Hi,
I've seen quite a few posts on this but was hoping someone could clear this up for me. My understanding of plumbing especially relating to gas is limited so apologies for my ignorance. With regards to having a meter moved from what I've managed to gather from other posts and online searches a gas safe engineer with met1 can:
-extend the pipe or anaconda AFTER the ecv and before the meter.
-an ecv must then be fitted at the new meter position
-this work needs to have permission from the mam
I want to move my meter from inside the kitchen the exact position on the outside wall. So about the thickness of the wall. British Gas have said they can move the gas meter within 1m but only on the same wall as taking it outside would mean moving the service pipe.
Here's a picture:
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Surely if a hole was drilled in the wall just above the ecv the anaconda could be taken back through the wall and then up through the bottom of a meter box easily within the 1m radius set by British Gas? I know we'd have to leave the service pipe and ecv in the cupboard but that would be better than paying £700 for National grid to shorten the service pipe by 30cm. Is there some reason why this isn't possible? Would affect gas pressure or something? Will the British gas engineer refuse to do this? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
I've seen quite a few posts on this but was hoping someone could clear this up for me. My understanding of plumbing especially relating to gas is limited so apologies for my ignorance. With regards to having a meter moved from what I've managed to gather from other posts and online searches a gas safe engineer with met1 can:
-extend the pipe or anaconda AFTER the ecv and before the meter.
-an ecv must then be fitted at the new meter position
-this work needs to have permission from the mam
I want to move my meter from inside the kitchen the exact position on the outside wall. So about the thickness of the wall. British Gas have said they can move the gas meter within 1m but only on the same wall as taking it outside would mean moving the service pipe.
Here's a picture:
//media.diynot.com/229000_228297_94362_99385791_thumb.jpg
Surely if a hole was drilled in the wall just above the ecv the anaconda could be taken back through the wall and then up through the bottom of a meter box easily within the 1m radius set by British Gas? I know we'd have to leave the service pipe and ecv in the cupboard but that would be better than paying £700 for National grid to shorten the service pipe by 30cm. Is there some reason why this isn't possible? Would affect gas pressure or something? Will the British gas engineer refuse to do this? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.