[varenc]

I lived in a very old SF house that had some original gas lamp fixtures. These are overhead lamps from the 1900s that burnt gas for illumination.

There was a very faint gas smell in the entryway and we eventually traced it to one of these lamps. Its gas line was still under pressure and it wasn’t fully shut off. I tightened the valve and the smell stopped. (Though also the leak was so small a gas inspector’s equipment couldn’t detect it, but some people’s noses could)

Agreed that running gas lines everywhere may not be the best idea. We were dealing with the repercussions 100 years later.