Call your nat gas distributor for advice...do you still have a gas meter at your home? It should be visible usually on the side of your home...

TD

Gas meters may be on the outside of the house, or inside the basement on the wall. Most are now monitored remotely, so they don't have to be accessible outside.

If the gas line from the street to the house is still connected and is capped at the house, it may not be very hard to bring service back online. However, if it was every "abandoned" there may be a more complicted process to get it inspected and approved for service.

Bruce

There are too many unknowns here to answer this question. However, the entity that will determine if this can be done — your gas utility — can answer many, if not all, of your questions and give you a price.

Many gas companies will be happy to give you a quote for free with the goal of selling you service. They may even be willing to do the work for free if you promise to install a few gas appliances (furnace, HW, stove or such).

If the meter is still there, then there should be zero cost for reactivating your acct.

TD

tigerdunes-

It could depend on whether the piping and meter (if there is one) meet current specs.

For Kudzu....I recently added a gas appliance when I updated my kitchen. The question came up whether my meter (over 50 yrs old) was large enough (Pressure) to handle the new appliance. Zero cost from the gas distributor to update if necessary...Serviceman came out for inspection...it was determined my old meter was just fine....PNG...

TD

tigerdunes-

Good point. Meter size always depends on what’s hooked up to it. I’ve got gas, but have procrastinated on replacing my water heater with a tankless one since it would require a larger meter (for which the utility wants an additional $1200) and a major, complicated re-piping because the current pipe run to the location would be undersized. The OP may incur no costs, or may incur significant ones. It just depends on a lot of conditions specific to the house, the equipment, the meter, and the utility.

Thanks for all of the great advice everyone! We are going out to the house tomorrow, so check for the meter and give the gas co a call.