Where they are now I want an internal door to new room
What should I do ?
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Electric meter in the way of my extension
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Where they are now I want an internal door to new room
What should I do ?
I have tried to attach images
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Discuss the new location with the Gas transporter ( Probably Cadent, previously National Grid ) and for the electric meter contact the DNO for your area
http://www.energynetworks.org/info/faqs/electricity-distribution-map.htm
The boxes need to be located in a position to where the existing supplies can be easily re-routed. Other wise you may have a much larger bill for a new service connection.
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http://www.energynetworks.org/info/faqs/electricity-distribution-map.htm
The boxes need to be located in a position to where the existing supplies can be easily re-routed. Other wise you may have a much larger bill for a new service connection.
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That would require the gas and electricity to be disconnected from the existing meters and capped off until the new wall was built and the boxes in place. The DNO might say that the electricity supply could be relocated to a temporary meter location in the garden so that electricity was still available during the build process.
If it were my project then I would have a semi concealed gas meter ( brown box that sits in the ground ) and electricity meter above
DNO = Distribution Network Operator
Energy Networks Association (ENA) is the voice of the networks, representing the ‘wires and pipes’ transmission and distribution network operators for gas and electricity in the UK and Ireland.
Moving the electricity meter to a temporary location can be done by the DNO if the supply cable in still flexible enough to bend to reach the temporary location and also still be long enough to reach the final location of the meter when the box is ready in the final position. Ask the DNO as they will be the people doing the work.
Moving the gas meter to a temporary location is possible but will be expensive as gas supply pipes are not flexible and would need cutting and jointing.
Energy Networks Association (ENA) is the voice of the networks, representing the ‘wires and pipes’ transmission and distribution network operators for gas and electricity in the UK and Ireland.
Moving the electricity meter to a temporary location can be done by the DNO if the supply cable in still flexible enough to bend to reach the temporary location and also still be long enough to reach the final location of the meter when the box is ready in the final position. Ask the DNO as they will be the people doing the work.
Moving the gas meter to a temporary location is possible but will be expensive as gas supply pipes are not flexible and would need cutting and jointing.
Skeff - nothing can happen without the involvement of the people who own, and are the only ones who can move, the cables and pipes.
You need to be asking them what the options are for final position, intermediate temporary positions etc.
You need to be asking them what the options are for final position, intermediate temporary positions etc.
Skeff - neither, BTW, are smart meters. If as part of this they say you have to have one, and you don't want one, push back.
Ive just had an electric meter moved which involved them supplying 4m of cable.
Took them less than an hour, cost £950 that included a so called connection charge which is a joke as the connection was only to an isolation switch so I had to have an electrician on hand to connect the meter tails to it.
litl
edit:that was the consumer unit tails
Took them less than an hour, cost £950 that included a so called connection charge which is a joke as the connection was only to an isolation switch so I had to have an electrician on hand to connect the meter tails to it.
litl
edit:that was the consumer unit tails
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£950 seems about right.
We did one last year and that was move from inside to out, original design was a 2m move but ended up being about a 4m move and was just over £1000 I think, with the onsite builders doing the digging.
There are 3rd party companies you can use, at least for electricity, but from my experience, they are often no cheaper than the DNO, but their availability is much better. Think WPD generally work on about a 6 week waiting list (not your DNO so may vary) if this is too long, you may need to look at a 3rd party.
The other thing to consider is how you are going to get new meter tails from your new meter cabinet to consumer unit. If they're more than 3m long they will need additional overcorrent protection (a switch fuse) which, depending on your DNO may need to go in a separate meter cabinet and not the one you provide for them (annoying I know, WPD have let us get away with it in the past but you've got to sweet talk the guy doing it) and if the cables are to be concealed in the fabric of the building, and not SWA, then they will need RCD protection.
RCD protection and overcorrect protection can be achieved by use of a small metal enclosure with an RCD and fuse carrier (or MCB if you want to spend more than is necessary)
We did one last year and that was move from inside to out, original design was a 2m move but ended up being about a 4m move and was just over £1000 I think, with the onsite builders doing the digging.
There are 3rd party companies you can use, at least for electricity, but from my experience, they are often no cheaper than the DNO, but their availability is much better. Think WPD generally work on about a 6 week waiting list (not your DNO so may vary) if this is too long, you may need to look at a 3rd party.
The other thing to consider is how you are going to get new meter tails from your new meter cabinet to consumer unit. If they're more than 3m long they will need additional overcorrent protection (a switch fuse) which, depending on your DNO may need to go in a separate meter cabinet and not the one you provide for them (annoying I know, WPD have let us get away with it in the past but you've got to sweet talk the guy doing it) and if the cables are to be concealed in the fabric of the building, and not SWA, then they will need RCD protection.
RCD protection and overcorrect protection can be achieved by use of a small metal enclosure with an RCD and fuse carrier (or MCB if you want to spend more than is necessary)
Looks like the flank window is to be moved up to accomodate roof?
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