Gas work in older coastal homes needs care, because you often find pipework installed under standards from another era.
Abandoned pipe in old walls
Renovations in the older island houses routinely uncover disused gas piping, occasionally still connected. Capping and removing it properly is the part of a job nobody sees and everybody should insist on.
Salt air on exposed lines
Any gas pipe running outside or beneath a raised house needs to be properly rated and protected, and it is worth looking at periodically rather than assuming it is sound because it was when installed.
Undersized for modern appliances
A house piped decades ago for a stove will not carry a tankless heater and a modern range. Adding load to an old line produces problems that get blamed on the appliance. We calculate before running anything.
If you smell gas
Leave the house first, then call from outside. Do not operate switches on your way out. Once the supply is safe we will locate the leak, repair to code, pressure test and see the inspection through.