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A freestanding stainless gas stove with four blue flames under black cast-iron grates stands between white cabinets in a US home kitchen.

Gas
Stove Repair

A stove with gas burners on top, whether its oven below runs on gas too or on electricity, fed by one gas line behind it and plugged into a wall outlet for the spark.

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Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm

  • 4 things that fail on it
  • 30 makes build it
  • 6 problems it shows

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Is yours
a gas?

Most people who say gas stove mean the one they cook on every night: blue flames on the stovetop, a knob for each burner and an oven underneath, all in one box that slides between the cabinets. Gas stove repair covers every model with gas burners on top, including the ones whose oven heats with electric elements, because the owner's questions start at the same place: a burner that clicks, a flame that looks wrong, a smell that should not be there. Behind the stove a flexible yellow or stainless line runs from a shutoff valve in the wall or floor, and a cord goes into an ordinary outlet, since the spark, the clock and the oven light all need household current. Almost nothing on a gas stove wears out quickly, which is why most of them are worth fixing for a long time.

A technician's hands set a clean round burner head back onto its base on a freestanding gas stove in a US home kitchen, the grate lifted aside. What fails on a gas stove

How to tell

01

When you turn a knob you hear a quick ticking, and a ring of flame appears under the pot within a few seconds.
02

Heavy grates sit over round burner caps, and lifting a grate shows the cap, the burner head and a small white ceramic tip beside it.
03

Pulling the stove forward a few inches, or looking through the storage drawer opening, shows a gas line and a shutoff valve behind it, next to the power cord.
04

The model plate, with the gas type printed on it, is usually inside the storage drawer frame or on the oven door edge when the door is open.

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What fails
on this design.

On a gas stove: a burner that only ticks, flames that look wrong, the oven part that stays cold, the line behind the stove.

The problems it shows

A burner that only ticks

A pot that boiled over or a sponge that dripped leaves water around the ceramic tip, and the spark jumps to the metal instead of the gas. Drying fixes it more often than any part does.

Flames that look wrong

Tall yellow flames, a burner that burns only on one side, or a flame that will not turn down low usually point to a cap sitting crooked, blocked holes in the burner head or a worn valve.

The oven part that stays cold

On an all-gas stove the oven igniter weakens with age and stops opening the gas valve, so the burners on top work while the oven never warms.

The line behind the stove

A connector that was kinked when the stove was pushed back, an old uncoated brass line, or a valve that no longer closes fully are found during a move or a smell check, and they are replaced rather than patched.

Getting at it,
and whether to.

The grates, caps and burner heads come off by hand, so the first look at a gas stove needs no tools and no moving of the stove.

What repairs cost

On the visit

  1. For the gas connection, the spark module or the back of the valves, the stove is slid out from the wall on a protected floor, with the gas turned off at the valve behind it first.
  2. The oven burner and its igniter sit under the oven floor panel, reached from inside the oven or through the storage drawer opening.
  3. A slide-in stove tucked under a counter lip, or one with an anti-tip bracket at its back foot, needs a little more care to bring forward.

Repair or replace

A gas stove is one of the easiest appliances in the house to keep going. Igniters, spark switches, burner heads and knobs are small parts, and even a new oven burner or valve rarely comes close to what a new stove plus its hookup would cost. A new one makes more sense when rust has eaten through the oven floor, a slide-in model's control board is no longer made, or you want to move away from gas.

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The problems
it shows.

On a gas stove, most often stove smells like gas.

All problems
A quiet US home kitchen with a freestanding stainless gas stove against the wall, every burner dark and the grates bare, the back door standing open to the yard where a family waits together outside. Gas, fire, sparks or a burner stuck on

Stove Smells Like Gas

5 causes, cheapest first

 A US home kitchen during a power cut, a stainless freestanding gas stove lit only by daylight from the window, its clock dark and every burner unlit, a box of long kitchen matches and a flashlight resting on the counter beside it.

Gas Stove Won't Light

6 causes, cheapest first

 A close view of the front knobs of a stainless gas stove in a US home kitchen, a folded dish towel drying the panel beneath the knobs and every knob turned to off, the burners on top dark.

Stove Clicking

7 causes, cheapest first

 A close side view of a black gas stove's front burner in a US home kitchen, burning with a tall, lazy yellow-tipped flame beside another burner with a small, crisp blue flame, both under empty grates.

Stove Flame Too High or Too Low

6 causes, cheapest first

 A US home kitchen with a white freestanding electric stove, three coil burners glowing orange under pots and the fourth coil lifted out of its socket and resting on a towel on the counter.

Stove Burner Not Working

6 causes, cheapest first

 A US home kitchen with a stainless freestanding stove, a pot simmering on a burner on top while the oven door below is open and a sheet of unbaked cookies sits on the rack in a dark, cold oven.

Oven on My Stove Won't Heat Up

6 causes, cheapest first

Who builds
a gas.

30 of the makes on this site build a gas stove. Each mark opens that make's own page.

All 32 brands

Gas stove repair,
where we come out.

9 metros, each with its own page.

All service areas

Tampa BayFL · 31 areas

OrlandoFL · 30 areas

Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas

New York MetroNY · 75 areas

HoustonTX · 36 areas

ChicagoIL · 50 areas

Los AngelesCA · 95 areas

San DiegoCA · 31 areas

San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas

A grandparent and a child stirring a pot together on a white gas stove in a lived-in family kitchen
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Questions about
gas stoves.

Can I cook on my gas stove when the power is out?
On most gas stoves the burners on top can still be lit by hand: hold a long lighter at the burner first, then turn the knob. The oven usually will not work, because its igniter and safety valve need electricity. Stay near the flame, keep a window open a crack, and never use the oven or the burners to heat the room.
My stove ticks for a few seconds every time I light a burner, then stops. Is that how it should sound?
No, that ticking is the spark lighting the gas, and it should stop the moment the flame catches. It is worth a look when it keeps going after the flame is lit, starts with every knob off, or takes longer each week to light a burner.
Is it safe to push my gas stove back against the wall after cleaning behind it?
Yes, if you push it slowly and watch the gas line behind it. A connector that folds or kinks can crack over time. If the stove has an anti-tip bracket, make sure the back foot slides back under it, so the stove cannot tip forward when someone leans on the open door.
What should I do if I smell gas near the stove?
Do not turn any knob, switch or light on or off, and do not use a phone indoors. Take everyone out of the house and call the gas utility from outside. After the utility has made the home safe, a technician can find and repair the leak at the stove.

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