One gas meter feeding two propertys?

[sammathias]

Just a quick one, i have a landlord who wants to install heating in his second property but wants to use next doors gas meter, (which he owns) to run the gas supply from? Is this legal?? Thanks

 

[ShaunCorbs]

No because the first will be paying for the second and the gas main won't be upto the job but if your gas safe you will already know this

 

[sammathias]

Thanks for the quick reply, sorry, i should have made it clearer. Basically its one property converted into two. a previous plumber has left the gas main where it is and ran 22mm from the ecv into the next property, and fitted a meter with aditional ecv. im sure an inch steel main will be able to cope with the demand of two combination boilers, so could i tee off the 22mm before the additional ecv and run it into the next property?? obviously the 2 propertys with have seperate gas meters.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Thanks for the quick reply, sorry, i should have made it clearer. Basically its one property converted into two. a previous plumber has left the gas main where it is and ran 22mm from the ecv into the next property, and fitted a meter with aditional ecv. im sure an inch steel main will be able to cope with the demand of two combination boilers, so could i tee off the 22mm before the additional ecv and run it into the next property?? obviously the 2 propertys with have seperate gas meters.

i see what hes done

so where the original meter was, hes taken the meter out and extended the pipe work into the next property and fitted a meter right??????

and now he wants to t off the line going from the original location to the new meter ????

 

[Geyser]

Thanks for the quick reply, sorry, i should have made it clearer. Basically its one property converted into two. a previous plumber has left the gas main where it is and ran 22mm from the ecv into the next property, and fitted a meter with aditional ecv. im sure an inch steel main will be able to cope with the demand of two combination boilers, so could i tee off the 22mm before the additional ecv and run it into the next property?? obviously the 2 propertys with have seperate gas meters.

NO!!! And I hope previous plumber has lots of insurance

 

[Dotty]

Are you saying one or both properties is on a sub meter?

 

[Unregistered]

Basically he wants each small flat to have a meter and ecv but off the original single gas main. I thought it was abit iffy. Suppose he will just have to fork out for the gas board to run a seperate line. Thanks tho

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Are you saying one or both properties is on a sub meter?

or hes taken the gov off and just gone straight off the main ecv

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Basically he wants each small flat to have a meter and ecv but off the original single gas main. I thought it was abit iffy. Suppose he will just have to fork out for the gas board to run a seperate line. Thanks tho

one main meter per property

 

[Dotty]

If he was talking sub meters off the main meter I can dig that.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

If he was talking sub meters off the main meter I can dig that.

im sure you need the meter q tho and dont you need to inform the gas supplier

 

[Reg Man]

So you can have one primary meter and then two secondary meters for each dwelling. You can't just add another primary meter off of the gas service with out the transporter doing it for you.

The problem you will have with one primary and two secondary meters; is that it is unlikely that the primary meter will be able to cope with the demand of two dwellings depending on what appliances you have.

 

[LaMont5way]

Sounds like the landlord thinks he's transco! And properties nowadays are supplied by the smallest service pipe possible.

 

[Millsy 82]

Size up the existing boiler, size up the new boiler in another flat if the existing primary meter is up to the job then not a problem.

Also make sure that the pipework is up to the job as well.

 

[Dotty]

im sure you need the meter q tho and dont you need to inform the gas supplier

Don't dispute that, I was going to add that caveat but SWMBO decided that we had to go shopping there and then.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Don't dispute that, I was going to add that caveat but SWMBO decided that we had to go shopping there and then.

not clothes i feel sorry for you if it was

 

[Dotty]

not clothes i feel sorry for you if it was

No, not clothes. Thankfully.

 

[kirkgas]

This can be done, but there are a couple of issues with it
First problem is that there will be one gas bill which the original customer needs to pay then Reclaim the difference measured from the second meter which needs to be fitted in the flat.
As discussed the full load needs to be calculated to ensure the original meter will feed both,
The problems arise when work needs done in one of the flats which requires the gas to be turned off, when finished access is required to both properties to purge and relight, not always easy to arrange
Best option is for owner to get second supply and meter fitted for new tenant, clears up any issue of access to both flats, also clears any hassle with bills,