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Moving gas meter - how to go about it?

ally18
ally18 Posts: 761 Forumite
Hi,

Can someone please advise how you would go about getting a gas meter moved to outside the house.

My meter is in a really awkward place and takes up wall space in a small dining room and would help a lot if it could be moved outside but I don't know who to get in touch with to start the ball rolling. Plus would it be very expensive?

Thanks

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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Consumers/CCI/Pages/Gasmetermoves.aspx

    Gives you some information, I believe you would be looking at around £900.
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  • Gman0365
    Gman0365 Posts: 119 Forumite
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    What area of the country do you live in? In some network areas its as low as £500! BARGAIN!
  • ally18
    ally18 Posts: 761 Forumite
    You have got to be joking! I thought it would only be around £100 - £200. It only needs to be moved to the other side of the wall.

    Looks like it will have to stay put then. Thanks for your help.
  • spiro
    spiro Posts: 6,405 Forumite
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    ally18 wrote: »
    You have got to be joking! I thought it would only be around £100 - £200. It only needs to be moved to the other side of the wall.

    Looks like it will have to stay put then. Thanks for your help.
    Sorry the bad news is they atre not joking. You will find several (lots?) of threads on here about moving gas/elec meters and none of them have found it cheap and by cheap I mean less than several hundred pounds.
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  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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    Its very expensive to move them last time I checked it was over £500 and that was 5+ years ago
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    It was some time ago, but when I asked they told me it was an old pipe, so if they as much as touched the meter they would need to lay a new pipe all the way from the main in the road (quite a way off). So I didn't get a quote as such but I would have been looking at several hundred even in those days.
  • PNPSUKNET
    PNPSUKNET Posts: 4,265 Forumite
    you can get a gas safe engineer to move it for you, be lot less than ngrid doing it
  • C_Mababejive
    C_Mababejive Posts: 11,668 Forumite
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    ally18 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Can someone please advise how you would go about getting a gas meter moved to outside the house.

    My meter is in a really awkward place and takes up wall space in a small dining room and would help a lot if it could be moved outside but I don't know who to get in touch with to start the ball rolling. Plus would it be very expensive?

    Thanks
    It would help if you stated what area you are in.
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