe, Thorpdale, Willow Grove and the Baw Baw towns. Quote-only: the plumber finds the fault, then gives you a fixed price.