Securing a Gas meter

TheKLN

Hi folks,
Apologies if this has been asked in the past.

My gas meter in my hall sticks out from the wall and is stopping me from getting a secure front door. (as it overhangs a few mm above the current door which is an internal door)
I've contacted Scottish power who say they won't deal with it as its not faulty and transco only deal with emergencies.

My issue is that:
1. It hangs down at an angle from the pipe and is not secured to anything.
2. It is stopping me securing my house with a proper external door because of the way it hangs out from the wall.

Is there any cost effective way of dealing with this?

Thanks
John

lemontart

If the meter is loose then it is the responsibility of your gas supplier to arrange for one of their metering engineers to come and secure, Transco do not deal with anything as they have not existed for approx 7 years - if you wish to move the meter then that would be a chargeable job done by the gas network in your area

martinthebandit

TheKLN wrote: »

Hi folks,
Apologies if this has been asked in the past.

My gas meter in my hall sticks out from the wall and is stopping me from getting a secure front door. (as it overhangs a few mm above the current door which is an internal door)
I've contacted Scottish power who say they won't deal with it as its not faulty and transco only deal with emergencies.

My issue is that:
1. It hangs down at an angle from the pipe and is not secured to anything.
2. It is stopping me securing my house with a proper external door because of the way it hangs out from the wall.

Is there any cost effective way of dealing with this?

Thanks

John

If your meter really is not fastened to anything and is only held on by the gas pipe in and out ring them back up and tell that you think it is dangerous and you don't think that it is leaking gas but are not sure, then wait and see how long it is till they come out and secure it properly

spiro

Lots of gas meters are only sitting on something that looks like a single L shaped shelf bracket which is deemed acceptable because the pipes are connected at the top.

If I am reading your post correctly, you want to change your current front door (not sure why your front door would be an internal one) for a new one which is bigger (taller) and therefore the door would hit the meter when it is opened. If my understanding is correct then you will have to pay for a 'meter reposition' which could run to lots of money as these days they seem to insist on moving them outside.

lemontart

martinthebandit wrote: »

If your meter really is not fastened to anything and is only held on by the gas pipe in and out ring them back up and tell that you think it is dangerous and you don't think that it is leaking gas but are not sure, then wait and see how long it is till they come out and secure it properly

if you say you think gas is leaking then an emergency engineer will attend do nothing other than make sure safe and not leaking then refer you back to your supplier wasting his time and yours

martinthebandit

lemontart wrote: »

if you say you think gas is leaking then an emergency engineer will attend do nothing other than make sure safe and not leaking then refer you back to your supplier wasting his time and yours

Of course to make sure it is safe he would have to ensure it is secured to the wall properly. Which would seem to solve the OP's problem.

lemontart

he will not secure the meter his job is to make safe from a gas leak

C_Mababejive

You need to contact your gas supplier and ask them to raise a "check for safety" job as your meter appears to be insecure/wobbly. This will ensure that a metering job is created and not an emergency response job as it isnt an emergency. Clearly if there is no support/no shelf/no bracket then it isnt right.