Hello,

I have a white plastic box on the side of my house, housing the gas
meter. It catches all the sun and I think this has made the plastic
brittle. When I tried to unlock it, the plastic snapped in my hand.
Who is responsible for the box: me or the gas company? If the latter,
will they charge to replace it?

TIA

On May 22, 10:25*am, Fred wrote:
Hello,

I have a white plastic box on the side of my house, housing the gas
meter. It catches all the sun and I think this has made the plastic
brittle. When I tried to unlock it, the plastic snapped in my hand.
Who is responsible for the box: me or the gas company? If the latter,
will they charge to replace it?


I think that you are responsible. When you have a meter moved, for
example, you have to provide a new box for them to put the meter
in.

If it is still in production you might be able to buy a new one and
just swap the door over.

Robert

RobertL wrote:
On May 22, 10:25 am, Fred wrote:
Hello,

I have a white plastic box on the side of my house, housing the gas
meter. It catches all the sun and I think this has made the plastic
brittle. When I tried to unlock it, the plastic snapped in my hand.
Who is responsible for the box: me or the gas company? If the latter,
will they charge to replace it?


I think that you are responsible. When you have a meter moved, for
example, you have to provide a new box for them to put the meter
in.

If it is still in production you might be able to buy a new one and
just swap the door over.

Robert


This came up a couple of weeks ago. See he -

http://www.meterboxes.co.uk/content/home.asp

On Fri, 22 May 2009 11:07:39 +0100, Dave Osborne
wrote:

This came up a couple of weeks ago. See he -

http://www.meterboxes.co.uk/content/home.asp

Just what I need thanks! The triangular bit in the lock that the key
attaches to snapped. If I can somehow open the lock - if I am lucky
and can turn the broken triangle with pliers - then I might just be
able to change the lock. Let's hope so. thanks again.

Fred wrote:

On Fri, 22 May 2009 11:07:39 +0100, Dave Osborne
wrote:

This came up a couple of weeks ago. See he -

http://www.meterboxes.co.uk/content/home.asp

Just what I need thanks! The triangular bit in the lock that the key
attaches to snapped. If I can somehow open the lock - if I am lucky
and can turn the broken triangle with pliers - then I might just be
able to change the lock. Let's hope so. thanks again.

There is no dead lock on mine. So try sliding a knife in and lift the
latch

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