Gas meter moved by British Gas, but....

hc25036

About 18 months ago, British gas replaced the mains supply in our road, and then replaced the feed to each house.

Our gas meter was in the middle of the house and it would have been a big job to replace the pipework, so we agreed to have the meter placed outside (and feeding into some existing external pipework), which was done.

This weekend, at the annual boiler service, the engineer noticed that there is no earth bonding on the meter - the bonding was left at the location of the old meter, about 3 metres away. As we are selling up, he thought that this would be picked up on a survey.

Should BG have sorted the bonding when they moved the meter (at their request)? Is it worth asking them to come back to complete the job?

Carrot007

You sure there is no bonding anywhere? The guy probably just checked in t he meter box. Mine is bonded inside the house the other side of the wall from the meter box.


But yes they should have done it. Is it worth it to get them back? Depends? I'd say no but such things are easy to do for me!

Jumblebumble

Carrot007 wrote: »

You sure there is no bonding anywhere? The guy probably just checked in t he meter box. Mine is bonded inside the house the other side of the wall from the meter box.


But yes they should have done it. Is it worth it to get them back? Depends? I'd say no but such things are easy to do for me!

Easy call them back
I did when they put a copper pipe through a brick wall without sleeving it and my Gas Safety engineer objected on the next CP12
Jumble

hc25036

Thanks Carrot007. Definitely no bonding close to the meter (I was told bonding has to be within a metre or so), and they didn't come into the house other than to remove the old meter.

phill99

Was bonding in place with the old meter?

Ectophile

The bonding is supposed to be within 600mm of the meter, or 600mm from where the pipe enters the house. And if the pipe divides, then before any tees.


If that really isn't practical, there is a bit of wiggle room in the rules.

hc25036

phill99 wrote: »

Was bonding in place with the old meter?

Yes - and is still in place but about 3 metres from the meter

phill99

hc25036 wrote: »

Yes - and is still in place but about 3 metres from the meter

Then I believe they are required to reinstall on a like for like basis. So get them back.

southcoastrgi

I very much doubt it was British Gas that re-did the pipework

hc25036

southcoastrgi wrote: »

I very much doubt it was British Gas that re-did the pipework

True enough - it was their contractor. Not sure that makes any difference in the end...

Alex1983

I think what southcoast is saying is why would British Gas be fitting new main supply's in the road, the grid would do this, Wales and west utilities or who ever the local operator is.

My understanding is if the bonding is there already it's there responsibility to move to the new meter location.