AMCO gas meter moved

[jon]

As per thread title, just had my gas meter moved from inside the kitchen to outside.

Basically I'm not happy with the work, the fitter has said it's ok to complain, but he can't guarantee they'll do anything about it.

Basically am I being overly fussy.

'm not happy with the copper pipe coming out of the box at the bottom, there is a knock through plate in the inside of the box, but they reckon the it might be too high on the inside, ie the pipe coming in might be at worktop level, have just measured it myself and it's 4 inches below worktop level.

Second gripe is that the box isn't flush against the wall and consequently the gas inlet pipe is at an angle, basically it just looks unsightly.

Am i being fussy or do you think I have a case.

Total cost for this piece of British craftmanship £323

Jon

[jon]

Bump, incase first message didn't make it to server

[tarquinlinbin]

Who are AMCO by the way ??

Ok i had a look at the photo and the problem seems to be exacerbated by the fact that the box does not sit vertically true on the wall. Could it be that your pebble dashing has an outward slope as it reaches the bottom of its lower finish and so this is holding the box off at the bottom?. Under normal circumstances,and if the box was fitted on a perfectly flat wall i.e. brick, then the box would sit vertically on the wasll and the incoming service pipe would be vertical and almost flat to the wall. On closer inspection,and looking where the wooden vertical gatepost butts up against the pebble dashing in the back gorund,it does indeed appear that your pebble dash does have an outward slope as it reaches its lower finished edge.

Perhaps the solution is to

a) fit the meter box highe where the wall is actually flat

b) use a grinder to cut out the lower section of sloped pebble dash behind the box so that the box can sit flat on the wall.

Does that copper pipe through the wall have a sleeve on it by the way?

The box provides two knockouts,one in the top right rear and one in the bottom right base as used in your installation.

Perhaps your installtion would have benefitted from the use of a semi concealed ground meter box ?

joe

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[jon]

Joe, don't take this the wrong way, but try arranging these words to make a sentence.

about stating talk obvious bleeding the.

Yes to everything you've said. However I would have assumed that seeing I'm paying a premium price, I would have got some sort of half decent job. It would have taken 10 mins to chisel away the bottom lip of the render, and another 5 mins to drill a hole through the wall so that the point would go through the knock out hole inside the box. Instead they have gone for the quickest and easiest solution.

So taking all that into account do you think I am within my rights to get them back and to do the job as per my wishes, or to do you think that is not within my remit.

Jon