New gas connection

wendybrown

This seems to have been posted before, but sadly it seems a lot of the answers were out of date - ie I don't think National Grid do domestic gas connections anymore.

Need a new gas connection to a first floor flat, in Scotland (SGN is area provider). Online quote was £477 I think, but there was talk of digging trenches etc and I said there was already pipe there for other flats and couldn't it come of that. So they sent someone out who said indeed all that was needing doing was to take off the existing large pipe already running up the building. No trench digging required. Except now it's £1600!

Are there other companies who can install a new gas connection, and if so do you know who can in that area? Thanks :-)

molerat

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/consumers/household-gas-and-electricity-guide/connections-and-moving-home/get-or-alter-gas-or-electricity-connection

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/05/how_do_i_obtain_a_one_off_gas_connection.pdf