There is no gas line to my property. Never has been.

gwin

Moved into the house that has been in the family for a few generations.

The trouble is they never had a gas mains installed. Everything was done on an open fire or electrical appliances.

Would we have to pay to get a line and meter installed? I'm getting conflicting answers. Obviously I understand cookers, central heating etc will be our responsibility thereafter.

MWT

It is going to cost you something, how much depends on how close the gas is to the house...

If it was run to the house but never connected then it isn't going to cost much.

If it was run to neighbours already then that helps keep it down but you are probably still going to be spending a couple of thousand.

If it is not at the neighbours either then the cost goes up considerably depending on distance.

Ectophile

All the cost is on you for digging the trenches, laying the pipework and connecting it all up.

If there is no supply to the property, that will run into thousands.  There may be some flexibility whether you pay your local gas network operator the whole lot, or employ your own contractor for digging trenches and making good afterwards.

At some point, the government is thinking of banning all new gas installs, so if you want gas, don't leave it too long.

Mickey666

I did this about 10 years ago and it was cheap and easy.

The gas company paid to bring the gas pipe to the edge of my property.   After that, the standard charge was £249 to install a meter in the location of my choice up to 25m (I think - can't remember the exact distance)  from the edge of my property, provided I dug the required trench.  Because the meter location was much further than 25m they had an extra flat fee of £50, so £299 in total.

For the trenching I hired the village 'man-with-a-mini-digger' for £200 per day.  He did the job in one day, including backfilling.

The gas company provided the necessary conduit (yellow, perforated) and the plastic 'Warning Gas Supply' tape to be laid about 9-12 inches above the conduit. 

When the conduit had been laid, leaving about 1m trench unfilled at each end, the gas company came back to feed the actual supply pipe through the conduit, install the new gas meter and make the connection to their high-pressure mains.

So, total cost for a new gas supply, new meter, own trench work:  £500 plus tea and biscuits

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See if there are any schemes or grants still available to cover the cost of the gas connection. I was able to get the gas connection from the street upto the property and a meter box installed for free about 7 years ago from Northern Gas Networks. This wasn't means tested, it was some scheme for 10% poorest post code areas in the country. Although other schemes might be available.

They dug a hole in the street, and another hole next to my property wall where the meter box was going and used a mole device to force the pipe through under the soil up the garden. No long trenches had to be dug.

Your energy supplier will then install a meter when you give them your MPRN number. I didn't pay for the meter either, I just rung up SSE and they came and put one in for no charge.