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We are hoping to put in a car parking space at the side of the house. Gas meter is in the way.
Do any of you lovely lot have any idea what sort of price,it would be to have it moved? Probably about 10ft down the house wall.

After 6 phone call's we are being sent a form to fill in,and a surveyor will come out and give us a price.
It is going to be about 4wk till we hear.

I have no idea and hope somebody else would have an idea.

Thank you
Marion

it cost my daughter £500.she had hers inside and got moved to outside .
.....................rosexx...........

Thank you Rose

I kind of thought it would cost a bit :((

Marion

I wanted my electric meter moved to outside which meant it was virtually being turned around as the place it was to go was the other side of the wall...it was going to cost £1,000 so you can guess what I said....NO THANK YOU. That was 9 years ago!

Linda x

Linda our electric meter was replaced not that long ago by...emm who ever lol. No charge for it.

It used to be you had gas from one and electric from the other, not now.

The calls we made were from one place putting us onto another.

Marion

We had our leccy meter moved 4 years ago, it was outside the front of the house, we had it put around the back, we were initially quoted £200-£500. When it came to the bill was less than £150, carried out by the local electrical supplier.
Might be different with gas though??
Tina

Had our gas meter removed to literally the other side of the wall,as it was under the sink in the cupboard,and we wanted it outside.It cost about £500,which we thought was rather a lot as it just backed on to the outside wall.It was Transco who did it for the gas board
This was about 5 years ago when we had a new kitchen.

Brenda

Looks like I better be prepared for a shock then.

Marion

Thanks everyone.

Any advances on £500?? lol

my parents had both of their meters moved last year so they could extend, am thinking it was £200.....

am sure it wasnt £500, dad wouldnt have paid that much, lol

Oh, I like your reply Jane lol

We have just had a quote to move our Gas meter less than 2 feet. The quote was from Wales and Utilities and came to £460.75.

In the small print it does say: It may be possible to get an alternative quote from other gas transporters or utility infrastructure providers. A list of registered UIP's can be found at www.GIRS.co.uk (follow the Lloyds register link).

The society of British Gas Industries can also provide alternative installers at www.sbgi.org.uk a list of Gas transporters can be found on the Ofgem Website www.ofgem.gov.uk.

Ill certainly be going down that route - almost £500.00 to move it from one side of a wall to the other takes the biscuit - especially as there is talk of utility meters all being changed in the next few years as the government wants easy to read ones that show how much is being used per item.

Hope that helps

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Funnily enough the first link provided by Wales and West is out of date - I beleive the correct one is www.lloydsregister.co.uk/girs.html its not easy to navigate though I am still finding my way around.

Thanks Maddie, I will have a look around.

Yesterday, my mum had the gas meter at their bungalow moved down free of charge by british gas. If you're a customer with them they will move it under a metre for free.

However, if you are disabled or elderly there is a scheme for help with moving a metre if it will make it easier for you to either read it or be read. I don't think that this situation would really qualify. Does it actually need to be moved?

Another point to mention is that I think it works out cheaper to put from inside to outside as they are removing piping & capping rather than extending.

Its still expensive though, although i cant remember how much ours cost.

SS, It would let us get the car further down past the side of the house,if we move it...before somebody moves it with the car lol

Marion

Mildred.

I better get the piggy bank raided by the sounds of it lol.
Will be worth it, if in the end we get a parking space of our own.
Some yellow lines have done away with about 5 parking spaces.
Like a lot of other places you get people parking then going to work.

Marion

Thats interesting Summer it was British Gas that put us in touch with Wales and West we just want to move it from what was an outside wall - but is now an inside wall due having a porch built. It will be easier for them to read if its outside and its under two feet.

I tried calling them tonight as I am looking at changing leccy suppliers to see if I moved my leccy to gas (as Id get the duel discount) would they reduce the charge. But they said the dept that deal with that are closed and only open office hours.

Maddie, mum's duel discount isn't as much as they say it should be and the bills aren't supposed to come closer than two weeks apart, but they always come the same week. They have been lucky in that they opted for the price protected gas.

In the case of the gas meter it was literally down about 10" and the pipes were all there.

Maddie, I would speak to them again and tell them that it's under a meter and will be easier for them to read.

They have been out and assessed it Summer. They sent Wales and west and the quote shows the distance as under 2 feet.