Hi,

I'm in the process of renovating my kitchen, and as part of doing this
I have knocked down an airing cupboard in preparation for the hot
water cylinder to be removed shortly.

Also in the the cupboard is the gas meter, which I seem to have
dislodged as part of dismantling the cupboard.

Essentially the supply from the mains to the meter is via a flexible
metal connection, and the output of the meter is to my copper pipework
which supplies the boiler and cooker.

The soldered "out" connection of meter has come away. This appears to
have been the only thing holding it to the wall.

Obviously the first thing I did was to turn off the gas supply to the
meter.

My question is, should the gas meter not have been attached to the
wall by some kind of bracket?
Is this not part of the regulations?
I'm amazed that when the meter was replaced last year, a bracket was
not installed.

Also, does responsibility for this lie with me, or the gas provider?

The boiler is getting replaced tomorrow anyway, so I'll ask the
plumber to sort this pipework then.

See some photo's here http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.howard99/meter/

Thanks,