Artesia is a small city, only about a square and a half miles, but it packs a lot of gas use into that space. Pioneer Boulevard is lined with restaurants, sweet shops and grocers that cook with gas all day, and the side streets around them are full of single-family homes and small apartment buildings. A leak on any of those blocks is minutes from our shop on State Road in Cerritos.
Much of Artesia was built up after the dairies of the area gave way to housing in the decades after World War II, and the city incorporated in 1959. That means a lot of local homes still run on gas piping that has been in the walls for sixty years or more. Fittings loosen, valves seize and old appliance connectors crack with age.
We work on both sides of Artesia: residential gas lines, water heaters and range hookups in the neighborhoods, and commercial kitchen gas lines for the businesses that make Pioneer Boulevard what it is.
Artesia at a glance
- ZIP code
- 90701
- Gas utility
- Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas)
- Landmarks
- Pioneer Boulevard shopping district, Artesia Park
- Neighbors
- Cerritos, Norwalk, Bellflower, Lakewood and Hawaiian Gardens
Gas problems we see most in Artesia
Commercial kitchen leaks
Restaurant ranges and fryers are moved for cleaning, which strains the flexible connectors behind them. We check and replace connectors and valves on commercial lines.
Aging house piping
Homes from the postwar building years often still have original gas pipe. Corroded fittings in garages and exterior walls are a common source of slow leaks.
Water heater connections
Many Artesia homes keep the water heater in the garage or a side closet, where connectors and sediment traps are easy to bump and loosen.
Room additions and converted garages
Extra rooms added over the years sometimes run heaters off lines that were never sized for them, which leads to weak flames and stressed fittings.
How we help in Artesia
Because Artesia borders Cerritos, it is one of the quickest places for us to reach. For an emergency, we walk you through what to do on the phone and head over. For planned work, such as a kitchen remodel or a new restaurant line, we can usually schedule the same day.
Strong smell of gas? Leave the house and call 911 or your gas utility from outside. Then call us for the repair.
Gas lines in Artesia businesses
A commercial kitchen puts far more strain on a gas system than a home does. Burners run for hours, equipment gets pulled out for nightly cleaning and new appliances are added as menus change. Each of those moments is a chance for a connector to kink or a fitting to loosen. If you run a restaurant or bakery on Pioneer Boulevard and staff mention a faint smell near the line, it is worth a check before the next busy shift.
We can test a commercial system after closing, replace worn connectors with ones rated for commercial equipment and confirm the line can carry the load before you add a new range or fryer.