My wife and I are very picky when it comes to hiring contractors, but since natural gas is something that we cannot DIY, we have to hire the best guy in town to do the work. George (the owner of GasGuys.ca) has been very good in responding to my emails and the quote and appointment were done without any phone calls. The bonus part was that George even works in the evening that he can accommodate people like us who have a day time job, so we don't have to take a day off. As promised, George and his Dad team arrived at our house on time, even 5 minutes earlier and they were extremely friendly and professional. Contractors being on time is one of the criteria we look for, regardless of their quality work. Now, let's move to the actual work. If you look at how George made the hole from kitchen to basement, you can tell he is a very detail oriented person. First, he used a small drill bit to make a pilot hole to make sure that's the right position and then enlarged it for the pipe to go through. I have seen inexperienced Rogers cable guy drilled through my neighbors wall to run a cable and then hit the gas meter and the whole street was evacuated. As you can see in one of the photos, he trimmed the baseboard by using oscillating saw, so he could run the pipe as close to the wall. This way, the range can be parked with minimum gap, this is the details that you have to pay attention when you compare to other installers. In the basement, he tapped into the existing incoming gas line and installed the yellow color flex hose as well as the shut off valve. George even gave me the latest gas installation code info on the shut off valve (it used to be installed behind the range, the latest code changed to the basement, simply because in case of fire, you don't really have time to reach the valve behind the range). I also asked him to put a T-connector rough-in for future fire pit. Everything was done in very high quality work. Then, he did the bubble test on leaking as well as the 15 PSI pressure test as you can see in the photos. He even did a demonstration on gas leak on bubble test. During the installation, I asked George many technical questions about gas (flex vs iron), the natural gas code, pressure PSI, pipe size and some other techniques, he didn't hold back like some other technicians and didn't keep his trade secrets at all. That was a really good conversation. When you look for contractors, you need to look for someone who cares about your house. When they do their job, they treat it as if it's their own house and George and his Dad's team did it beyond our expectation. Strongly recommended. I will definitely hire George next year to run the gas line to backyard for our future gas fire pit. Simon
