On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:06:32 +0000 (UTC), "John"
wrote:


The mains gas riser to the house used to supply the whole house as one
when
it was installed, so a tapping from the same riser, malleable iron, pipe
will easily supply two individual meters in the same house.

This is not neccessarily true.

Thanks for the unput, So you are saying it's not *necessarily* true,
but just possibly true, yes?

As you are now talking about seperate
households each will be given a supply capable ("properly" not under
overload conditions) of delivering 6m^3 per hour with only the permissible
pressure drop i.e. not below incoming supply permissible limits. A pipe
which used to give 6m^3 may not be able to give 12m^3 under these
constraints.
You should ask for a quote to have a supply of gas installed and go from
there.
Transco operate to engineering standards which are not negotiable.

Wish I knew the best way to maximise my chances of avoiding having to
pay for an entirely new 2nd gas supply... I bet tsomeone out there who
knows the answer.

J