Hi all,
First time in weeks I had to go out for work, and while I was out the other half answered the door to someone from Cadent. Unfortunately my missus is less that useless with retaining and passing on information (unless it's gossip!), but was given the letter attached.
However, it's what the Cadent person said verbally to my missus which seems more concerning to me (and not referenced in the letter). Apparently:
"Our gas supply to the meter needs to be replaced, and the gas meter must be relocated to an external wall".
To put this in context, the meter has always been inside the garage (next to the electric meter) since the house was built in 1978. The supply comes through the concrete floor slab in a metal sheath, but I don't know what the actual gas pipe is made of.
We're currently in the middle of an extension build where the original single garage is being replaced with a double garage. Concrete floor slab has been poured, ground floor walls are half built. Meters untouched.
I don't really want to be digging up my new floor slab, and equally I'm not in a position (or want) to have the meter on the exterior wall as there's currently no way to run a gas pipe back to where the current supply goes into the house - as the roof isn't built.
How would such a supplier normally go about replacing a pipe under a slab? Would they bring a new supply out of the ground outside and just go low level into the garage to the existing meter using suitable materials - or would the really insist on moving the whole meter?
I will be calling the chap on the contact details tomorrow, but would be interested to know what my 'rights' are before the conversation, so any feedback gratefully received.
Thanks in advance for your help
Andy
You can see the meter feed in the picture below - meter is in the wooden box for protection from the elements during the build.
First time in weeks I had to go out for work, and while I was out the other half answered the door to someone from Cadent. Unfortunately my missus is less that useless with retaining and passing on information (unless it's gossip!), but was given the letter attached.
However, it's what the Cadent person said verbally to my missus which seems more concerning to me (and not referenced in the letter). Apparently:
"Our gas supply to the meter needs to be replaced, and the gas meter must be relocated to an external wall".
To put this in context, the meter has always been inside the garage (next to the electric meter) since the house was built in 1978. The supply comes through the concrete floor slab in a metal sheath, but I don't know what the actual gas pipe is made of.
We're currently in the middle of an extension build where the original single garage is being replaced with a double garage. Concrete floor slab has been poured, ground floor walls are half built. Meters untouched.
I don't really want to be digging up my new floor slab, and equally I'm not in a position (or want) to have the meter on the exterior wall as there's currently no way to run a gas pipe back to where the current supply goes into the house - as the roof isn't built.
How would such a supplier normally go about replacing a pipe under a slab? Would they bring a new supply out of the ground outside and just go low level into the garage to the existing meter using suitable materials - or would the really insist on moving the whole meter?
I will be calling the chap on the contact details tomorrow, but would be interested to know what my 'rights' are before the conversation, so any feedback gratefully received.
Thanks in advance for your help
Andy
You can see the meter feed in the picture below - meter is in the wooden box for protection from the elements during the build.