Moving a gas meter, costs?

[megaphone]

Meter is on an outside porch wall, I want it on the main wall as the porch is going. About 1m. incoming pipe will need to be dug out and extended I suspect. Anyone had this done? Are there independent companies around who are allowed to do it? Or is it just National Grid or the like? Keep being told it will cost £800-£1k!!

[Pheo]

Thread on here recently. Have a search.

[Roy E6]

My nextdoor neighbour has just had it done, moved about a meter, cost £1650 ! Took about 2 hours if that.

[Roy E6]

My nextdoor neighbour has just had it done, moved about a meter, cost £1650 ! Took about 2 hours if that.

[Renovation]

I have just been through this with my electricity meter (similar process)

There was online forms etc and these suggested it would cost £1200ish

Instead I called Western Power directly, spoke to a human being, who came out, measured up and quoted sub £800

Basically see if you can call and speak to someone there - but it won't be cheap, nothing seems to cost less than £600.

[ghamer]

Price the job yourself.Nationalgrid.com service alteration.I reckon £500 ish

[sw67]

I had mine moved last year and it cost £650 for the supply move and ground level box , £50 for eon to supply new meter and £80 for a gas fitter to reconnect.

Transco were very good and i managed the 3 jobs in sequence on the same day

[megaphone]

Thanks for the replies, not really what I wanted to hear! Is it just National Grid who do this? Do they have a monopoly?

I've done the online calculator and its coming back with £1500! I may try and speak to a human. If it costs more than £500, it can stay where it is, I'll do something with the wall, make it into a flower box or similar.

[wseed]

I looked into the 3rd parties that are registered to do meter work but the info I got back from the 2 I called was they where only interested in doing larger scale projects eg if you where a developer and had a few houses to connect.

The prices from NG Transco looked to be standard charges and that you paid for a move if it was 1m or 10m the only reduced prices looked to be if it was within a short distance on the same wall.

[clockworks]

Shame that the meter is already in an outside box. I had my electricity meter moved a few years ago, from inside the house to an outside box. Western Power did the move for a nominal charge - around £80 I think, to cover the cost of the box.

[sheldo]

http://eplr.co.uk these boys would be able to do it for you and should be competitive

[sheldo]

http://eplr.co.uk these boys would be able to do it for you and should be competitive

[Dave_ST220]

Had this done a few weeks back. Needed no pipe as mine was moving closer to the supply. Started off at £870 by memory. Went ape st, someone came out to look.

Reduced price to £400. I dug the hole for them. Took all of 10 minutes. Some points :-

If you need a new meter (I did) NG will not do this, you contact your supplier.

If you need the supply reconnecting to the meter NG will not do this unless you pay them MORE.

In short it's a bloody rip off & was one of the biggest pain ion the ass things to sort in this whole fking build which right now I wish I hadn't started!

The other companies I tried were more expensive than NG.