RE: Gas company pronounces house gas leak-free. Time to move out.

[Guest guest]

Hi, everyone -

The gas co. came on Monday 12/19 and turned on the gas which had been

turned off from the outside since Friday, 12/16 after which I began to

feel like my old self again. By Monday afternoon, just several hours

after the gas was turned back on, all my symptoms had returned. The

gas co. came back again today and performed a " drop test " and reported

to me that there was NO gas leak anywhere in the house.

So that is the end of our living here. If I had purchased this house

I would turn off the gas for good, have the gas co. take the meter

away, install an elec. hot water heater, radiant heat and elec. stove

and clothes dryer and I'd feel fine again. Since I am just a renter I

am going to break the lease and leave. I've had enough of the gas co.

telling me gas is nontoxic and that there are NO gas leaks anywhere in

the lines in this house. If that's their position, then why was I

feeling great for the four days when the gas line to the house was

turned off and why and I feeling crappy now that it is back on again?

This is a rhetorical question and no one has to answer it.

I hope I have better luck at the next place. I've never had an

experience like this and hope to never have another.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to try to help me figure this

out. Time to move on.

Carol

> I found the TIF at Amazon.com and bought it a couple months ago at your

> advice Jeff and will be using it here. Already checked the lines once. I

> had a natural gas leak that evidence showed went on for years and caused a

> lot of problems for me, including an all over the body sores, that didn't

> clear up until the gas leak was discovered and closed up. It was the second

> time for me w natural gas leak in the 15 years I've lived here. I think the

> reason is because there are 27 joints in gas line and where the main gas

> line comes in to the house is the one area of the foundation that has not

> been able to be repaired 100% so there is shifting of the foundation causing

> the joints to move enough to leak. The gas company has come out recently to

> see if they can move the main to a safer spot but they cannot. They

> suggested 'flexible plumbing' to cut down on the probability which I have

> gotten a bid on but cannot afford right now. In the meantime I will use the

> detector to check periodically. Some time I will tell about the signs

> that were here that were related to a gas line leak here. It's really very

> interesting, although I wish I hadn't gone through it. The energy audit I

> recently had found it this time. A handyman who was here found it last

> time. Both times I had the all over sores and other symptoms. One

> dermatologist said I had a very bad case of eczema but it cleared after the

> gas leak was repaired. The last time I had the all over body condition

> cleared also after years and I never knew what cleared it up but records

> show the skin cleared not long after the first gas line repair was done many

> years ago.

>

>

>>

>> The best device to test for gas leaks is a TIF 8800 (under $200).

>> Using this simple instrument I have found hundreds of gas leaks that

>> the gas company could not find.

>>

>

>

[Guest guest]

As a middle ground, why not ask the

landlord to pay for the plumber leak tests (and make repairs once the leak is

found of course)? Avoids moving, and avoids the ugliness and probably liability

for breaking the lease.

Shell Bleiweiss

Law Offices of Shell J. Bleiweiss

Environmental and OSHA Law

Offices in Chicago

and Barrington, Illinois

sbleiweiss@...

http://www.shell-bleiweiss.com

From:

iequality [mailto:iequality ] On Behalf Of Carol

Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011

2:03 PM

To: iequality

Subject: Re: Gas

company pronounces house gas leak-free. Time to move out.

Hi,

everyone -

The gas co. came on Monday 12/19 and turned on the gas which had been

turned off from the outside since Friday, 12/16 after which I began to

feel like my old self again. By Monday afternoon, just several hours

after the gas was turned back on, all my symptoms had returned. The

gas co. came back again today and performed a " drop test " and

reported

to me that there was NO gas leak anywhere in the house.

So that is the end of our living here. If I had purchased this house

I would turn off the gas for good, have the gas co. take the meter

away, install an elec. hot water heater, radiant heat and elec. stove

and clothes dryer and I'd feel fine again. Since I am just a renter I

am going to break the lease and leave. I've had enough of the gas co.

telling me gas is nontoxic and that there are NO gas leaks anywhere in

the lines in this house. If that's their position, then why was I

feeling great for the four days when the gas line to the house was

turned off and why and I feeling crappy now that it is back on again?

This is a rhetorical question and no one has to answer it.

I hope I have better luck at the next place. I've never had an

experience like this and hope to never have another.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to try to help me figure this

out. Time to move on.

Carol

On 12/21/11, barb b w

wrote:

> I found the TIF at Amazon.com and bought it a couple months ago at your

> advice Jeff and will be using it here. Already checked the lines once. I

> had a natural gas leak that evidence showed went on for years and caused a

> lot of problems for me, including an all over the body sores, that didn't

> clear up until the gas leak was discovered and closed up. It was the

second

> time for me w natural gas leak in the 15 years I've lived here. I think

the

> reason is because there are 27 joints in gas line and where the main gas

> line comes in to the house is the one area of the foundation that has not

> been able to be repaired 100% so there is shifting of the foundation

causing

> the joints to move enough to leak. The gas company has come out recently

to

> see if they can move the main to a safer spot but they cannot. They

> suggested 'flexible plumbing' to cut down on the probability which I have

> gotten a bid on but cannot afford right now. In the meantime I will use

the

> detector to check periodically. Some time I will tell about the signs

> that were here that were related to a gas line leak here. It's really very

> interesting, although I wish I hadn't gone through it. The energy audit I

> recently had found it this time. A handyman who was here found it last

> time. Both times I had the all over sores and other symptoms. One

> dermatologist said I had a very bad case of eczema but it cleared after

the

> gas leak was repaired. The last time I had the all over body condition

> cleared also after years and I never knew what cleared it up but records

> show the skin cleared not long after the first gas line repair was done

many

> years ago.

>

>

>>

>> The best device to test for gas leaks is a TIF 8800 (under $200).

>> Using this simple instrument I have found hundreds of gas leaks that

>> the gas company could not find.

>>

>

>