Who can move a gas meter?

MeterMan

Paying National Grid to move the meter, you're not exactly paying for a meter moving, you're paying for the ECV being moved to an outside box.

You can NOT have an anaconda/semi-flexible pipe passing through a solid wall. Any gas engineer doing this would risk his gas safe registration.

As for the meter being moved by any gas safe registered engineer, this is also false. The gas engineer would require a particular qualification in order to move the meter.

spiro

I also THINK if the ecv is not next to the meter there are rules about labelling so people can find it in an emergency.

davidso

Thanks for all of your replies so far. I don't want to move my meter to the other side of the wall. I don't want to go electric. I don't want to move the ECV. Can I direct you back to the questions in my original post?

I have a gas meter in my kitchen wall cupboard. I'd like to have it moved as far up the wall as possible.

I reckon that the gas mains with its stopcock/emergency valve could stay in the same position as there seems to be some slack in the flexible metal hose which runs from the stopcock to the input of the meter.

1) In this case, what kind of workman with what qualifications could move it up the wall?

2) I reckon more slack could be gained from the flexible hose if the connection where it couples with the input of the gas meter (ie the regulator) could be turned about 90 degrees. In this case, what kind of workman with what qualifications could move it up the wall?

3) I reckon MUCH MORE slack could be gained by replacing the the flexible metal hose which runs from the gas stopcock to the input of the meter with a longer flexible metal hose, if one existed. Does one exist? In this case what kind of workman with what qualifications could move it up the wall?

[Deleted User]

I googled " gas meter anaconda " You can buy ( or a gas safe met1 fitter can ) a longer flexible hose and fit them.Looks like 930mm length seems to be longest. By the sound of it you dont need Nat Grid to do the work. Theres a company called Bes who have all the fittings..£85 for the longest anaconda

chanz4

bracket and pipework will alsso need to be moved.

MeterMan

davidso wrote: »

Thanks for all of your replies so far. I don't want to move my meter to the other side of the wall. I don't want to go electric. I don't want to move the ECV. Can I direct you back to the questions in my original post?

I have a gas meter in my kitchen wall cupboard. I'd like to have it moved as far up the wall as possible.

I reckon that the gas mains with its stopcock/emergency valve could stay in the same position as there seems to be some slack in the flexible metal hose which runs from the stopcock to the input of the meter.

1) In this case, what kind of workman with what qualifications could move it up the wall?

2) I reckon more slack could be gained from the flexible hose if the connection where it couples with the input of the gas meter (ie the regulator) could be turned about 90 degrees. In this case, what kind of workman with what qualifications could move it up the wall?

3) I reckon MUCH MORE slack could be gained by replacing the the flexible metal hose which runs from the gas stopcock to the input of the meter with a longer flexible metal hose, if one existed. Does one exist? In this case what kind of workman with what qualifications could move it up the wall?

If you're with British Gas, they will resite the meter for free, as long as it is within the same space. EG. in an internal cupboard and the meter has been moved. They will send an engineer around to move the meter. Bare in mind that because the person on the phone has said its ok, its the engineers judgement which overrules.

C_Mababejive

To be fully legit, the person undertaking the work would have to be gas safe registered and have MET1 certification on his/her card. They would also need to seek permission from the MAM to undertaken the work. The MAM is the Meter Asset Manager i.e the body which owns the meter. This may or may not be your gas supplier. National Grid do not undertake meterwork except when they have been requested to do so by a gas supplier and/or MAM. The supplier/MAM then pays NG via internal accounting for the work they have undertaken.

davidso

C_Mababejive wrote: »

To be fully legit, the person undertaking the work would have to be gas safe registered and have MET1 certification on his/her card. They would also need to seek permission from the MAM to undertaken the work. The MAM is the Meter Asset Manager i.e the body which owns the meter. This may or may not be your gas supplier. National Grid do not undertake meterwork except when they have been requested to do so by a gas supplier and/or MAM. The supplier/MAM then pays NG via internal accounting for the work they have undertaken.

Thanks Mababejive. Your reply confirms what I have found out elsewhere. This seems to be the consensus for my question - A Gas Safe Registered engineer with MET1 qualifications and approval from your supplier can move a gas meter after the ECV. (Perhaps he can also move the ECV, I don't know.)