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Morning everyone,
Sorry its a long post.

I'm hoping to get some advice about moving a gas meter and supply pipe for an extension I'm planning.
Let me first say i have no intention of carrying out any gas works myself although I can do the donkey work lifting floorboards etc.

We need to move our gas meter and supply pipe from its current position in a small airing cupboard in the middle of the house as it is being knocked through.

If the stopcock and meter could be moved onto the reverse side of the internal wall to where it currently is that would be perfect.
I believe I can get the meter moved within a 1 metre radius but that the rising supply pipe and stop cock must remain where it is, so this option wont work for me.
Hopefully someone can tell me I'm wrong on this front?

So my backup plan is as follows:
In the front garden I have a medium pressure regulator which we moved a few years ago to widen the driveway, so my idea was to get the meter mounted on the front of the house in a direct line to the regulator, have a new pipe layed from the regulator to enter the bottom of a new meter box. I was hoping to then have the new supply pipe run out the bottom of the new box and through the external wall, into the ventilated void below the suspended floor to the boiler and new kitchen which is approx 11 linear metres (4 x 90° bends)

Can anyone advise whether this is an acceptable solution under current regulations.

Is copper the only only way to go or should I be asking about alternatives? From my google searches i believe 28mm pipe would be best used.

I wanted to get the internal pipes in place before asking Cadent to move the meter and supply pipe outside so we can ensure we're not left without heating and hot water and I want to be clear whilst getting quotes.

Thanks for you help.
Tony
 
yes you can do that no problem and yes the outlet should be copper(only soldered joints below the floor) or Tracpipe or similar (more expensive to buy but you could lay it yourself as no joints and just get your Gas safe engineer to make the joints at both ends
 
ianmcd said:
yes you can do that no problem and yes the outlet should be copper(only soldered joints below the floor) or Tracpipe or similar (more expensive to buy but you could lay it yourself as no joints and just get your Gas safe engineer to make the joints at both ends
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thank you Ian
 
Not much help, admittedly but I can say that my first ever experience of Tracpipe was very positive.

I ran 28mm copper up the front of my house (fixed behind the rainwater downpipe and painted black after the connections were made (the connections weren't painted) ... it went through the soffit and straight into the loft and was then connected to 28mm Tracpipe. I ran some long lengths of 4" x 1" in the loft and clipped it to the timbers using basic plastic waste pipe clips, which fitted just perfectly, across the loft and dropped it down into a cupboard from where it can be extended in copper in the future when I've settled on which system to go for.

The Tracpipe cost £206 for 10 metres of 28mm, plus some extra costs for the fittings etc (they're definitely not that cheap).

(It goes without saying that a Gas Safe fella made the connections) .... but, most regrettably, I have to report that that wasn't entirely satisfactory .... I took a scouring pad and washing up liquid to his pipework next to the meter in order to clean the flux off and brighten it up ... and spotted a bubble forming as the pipe left the meter box. The compression nut was finger tight! Bit disappointed about that.

Anyway, apologies to interrupt the flow but just to say I was impressed with the Tracpipe.
 
you can buy Tracpipe in 5M or 10M packs as said quite expensive but good stuff, the packs are about £80 and £130 respectively,but with no joints under the floor it is fit and forget, there are other brands that are similar but I have never used them,so cant really compare them
 
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