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 ...

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 ...

Home maintenance guides explain that the main gas control is typically near the meter outside or where the line enters the building, and they walk through how to align or turn the handle to stop flow, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new ordinance would require Danville residents, when building or remodeling homes, to install special devices aimed at preventing gas leaks and explosions during an ...

Your house may be missing a piece of hardware that could save lives or property damage during the next earthquake in Washington state. A seismic shut-off valve, also ...

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 ...