Removing the white gas meter box

[evilmango]

I'm intending to create a bench on the side of my house by boxing in a new soil stack and gas meter with decking wood.

Question is - can I remove the white box around the meter in order to make the seat lower? I would build in a door on the front to provide easy access to the meter.

 

[stem]

You wouldn't normally be able to remove the box without having the meter taken out because the box is usually a single moulded construction.

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Also, the box is designed to form a seal between the meter and the property, so that in the event of a gas leak, the gas will not get from the box into the building or fill the cavity walls and turn your home into a bomb. So if you did have the box removed, you couldn't have the meter in that location.

 

[FiremanT]

You wouldn't normally be able to remove the box without having the meter taken out because the box is usually a single moulded construction.

Not if it is one of these:

http://www.gasequipmentdirect.co.uk/Store/Product/MISC0002-MK1.aspx

 

[kirkgas]

You wouldn't normally be able to remove the box without having the meter taken out because the box is usually a single moulded construction.

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Also, the box is designed to form a seal between the meter and the property, so that in the event of a gas leak, the gas will not get from the box into the building or fill the cavity walls and turn your home into a bomb. So if you did have the box removed, you couldn't have the meter in that location.

ive worked on 100's that can be removed to leave the back plate and meter

 

[evilmango]

Yeah, I think my box is of a type that slides off over the top. As long as the wall is sound with no gaps around the inbound pipe is it safe/legal to remove it?

 

[groveheating]

you dont just need to make access to the meter, it also needs to be adequately protected from the elements.

 

[evilmango]

So I decided to keep the meter box and enclose it to form a table for the benches. Here's the result:

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[kirkgas]

So I decided to keep the meter box and enclose it to form a table for the benches. Here's the result:

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• evilmango
• 25 Jun 2012
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looks good and TBH keeping the box is likely to save you any hassle from the supplier, as long as they have full access to the meter

 

[stem]

Smart, it makes a useful table to put a nice glass of wine on (or whatever beverage takes your fancy) All you need now is some decent weather to enjoy it Hope it's not so heavily disguised now that a new meter reader might miss it.

 

[evilmango]

Smart, it makes a useful table to put a nice glass of wine on (or whatever beverage takes your fancy) All you need now is some decent weather to enjoy it Hope it's not so heavily disguised now that a new meter reader might miss it.

Cheers. Yeah the sun would be nice - all it's doing currently is keeping the meter box dry!

I'm planning on mounting a plastic dog tag style disc in back on yellow with "GAS METER INSIDE" written on it. Hopefully that should do it.

 

[MeterMonkey]

Can the box still be removed from its backplate?

 

[evilmango]

Can the box still be removed from its backplate?

With the removal of a few screws, yes.