[Swordmaker]

But, redoing the gas line won’t be unbelievably expensive. With the new yellow plastic pipe and a Ditch Witch it should only be a couple hours of a plumber ($450) and $250 in materials. It’ll be cheaper if you rent and run the Ditch Witch at roughly $125 a day.
Plus permitting at $75.

Could be all in less than $1000.

I know the reality you are in and the crap you have and will face, but once the dust settles, you will be out $1000 - it could be a lot worse.

THANKS! I think I'm going to do that, but if it's just a repair, . . Fingers crossed.

[jughandle]

Depending on what the old service looks like we usually use it as a conduit and push the plastic through it, one..maybe two holes to dig at either end of the old service.

Is there an equivalent of a Board of Public Utilities in the state? A phone number should be on the bill somewhere. That would PG&E’s controlling authority, and the utility does NOT like when they are involved and try to get things resolved as quick as possible.