If your Ramona home is on SDG&E gas and you smell gas, leave the house and call 911 and SDG&E at 1-800-611-7343 from a safe place; if your home uses propane, leave and call 911 and your propane supplier. Ramona is unincorporated, so gas piping permits go through the County. Call the number on this page to be connected with a local plumber in Ramona.
What happens when you call
You'll reach an independent plumber who takes gas piping work in the Ramona area. Start by saying whether the house is on SDG&E natural gas or on propane, since that decides who handles the supply side and whose number to call in an emergency. Then describe the job: a leak that has been checked by the utility or supplier, a new appliance, a line to a barn or shop, or a remodel. Rural properties often have long runs, so mention the distance from the meter or tank to the appliance and whether the ground is rocky or sloped.
What affects the cost
- Length of the run, which can be long on larger rural parcels
- Soil and terrain: rocky or sloped ground makes trenching harder
- Pipe sizing for the total load, especially with a tankless heater or outbuilding
- Utility gas versus propane equipment and regulators
- County permit and inspection
- Number of shutoff valves and appliance connections
Local conditions in Ramona
Ramona is a semi-rural foothill community of orchards, vineyards and horse ranches around a commercial Town Center along Main Street. Gas service varies: SDG&E is the county's gas utility and its emergency number is the one to use for utility gas, but it wasn't verified whether gas mains reach every rural parcel. Some homes may use propane or be all-electric. If your house uses propane, the supplier, not SDG&E, handles the tank and its regulator.
About 44.5% of Ramona homes were built before 1980, and the median home dates to around 1983. That mix means some houses have gas lines that have been extended many times, along with long buried runs to garages, shops or ag buildings installed decades ago.
Because Ramona is unincorporated, permits come from the County of San Diego Planning & Development Services Building Division. Simple permits, status checks, inspection scheduling and fee payment are online through Accela Citizen Access, and the Permit Center is in Kearny Mesa.
Checklist before the plumber arrives
- Know whether you're on SDG&E gas or propane, and where the meter or tank is
- Mark any known buried lines to outbuildings
- Secure animals and open gates so the plumber can reach the work area
- Have appliance model numbers ready
- Test your carbon monoxide alarms
Gas Line Services questions in Ramona
What if my home runs on propane instead of utility gas?
How can I find out whether utility gas reaches my property?
Is a permit needed for gas piping work here?
Who takes care of a buried gas line to a detached garage, studio or barn?
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