Cost of removing storage heater cable

Likestowrite

As AndyPK said you don't need to take any cables out, once the storage heater and its supply cable is removed [4 screws] from the wall you will just be left with the dead & isolated 20A switched outlet once the electrician has removed the E10 tails from your consumer unit.

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this. I was a bit clueless about what's involved.

the existing runs of cable for the storage heaters were wired into the main fuse box, and then plug sockets installed where the heaters had been.

If I get an electrician to do this will I need to okay it with the electricity supplier first?

DevCoder

Likestowrite wrote: »

As AndyPK said you don't need to take any cables out, once the storage heater and its supply cable is removed [4 screws] from the wall you will just be left with the dead & isolated 20A switched outlet once the electrician has removed the E10 tails from your consumer unit.

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this. I was a bit clueless about what's involved.

the existing runs of cable for the storage heaters were wired into the main fuse box, and then plug sockets installed where the heaters had been.

If I get an electrician to do this will I need to okay it with the electricity supplier first?

No, you dont need to ask the supplier, the supplier is not interested with anything after the meter.

Likestowrite

In the end (after more phone calls) the electrical company said I didn't need any cable removing by an electrician, they'd take out the meter and the standing charge would end. They took away the meter for £61 and that was the end of it.

(They'd previously said I'd have to apply to have the supply to the white meter supply killed by the electrical distribution company which could cost up to £200 (they gave me the phone number)

The electrical distribution company told me that was completely wrong and I'd end up with no power at all if they did that! Back to electrical company who said no, the electrical distribution company was wrong.
In the end the electrical company said they could remove the meter, but I'd then need an electrician to take out the cable.

It's taken so many backwards and forwards phone calls to get such a simple matter sorted out.

Owlman45

Hi,
We were also faced with this problem when we moved house last year, in the new (old) property we found two storage heaters and an E7 teleswitch meter. The previous owner had already removed some heaters and had replaced switches (isolating heaters) with sockets. That was waste of time as the teleswitch meter was wired so the whole house circuit benefited from E7 rate. Now we have been able to check what we actually use we have decided to remove the storage heaters and have asked the supplier to change the meter back to single rate type. They will do this free of charge in our area.

Kernel_Sanders

If you are to become a low electricity consumer it may be worth switcing to Equipower, who have no standing charges.

Likestowrite

Thank you I'll look into that.