Do I really need to move my gas meter?

lonestarfan

I'm exploring putting a downstairs toilet in my pantry.
It currently houses the gas and electric meters and my fuse box(9 yrs old).
The meters are on the floor, the fuse box half way up the wall.
The fuse box can stay apparently.
Do I really need to move my gas meter as Transco have quoted me £1097 to do so.
I can understand why I need to move the electric meter as water & electric are dangerous in close proximity, but why must I move the gas meter?
The toilet will fit on a wall that is not the wall of which the gas meter is next to.
Both meters would need to be moved less than 0-2 metres.
The electric meter is quoting around £998 too but I can live with that I suppose but an extra £1097 for the gas is the difference between getting a downstairs loo this year when needed the most really as £2,000 for moving meters before any other achievements is a bit inefficient use of money I feel.
Any thoughts/ideas?

jc808

Youre considering having your fuse box (Consumer Unit) in a toilet?

kev_min

jc808 wrote: »

Youre considering having your fuse box (Consumer Unit) in a toilet?

I can not see any reason why not, the CU was fitted in my 2nd loo when the house was built and seems safe from where I sit!

While a loo may be considered a "special location" in the home, Part P makes no mention of them.....

lonestarfan

Thanks kev.
I'd rather stay in the warm when it trips than go in the cold outside to garage.
Any more thoughts/info on the gas meter issue please? Thanks.

Plumber90

My fuse board is in the downstairs cloakroom, get a picture up of the area, might be easier for us to see what's what.

Owain_Moneysaver

Why do you think you need to move the gas meter?

System

having being stung with this recently and still in dispute with them... you can't have a gas meter in any room which creates humidity - however you can have it in a kitchen (go figure)

I have an ongoing dispute where we had designed a bulkhead to hide the gas meter and take it out of the toilet effectively, then the surveyor we had been working with went off work just before the job started and the new surveyor has insisted on moving the meter, apparently his "35 years in the job" mean he doesn't have to show us the legislation he keeps quoting!!

27col

jc808 wrote: »

Youre considering having your fuse box (Consumer Unit) in a toilet?

Why on earth not. Mine is high up the wall in the toilet and shower that I constructed when I converted a double garage into a flat many years ago.

lonestarfan

I'd like to post a photo but can't find out how to do it. Can anyone explain it to me please. Thanks. Or is it pointless as the-r-sole says I can't keep it there anyway because its humid. I really don't like typing the-r-sole lol

lonestarfan

This has prompted me to think about building control and planning permission. Do I need to get building control or planning permission for changing my pantry to a toilet?
If I'm not subject to either then how will they know I haven't moved my gas meter.
What's the problem with having gas meter in a downstairs toilet? It's mentioned about humidity earlier on but not sure why that's a problem. I think I've seen gas meters in toilets in other people's houses before but can't be absolutely certain.
Thanks.

Gloomendoom

the_r_sole wrote: »

having being stung with this recently and still in dispute with them... you can't have a gas meter in any room which creates humidity - however you can have it in a kitchen (go figure)

Our gas meter is under a box outside in the garden. It pretty humid out there.