Who can move my gas meter?

[michaeld121]

I'd like to get my gas meter moved (from just inside the front door to a meter or so outside, in our front garden). My gas supplier (Scottish Power) said that I had to get their contractor (Scotia) to do it.

The quote's come in at over =A3700 for what, at a guess, is probably about half a day's work.

Do I have to stick with them - or am I allowed to get anyone else to quote?

Michael

[Mogga]

Did you fill in the form? The bloke who came out to me in the end said if I'd rung them and told them the trenches were all dug I could have basically had the meter wherever for a lot less.

[Si]

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I had this problem years ago - but after the break-up of gas supplies. When we moved here, the gas meter was just inside the front door at the bottom of the stairs. Apparently, sometime, previous occupants had had a coin slot meter. I contacted my supplier and asked whether anyone other than them could have fitted the meter there. I pointed out the H&S hazard it presented and politely asked them to move it FOC. They sent someone out to look & then agreed they'd do it. :)

[Mark]

I've just had a new gas service installed. With National Grid doing all the work: £550 With me digging the trench on my property, all 13m of it: £240 No guesses for which quote I went with.

mark

[Keith]

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Scottish power's policy is to do the work free if being done for a disabled person. (Not that I'm suggesting you invent a disability of course.)

We had ours moved to the outside wall to allow the construction of a downstairs loo, no charge for the work, no documentary proof of disability required at all. (Although 'er indoors does have MS)

[The Medway Handyman]

Great! The HSE Safety Card being played to advantage.

I did some work for a retired H&S inspector this week - his opinion was that H&S had gone completely OTT, so its nice to see it can be turned to our advantage!