Mixed use development - Gas meters

This is a picture of a u16 gas meter external housing, they cost about £300 including carriage. They are only available online. Its industrial size but that is required for a u16 gas meter.

And the U16 meter itself

The u16 is the biggest gas meter available. They are quite rare and you generally wont see one. I made the decision to move it outside as in my opinion its not good to have a gas meter inside. The two reasons being

1. Very small chance of build up of gas

2. The people who read the gas meter - its not nice to have people you don't know command their way into your home so that they can read the gas meter.

These are the decisions that experienced building professionals with extensive knowledge of large period properties will know to consider.

The gas meter was moved outside by a corgi registered plumber. The main costs will be for the industrial gas meter housing which comes to about £300 for the housing alone. I decided to get this housing because even though very pricey it would have cost even more to make something up. Gas meter housings are not this expensive usually - they normally cost for normal size meters about 30 pounds from any builders merchants , a bit more for the recessed ones - they prices is due to the industrial size gas meter on site.