Gas meter nightmare...

[thereisawizza]

Evening all!

Called to do a service yesterday, new customer to me. Went to meter to carry out gas rate, found front half of semi-recessed box but back missing, meter in cavity. Also gas outlet pipe from meter run down in cavity before entering screed.

Here's the plan:

Remove meter, anaconda & governor (as a wonner) and remnants of box. Brick up and fit surface box, run new external pipe to boiler.

Do I need MET1? This job needs to be "whiter than white" as I created merry hell logging this AR fault with SGN yesterday as they were contracted by Scottish Power to do a meter exchange 3 months ago, which they did, giving it a clean bill of health. The customer has raised a complaint with GSR about Scottish Power as he no longer has any gas.

 

[Masood]

Yes you do. You are moving (or uninstalling and reinstalling) a meter, so you need the ticket.

 

[Masood]

This may help - your proposed solution is Category C work.

http://www.igem.org.uk/media/163718...ter relocation _final record _5_ for gsr_.pdf

 

[AlexGas]

The OP can get it done for nothing and you need to get paid.

 

[thereisawizza]

The OP can get it done for nothing and you need to get paid.

Sorry, I'm being thick, don't understand that one 🙂

 

[Masood]

The OP can get it done for nothing and you need to get paid.

TBH I was wondering why he's not getting them back out.. I suppose they won't treat it as an emergency, would they?

 

[Masood]

Sorry, I'm being thick, don't understand that one 🙂

Make SGN come back and put it right??

 

[thereisawizza]

As far as SGN are concerned they would see it as a chargeable job as they didn't fit the meter originally, very kindly estimated to my customer £400-800. I've pushed the point that they were the last ones to work on it which makes them responsible; the customer is stuck in the middle and thinking about going to the press!

 

[Masood]

As far as SGN are concerned they would see it as a chargeable job as they didn't fit the meter originally, very kindly estimated to my customer £400-800. I've pushed the point that they were the last ones to work on it which makes them responsible; the customer is stuck in the middle and thinking about going to the press!

Fair enough. Do you know anyone with MET1?

 

[AlexGas]

As far as SGN are concerned they would see it as a chargeable job as they didn't fit the meter originally, very kindly estimated to my customer £400-800. I've pushed the point that they were the last ones to work on it which makes them responsible; the customer is stuck in the middle and thinking about going to the press!

The OP is responsible for the downstream only.