gas meters???

sanott

help!! had house renovated never lived in it... builder did nt take the meter off the wall... damaged... not going after him... utilities company took it away... apparently I l have to pay for a new one??? do I have to stick with the same company as the meter was with for a new meter??? apparently meter owned by southern gas???
hope this makes sense????

lemontart

the first thing you will have to do if you have not actually used gas at the property is ask the appropriate gas network - the people who own the pipes from the street into the property to do a live or dead check -to confirm the pipe is still live and fit for purpose - once done ensure you have the reference number for the job and contact supplier to have a meter installed -

Couple of things even though supplier took meter away have you paid any bills or are you getting any?

You will have to talk to suppliers re charges as depends on so many things including your credit rating, if you have had a gas supply elsewhere etc etc

sanott

southern gas andelectric owned the gas meter apparently... had electricity bills as used that but never gas bill??
the guy from utilities said to tell southern gas the builder had failed to remove it hence the damage but I can shop around for the best deal on a new meter then???it on the outside of the house and had to have it r e rendered before could have a new meter according to utilities man.
the meters ben gone about a month.
thank u so much for info???
any idea of approximate cost of new meter??
also best supplier??

chanz4

£65 pre pay, £58 credit U6. Also you will owe the origional supplier the cost of the meter for your contractor causing damage to their equipment. SGN dont own meters

sanott

so I l have to pay for tha damaged meter??? will they contact me???

C_Mababejive

Maybe the builder needs to pay for it?

lemontart

I do hope the builder was a gas safe engineer or used one to do it. Was there a leak or such for Ng to be called or did your supplier send a metering engineer out.?

sanott

i phoned the gas supplier as there was a kink in the pipe and i was worried. they sent utilities to take it away... not heard from anyone since??? had e mail from swalec saying they l put a new meter in no charge??

lemontart

kink in which pipe? the pipe before the meter - if so has this been dealt with as may lead to pressure problems or kink in pipe coming out of the meter in which case that is an issue for rgi.

It is odd for the meter to be taken away for damaged pipe, - either way best get a live or dead check done 1st as you do not want a meter installer arriving to find no gas from road.

chanz4

very not normal for the meter to be taken, trust me I fight with the network allday. Only reason they are taken if unsafe. if it was the pipe they would just cap.

With it been the meter has been removed due to damage, as soon as the supplier who takes it on notices its meterless will make a call to the grid and find out your contractor damaged it