I would take the old concrete from the cut to the driveway out and pour it as a single piece. you don't have to do anything. the gas line can be left under dirt.

This.

Just clean the slot out to the depth of the existing, place a form board at the end, and then pour fresh concrete. Looks like 2 bags at most. Easy weekend project that'll get you out of diaper changing for a few.

Good luck and have fun!

Thank you!

Awesome. Thank you!

You can cover it however you feel safe. Some people like concrete because you won’t accidentally strike it. There’s no code that mandates encasement of gas lines so backfilling with other material is OK.

Where the gas line is coming up out of the little trench, put a piece of foam insulation, or wrap it with foam packing material so the concrete isn't directly touching the pipe. The pipe and the concrete will expand and contract differently through the seasons so you want a small gap to separate them.

So you know all the codes all over the world?

Blanket statements like "there's no code" should never be made (or believed) on the internet.

Great info thank you.. I will absolutely do this!

Concrete is inexpensive. Grates are not.

Look, I’m trying to get OP to blow up his house for the reduced price real estate.

Don’t fuck this up for me.

But seriously, I’ve never encountered one AHJ that requires encasement of gas lines. Electric? Yes. Gas? No. NEC specifies burial depths and when it’s acceptable to place under a slab and also allows for a depth reduction if underneath a slab. No NEC code says it MUST be under a slab, as long as the depth is maintained.

I would contact the town to see if they have any regulations for this first. They might check with the gas company. The contractor might get his hands slapped for not finishing the job properly. My town has an app and I can send them a picture from my phone and they respond same day.

If you do replace with concrete, drill a few holes in the edge of the existing concrete and use a sticks of rebar to tie together the old and new sections

Never say never

If he is only filling the 4 inch wide strip that would be overkill.

Is the part you want to fill that little strip? Is the greyish thing at the top right of the photo a mat in front of your front door? I am assuming you are not talking about that ~2x6 foot planter area adjacent to the concrete, just the 4 inch wide strip directly in front of the gas meter?

If just the strip, pull out what is there - a claw hammer and hand trowel are probably all you need. Did it the same depth as the remaining concrete, put a board to form an edge at the end and mix and pour some concrete mix. Like one other poster said wrap the vertical gas line to separate it from concrete, even a few wraps of cardboard would do, it will rot away if you can't pull it out. I would put a 4 inch wide line of painters tape on each side of the trench to make it easier to do a clean pour.

You could but it would cost 100 times as much.

they are doing similar work on gas lines here, and they do the cement work as well

i am surprised u have to do your own

I see you didn’t bother reading OP’s post

How long ago? Usually it's a different contractor that comes back to fix it, and they can take months

I’d tell them they owe me a whole porch at a bare mine they will fix that unless u requested a service upgrade then it’s prolly on u

Unfortunately because it was the line on my property, I had to pay fully out of my own pocket.

I agree, in Australia we have regulations for different depths of pipe, in an area that had traffic going over it it needs to be deeper and backfilled with appropriate material compared to the depth required under a footpath or landscaping. Also, they are strict on the material used in different situations.