Hi all. I'm guessing this will be an easy Q to answer for the pro's so here goes:-
My gas meter is currently in a wall-mounted surface box with pipework exiting the bottom, then heading upwards and through the wall into the house.
I'm having a lot of renovations/reworks done and as part of this, I would like to get the meter fitted into a semi-recessed box as A, I think they look a lot better and B, they don't stick-out half as much as the surface mounted boxes which would give me a bit more room on the walkway around the front of the house.
I would like the pipework from the meter to go straight out of the back of the box into the house so no pipework will be visible from outside so I thought if I look at the spigot position in the box, I could figure out if the box will be able to go over the existing pipework entry position through the wall, meaning that a minimum of work has to be carried out internally.
Seems like an easy proposition I suppose but the problem lies in that the pipework entry is currently between the two windows at the front of the house for the bedroom and the living room so I'm guessing that there will be loads of different rules and regs relating to the siting of the boxes ?
I've looked online at the meter box suppliers but the only specs I can find are HxWxD, nothing about spigot positions or placement regs.
So, before I start to consider getting in touch with the suppliers/builders/plumber, can anyone point me to an online source so I can check to see if it's even gonna be worth getting the job done ?
TIA
My gas meter is currently in a wall-mounted surface box with pipework exiting the bottom, then heading upwards and through the wall into the house.
I'm having a lot of renovations/reworks done and as part of this, I would like to get the meter fitted into a semi-recessed box as A, I think they look a lot better and B, they don't stick-out half as much as the surface mounted boxes which would give me a bit more room on the walkway around the front of the house.
I would like the pipework from the meter to go straight out of the back of the box into the house so no pipework will be visible from outside so I thought if I look at the spigot position in the box, I could figure out if the box will be able to go over the existing pipework entry position through the wall, meaning that a minimum of work has to be carried out internally.
Seems like an easy proposition I suppose but the problem lies in that the pipework entry is currently between the two windows at the front of the house for the bedroom and the living room so I'm guessing that there will be loads of different rules and regs relating to the siting of the boxes ?
I've looked online at the meter box suppliers but the only specs I can find are HxWxD, nothing about spigot positions or placement regs.
So, before I start to consider getting in touch with the suppliers/builders/plumber, can anyone point me to an online source so I can check to see if it's even gonna be worth getting the job done ?
TIA