Cost for moving a gas meter?

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Does anybody know the approximate cost of moving a gas meter?

I bought a property about 6 months ago which needs a complete refurb from top to bottom including 3/4 of the kitchen being demolished and rebuilt.

At the moment the gas meter is inside one of the kitchen cabinets. I'd like to move it so it's on an external wall. A quick google suggests anywhere between £700 - £1500 depending on the length of the new pipe run. i wa sjust wondering if anybody had had one moved and what you paid?

Also am i right in thinking that only Cadent can do it? (I'm in the northwest)

[anonymous-user]

Mine simply needed moving from one side of a wall to the other, ie, SHORTER pipe. I dug the hole, their first price was a grand!! Told them to fk right off, spotty little st straight out of college. Agreed on £500. Took them all of 30 mins, smoking while they did it too ffs. This was in 2014, Cadent. It's a bit like a dropped kerb, total rip off and only certain contractors can do it!

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Dave_V6 said:

Mine simply needed moving from one side of a wall to the other, ie, SHORTER pipe. I dug the hole, their first price was a grand!! Told them to fk right off, spotty little st straight out of college. Agreed on £500. Took them all of 30 mins, smoking while they did it too ffs. This was in 2014, Cadent. It's a bit like a dropped kerb, total rip off and only certain contractors can do it!

Thanks - that's helpful.

Having had a look on Cadent's website it gives a rough estimate of £634 (which I assume is plus VAT)

[Byker28i]

A neighbour in Wales had the meter moved from in the flat above a shop, to the front wall. Apparenty was around £2000 for Wales and West to install the new smart meter and they had to dig the trench to the property, channel out the wall and they had a gas fitter run the new pipe already in place from the new meter cabinet to the flat.

[megaphone]

Report it as a leak, tell them you keep smelling gas, they will be around like a shot. Then see if you can get them to move it and upgrade it. Tell them you'd feel safer if it was outside

Edited by megaphone on Wednesday 5th March 14:27

Edited by megaphone on Wednesday 5th March 14:28

[SoliD]

megaphone said:

Report it as a leak, tell them you keep smelling gas, they will be around like a shot. Then see if you can get them to move it and upgrade it. Tell them you'd feel safer if it was outside

Or they might actually find a leak on your boiler and cooker and condemn it

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SoliD said:

megaphone said:

Report it as a leak, tell them you keep smelling gas, they will be around like a shot. Then see if you can get them to move it and upgrade it. Tell them you'd feel safer if it was outside

Or they might actually find a leak on your boiler and cooker and condemn it

The kitchen is currenly stripped back to brick, no appliances in there at all 9apart from a sink). The gas is capped off (I think)

[megaphone]

Does the meter look old?

[Monkeylegend]

SoliD said:

megaphone said:

Report it as a leak, tell them you keep smelling gas, they will be around like a shot. Then see if you can get them to move it and upgrade it. Tell them you'd feel safer if it was outside

Or they might actually find a leak on your boiler and cooker and condemn it

That might work in Wales but doubtful in England.

[megaphone]

Monkeylegend said:

SoliD said:

megaphone said:

Report it as a leak, tell them you keep smelling gas, they will be around like a shot. Then see if you can get them to move it and upgrade it. Tell them you'd feel safer if it was outside

Or they might actually find a leak on your boiler and cooker and condemn it

That might work in Wales but doubtful in England.

Why? Doesn't English gas smell?

[Monkeylegend]

megaphone said:

Monkeylegend said:

SoliD said:

megaphone said:

Report it as a leak, tell them you keep smelling gas, they will be around like a shot. Then see if you can get them to move it and upgrade it. Tell them you'd feel safer if it was outside

Or they might actually find a leak on your boiler and cooker and condemn it

That might work in Wales but doubtful in England.

Why? Doesn't English gas smell?

They only have leaks in Wales.

[megaphone]

I had my outdoor meter moved when I demolished the wall. I saw some gas men doing some work in the street, I went across and asked them about moving the meter as the wall was going, they sent over the boss. He asked could I smell gas? I said yes, and that was it, they moved it the next day. Cost me tea biscuits and some cash to the two guys doing the work.

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megaphone said:

Does the meter look old?

I'd say at least 20 years

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Monkeylegend said:

megaphone said:

Monkeylegend said:

SoliD said:

megaphone said:

Report it as a leak, tell them you keep smelling gas, they will be around like a shot. Then see if you can get them to move it and upgrade it. Tell them you'd feel safer if it was outside

Or they might actually find a leak on your boiler and cooker and condemn it

That might work in Wales but doubtful in England.

Why? Doesn't English gas smell?

They only have leaks in Wales.

[shatter]

I've just checked and we had Northern Gas Networks move an internal gas meter, 5m closer to the road, and a new meter put in a semi-concealed box on the outer wall for £372.00 August 2021.

For that cost, they also changed the length pipe between the road and the new box as they suspected the metallic pipe was getting to the end of its life, approximately 15m

Hope that helps

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Thanks Shatter