Who installs the gas meter?

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Just purchased a new property. It has a gas supply from the street but the meter has long since been removed / capped off.

Who provides the meter? Is it the energy suppliers or the plumber?

I will be having a complete c/h system installed Inc all rads and boiler & pipework.

Thanks
 
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A bloke I know moved into a large property with a gas supply but no meter. I don’t know whether he bought a meter but he used the gas for about 12 years without paying a penny before moving out. He was compulsory purchased and the house had to be in good order before being demolished (?) so he got his son, a plumber/gas fitter to replace the boiler (or maybe just the burners/jets) with a calor gas one and left a tiny bottle there!
 
A bloke I know moved into a large property with a gas supply but no meter. I don’t know whether he bought a meter but he used the gas for about 12 years without paying a penny before moving out. He was compulsory purchased and the house had to be in good order before being demolished (?) so he got his son, a plumber/gas fitter to replace the boiler (or maybe just the burners/jets) with a calor gas one and left a tiny bottle there!
I had heard a similar one a few years back. Truth or urban myth? Who knows :)
 
once a meter is removed then if no new application within 2 years the service should be terminated outwith the property, but many slip through the net, with the amount of different suppliers these days many get missed
 
So, I need to get supply sorted and then get plumber in I guess?
I'll say it before they do... lol

No, you get the gas meter installed then an RGI to sort out the gas appliances.
A plumber is some fat guy wot deals with water pipes and ham sandwiches he found in the back of his van :)
 
A plumber is some fat guy wot deals with water pipes

A plumber deals with lead ( from the Latin plumbum ) pipes and roof flashings.

A chap of any size who deal with copper should be called an aeriser ( aeris is Latin for copper ).
 

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