How to Turn Off Your Natural Gas (Easy)
Quick Summary
This video demonstrates how to shut off the natural gas supply to your entire house using the main meter valve. You will learn that the natural gas meter controls all gas usage, including the furnace, water heater, and cooking appliances. This knowledge is crucial for safety: if you smell the nasty rotten egg odor of leaking gas inside your home and don't know the source, you must quickly shut off the supply. You learn that all you need is a crescent wrench to turn the valve. The video also advises keeping a wrench adjusted to the valve right on the meter for immediate access in an emergency.
What you'll need and what to do
To try what's taught in the video, here's what you'll need and the exact steps to follow.
What You Will Need
Crescent wrench (adjusted to fit the valve slot on the natural gas meter)
Action Steps
Locate the natural gas meter outside the house.
Identify the valve on the meter that controls the gas supply to the house.
Fit the crescent wrench onto the slot in the valve.
Turn the valve to shut off the gas completely (the video demonstrates this action).
(Optional, for safety) Get a crescent wrench specifically for this purpose.
(Optional, for safety) Adjust the wrench to fit the valve.
(Optional, for safety) Leave the wrench right on the meter so it is always available when needed.
Word for word video transcript
Hey everyone this is Brandon Nelson and in one minute I'm going to show you how to shut off the natural gas to the entire house in case you smell a leak so this gizmo here is the natural gas meter every bit of natural gas that goes into the house goes through this if you smell natural gas inside your home and you don't know where it's coming from need to come out to the meter and turn it off at this valve let's take a second and find out where natural gas is being used in the home we got a combusting furnace we got a gas burning water heater we got the four burner range and the oven and sometimes even the clothes dryer is burning natural gas leaking natural gas has a nasty rotten egg smell if you smell it and you don't know where it's coming from you need to shut it off let me show you how all you need to shut it off is a crescent wrench adjusted to fit this slot put it on there now the gas is totally shut off as an extra safety tip get a crescent wrench just for this purpose adjust it to fit that valve and leave it right on the meter that way it's there any time you might need it this has been Brandon Nelson for one minute I'll see you next time.
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