Hi all,

We're thinking about having our gas meter moved from the lounge to the
outside wall of the house. There is a pavement right outside, and I'm
reluctant to go with a surface mounted box (plus they're *really*
ugly). As such I think we'll opt for a cavity box. However, the house
was built in 1850 ish and so has stone walls that are about 570mm
thick(slate slabs really). Is it ok to put a cavity box in a wall like
this (which I suspect doesn't really have any sort of cavity)?

Cheers for any help

Phil

wrote:

We're thinking about having our gas meter moved from the lounge to the
outside wall of the house. There is a pavement right outside, and I'm
reluctant to go with a surface mounted box (plus they're *really*
ugly). As such I think we'll opt for a cavity box. However, the house
was built in 1850 ish and so has stone walls that are about 570mm
thick(slate slabs really). Is it ok to put a cavity box in a wall like
this (which I suspect doesn't really have any sort of cavity)?

We had one put in the wall of our 1912 house, which is solid 9" brick.
Seemed to work OK!

David

Built in 1850 - not listed is it?

Mike

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We're thinking about having our gas meter moved from the lounge to the
outside wall of the house. There is a pavement right outside, and I'm
reluctant to go with a surface mounted box (plus they're *really*
ugly). As such I think we'll opt for a cavity box. However, the house
was built in 1850 ish and so has stone walls that are about 570mm
thick(slate slabs really). Is it ok to put a cavity box in a wall like
this (which I suspect doesn't really have any sort of cavity)?

I don't see why not. The wall will almost certainly be double skinned
and the centre could well be rubble filled but it doesn't have to be. I
built such a box into my kitchen wall but that was during the course of
a rebuild from ground to eaves so I just built round the box. In your
case you might have to secure any rubble infill above by putting in a
lintel above the box that extends into the wall far enough to contain
the rubble.

Incidentally my box at least extends out from the wall about 2.5". I
assume all such boxes do the same as about 8" is needed to contain the
gas meter and that is in excess of the width of a brick plus cavity in a
modern cavity wall.

--
Roger Chapman

Phil,

You can hire a superb power-tool for that job, from the likes of Travis
Perkins' Hire Shop. Essentially, it has a curved reciprocating blade
shaped like the end of a hockey stick with teeth, which will make short
work - and a clean cut - of your task. It is designed explicitly for
that, and chasing cables into walls.

BilBo

wrote:
Hi all,

We're thinking about having our gas meter moved from the lounge to the
outside wall of the house. There is a pavement right outside, and I'm
reluctant to go with a surface mounted box (plus they're *really*
ugly). As such I think we'll opt for a cavity box. However, the house
was built in 1850 ish and so has stone walls that are about 570mm
thick(slate slabs really). Is it ok to put a cavity box in a wall like
this (which I suspect doesn't really have any sort of cavity)?

Cheers for any help

Phil

bilbo*baggins wrote:

Phil,

You can hire a superb power-tool for that job, from the likes of Travis
Perkins' Hire Shop. Essentially, it has a curved reciprocating blade
shaped like the end of a hockey stick with teeth, which will make short
work - and a clean cut - of your task. It is designed explicitly for
that, and chasing cables into walls.

BilBo


No, the house isn't listed (thank god).

I was thinking about just hiring a disc cutter or a 12 inch grinder to
do the job. I'll have a look for the tool you mention Bilbo.

Thanks everyone, as helpful as always.

Phil