Moving of gas meter

[Maggoty]

I have a gas meter on the outside wall of my house. I want to build a porch so the meter will need to be moved from that wall onto the side wall of the porch (as its by the door and halfway under the window).

Who is allowed to move it? What happens in the interim. ie it will need to be moved for the porch to be built and then placed on the new wall.

Cheers folks

[johnk]

I expect anyone with gas fitting qualifications unless you have to move the valve as well, I don't know how you turn off the gas to the valve. If you don't move the valve it must still remain easily acessable.

[KJN]

You should initially contact your energy supplier or the gas transporter for your area in order to arrange for your gas meter to be moved. The gas transporter will normally carry out the meter move rather than the supplier, which means you can approach the transporter direct as an alternative to contacting your supplier. However, in certain circumstances a Gas Safe Registered installer may be able to carry out a move.  If you require contact information for your supplier or local gas transporter or further advice on moving your gas meter, please contact the Citizens Advice consumer service.

[The Builder]

It might be Transco, or one of the independents ..........

http://www.energylinx...gas_transporters.htm#

[Maggoty]

Superb - but does that mean that the box can be disconnected/removed from the wall whilst the new wall is being built? x

[Nibble]

As the meter always remains the property of your gas supplier, so check through the following site

http://www.ofgem.gov....amm.aspx#who_can_move

Extract from the above:
You should initially contact your energy supplier or the gas transporter for your area in order to arrange for your gas meter to be moved. The gas transporter will normally carry out the meter move rather than the supplier, which means you can approach the transporter direct as an alternative to contacting your supplier. However, in certain circumstances a Gas Safe Registered installer may be able to carry out a meter move - further information is provided below. If you require contact information for your supplier or local gas transporter or further advice on moving your gas meter, please contact the Citizens Advice consumer service on 08454 04 05 06.
Also,
However, since the meter installation is most likely to be the property and responsibility of the Meter Asset Manager (MAM) - in most cases this will be your energy supplier - it would be necessary for the OAMI or Gas Safe Registered installer to first contact the MAM, seek agreement for the works to be undertaken, convince the MAM that the work will be properly designed and installed, safe and that the overall long term integrity of their meter installation is not compromised, and finally agree contract terms.

[buildersmate]

If you are prepared to have no gas in the interim, that may be a solution, Maggoty.
This work isn't done for free, so make sure you get the Gas Transporter to quote for the work as a 'remove', then a 'refit'. It will be one job in ytwo parts. (For 'Gas Transporter' read 'registered Gas Safe installer' if it turns out you don't need the Transporter engaged)

[Nibble]

Agree, bm, you just need to decifer the legal gobbledegook in OfGem's website, to make sure I didn't give totally duff info. :-0