On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:54:24 -0700 (PDT), against all advice,
something compelled SMcK , to say:

OK, I just pulled the oven away from the wall and there is no valve to
shut off between the floor and the flexible metal pipe. There's just
the metal pipe coming up through the floor, the flexible tube and the
oven. Any ideas on how to handle this?



It's probably time to call the gas company. There is a shutoff,
but chances are it will shut the gas off to the entire house. If
you have a gas furnace and/or water heater, you'll need to make
sure the pilot lights get relit, if they have pilot lights.

When you get the gas shut off, it would be a fine time to put
shutoff valves at the various appliances so you won't run into
this problem in the future.

Don't screw around with the gas. Burning to death is a horrible
way to go.
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