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Can a gas engineer move my meter or must it be Cadent?


butchus

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Hi all,

This gas meter is giving me a real headache

Its on the far left and i need to move it to the far right side of this wall. The wall is an internal kitchen wall, backing on to our hallway.

The wall on the right hand side below the boiler is the outside front external wall.


I have been quoted £1070 by Cadent to move it to the right hand side, and 8 weeks to do it - ouch!

All i want to do is put a fridge freezer where the meter is currently...

Obviously my question is... how can I move it quicker and cheaper ;)

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Only Cadent or another utility provider can do it (such as Crown Utilities). A plumber - even GSR - cannot touch the supply side pipework, it’s an offence to interfere with the gas pipework and it is not something they should be anywhere near. 

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Looks like a supply line coming through the floor too ..? Shouldn't have concrete round it unless it has denso tape wrapped round it. 
 

also the convoluted pipe on the top should have any cement carefully cleaned off as it can corrode them.
 

Can you not move where the fridge is going instead as that sounds easier. 

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5 hours ago, butchus said:

can try and turn it myself... probably a bad idea?


Very.... it looks like threaded pipe unions and you would be undoing it turning it up against the wall. 
 

And I’m sorry, if you’re asking this level of question then you’re not qualified to work on gas and should leave it to the professionals.
 

Gas explosions kill. 

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