moving gas pipe - TRANSCO costs?

[al_london]

I'm in the process of refurbishing an understairs bathroom, and above a false ceiling found the main gas pipe which runs through to the meter at the back of the flat. I need a metre or 2 of this pipe to be re-routed about a foot higher, and recessed a couple of inches into an adjacent stud wall...
Am I right in thinking that because it's on the 'street' side of the meter that only a transco engineer can move it? And does anyone have any idea how much this would cost?

Cheers,
Al

 

[ChrisR]

They don't like meters inside cos they can't read them, so I doubt you will get them to do what you want. I daresay they'll resite the meter to a box outside the front, for several hundred quid. Then you'll need a corgi to replace the inside pipe, which I doubt he'll want to reuse.

 

[kevplumb]

cant see transco sinking a service pipe in a stud wall

 

[Richardk]

Don,t know if you have has service pipe altered yet but Transco policy is they do not alter steel service pipes they have to be relayed but your quote usually around £2-300 pounds would be part contribution,they do not automatically relay to a box unless you wanted that, gone are the days when everthing went in a box outside for meter reading as company now split up into different units.So you cannot alter service pipe and for safety definately cannot go into a stud wall or any cavities but new supply would have to be run.