[otto_kretschmer]

Two weeks ago South West Gas showed up at my house and did a drop test on my house's natural gas system and found there was a leak somewhere. They shut the gas off and now I have to either fix it myself or get a licensed plumber.

The last time I used a plumber he charged an excessive amount compared to the amount of work he did. Commercial property requires a licensed plumber but there is an exemption if you are the home owner.

Technically the job is simple. The leak is in the foundation so I'm going to bypass the old system and replumb the house. I'll use schedule 40 black steel pipe I can get at the local plumbing supply or either of the big box stores. It threads together with the yellow teflon tape and pipe dope to seal. I'll be doing a drop and soap bubble test every couple joints as I do the work.

The biggest fly in this soup is getting the permit from the City of Tucson. They have you do it online and its not especially transparent.

Has anyone gotten permits through their city online system? I've created an account in their system and started the ball rolling but I'm going really slow.

It's Christmas eve so Merry Christmas everyone.

I'll just put it out there that I bet Zeke has done this but I haven't noticed him here in a while, but maybe I'm not paying attention.