moving a gas mete

[iloveglee]

can anyone tell me if it is possible to have gas pipes from the meter to a central heating boiler going through the roof space. i am having a single storey extension and the place the meter will go is on the outside wall of the newly built extension. the boiler is upstairs in a cupboard on the party wall between our house and next door. currently the pipe runs from the meter up the side of the house, but this won't be possible with the meter being attached to a single storey. there is nowhere else to put it where there is a two storey wall

[Buenchico]

There must be a way of doing it, but t won't be cheap!

See my post here, and the response from Oldgit1947:
http://www.theanswerb...1.html#answer-6093612

Chris

[scotman]

I don't know the precise answer to your question. I used to work for a gas services company but I don't recall ever having been asked that.
You need to contact an appropriately registered gas installer and ask them. For what it is worth my instinct says no.

[iloveglee]

I have been in touch with national grid who are the only people who can disconnect the meteR (sorry not spelling, typo), and re-lay a new pipe to where the new meter will go, I have a quote for this work already. The problem I am invisaging is how we are to get the pipework from the meter to the boiler, without having to route it all through the house, having to take up floors etc. Co-ordinating all of the work with the different people is complicated and the first thing is to accept a quote from national grid, then there is a wait of 9 weeks before the work can start. The first thing I need to know is where the meter will go, a different place will involve a change of quote from national grid. I can get someone else to do the 'internal' pipework and no doubt can get someone around to have a look, just thought that someone out there might have some ideas that can inform my decision so that I can get onto the national grid side of things asap.

[The Builder]

If your meter's downstairs, I can't see any problem with pipe runs anywhere you like, to get to the boiler. It's quite common now for boilers to be in the roof space, and the meter to still be on the ground floor. :o)

[chas2008]

yes, i have had this done, from the meter through a bedroom cupboard across the loft and down to an airing cupboard where the tank has been removed and a condensing boiler put in, superb job... i believe it has to be 22mm pipe though..
Like you i was worried about lifting floorboards etc, i was lucky and found a good heating engineer who new what he was doing..

[iloveglee]

does it matter how many bends there are in the pipe, and is there any kind of maximum length of the pipe from the meter to the boiler, the pipework we have in now is the correct size as the boiler is a combi and is relatively new

[scotman]

Gas services companies will only fit up to the meter and guarantee a minimum outlet pressure from the meter. In normal circumstances the length from meter to boiler should not be a problem.
Your own gas fitter should fit the appropriate pipe diameter for the distance.

[The Builder]

No problem with bends and length of pipe run. A 15mm supply would run a domestic combi, so the required 22mm will be fine with that.

[iloveglee]

All this is very useful information, I think on this basis the place I want to have the meter would work so I could probably get the quote from national grid accepted and get the process going. Just on further question, is it compulsory to have a gas meter outside, or can you have it inside the house, I seem to remember years gone by they were often inside the house

[boxtops]

I had a new boiler put in my bathroom, the plumbers were able to route up and under the floor, several bends, didn't seem to be a problem for them. I've got a bathroom in the attic and they just routed the pipes straight up - quite discreet.

[scotman]

Preference these days is for outside meters if possible. Makes reading easier.

[chas2008]

i live in a 4 bed quite large detached house the run from the meter to the boiler must be at least 15 metres if not more..

[iloveglee]

Thanks very much for the answers, very useful. I think I can safely order the new service pipe laying as I have a pretty good idea now where I can locate the meter.