Hi Richard I live in one of 3 flats and about 3 or 4 years ago we had gas put in by Transco and I think they charged us about £650.00 total for the whole job, they moled the pipe under the tarmac drive and put up 3 outside meters and boxes, the run from the path by the road to the last meter is about 30 meters, sounds a bit on the pricey side but what else can you do!!!!!!!!!
Rich
Hi,
>
> in January 2001, I got a quote from Transco to supply a new pipe from
> the street, and 5 supplies to 5 new meters off this pipe. The quote was
> £2100. I didnt have the work done at the time.
>
> I now need the work done, and their current quote for exactly the same > job is £5200.
>
> The work involves digging a 16m trench from the pavement to the side of > my house. >
> I am told that other Gas Transporters will provide competitive prices
> for the job, but none seem interested in small jobs like this. In fact,
> an Ofgem report I found suggested that the current situation was not > satisfactory. >
> Has anyone had any experience of this type of work, and were you able to
> find competitive quotes to get the price down.
>
> Or have Transco got a fabulous monopoly and got me by the b%$%^&*s. >
> I have asked for a quote where I dig the part of the trench on my land,
> but have been told that it would not reduce it by much.
>
> I have also asked British Gas to provide a price, but I would guess that
> they use Transco for the work, and add on some extra profit, so am not
> expecting a result here.
>
> Kind Regds
>
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> Richard Faulkner