DJ_Bucho
Established Member
I know that similar questions have been asked before, and I think I read all of them before asking this question, just so I wasn't re-inventing the wheel.
In my house I'm completely refurbishing the kitchen. One of the things that has really bugged me from day one is the awful meter box, which is far too big and really badly made. What I'd like to do is create a much neater installation so that the box is inside a kitchen wall cupboard, so that it's accessed via the cupboard door. That way it won't look out of place and will appear invisible to all that don't know it's there.
The slight problem I have is it's mounted on a large and disgustingly old board that is in turn fixed to the wall, which has old flaky lime plaster on it. I want to remove all the plaster, clean up the wall and fuse box, make a new panel for the back and then have the meter and fuse box remounted on it. The box will fit no problem, as it can stay in the same place, but I'd like the meter mounted on the left of the fuse box, rather than the right as it is now, because it would foul the edge of the cupboard where it is.
I've read about costs in the region of £500 every time somebody wants a box moved, but almost all of the posts I saw required additional cabling or trenches etc. All I need is it taken off the wall so I can clean up the back, and then put back slightly differently.
Does anyone on the forum know what this is actually likely to cost, because it does seem rather excessive to have to pay £500 to NEDL to simply allow me to clean up the manky board it's on and provide a nice new housing that befits my new kitchen.
I've attached a photo taken when I first uncovered it.
Any advice on this matter would be very much appreciated.
In my house I'm completely refurbishing the kitchen. One of the things that has really bugged me from day one is the awful meter box, which is far too big and really badly made. What I'd like to do is create a much neater installation so that the box is inside a kitchen wall cupboard, so that it's accessed via the cupboard door. That way it won't look out of place and will appear invisible to all that don't know it's there.
The slight problem I have is it's mounted on a large and disgustingly old board that is in turn fixed to the wall, which has old flaky lime plaster on it. I want to remove all the plaster, clean up the wall and fuse box, make a new panel for the back and then have the meter and fuse box remounted on it. The box will fit no problem, as it can stay in the same place, but I'd like the meter mounted on the left of the fuse box, rather than the right as it is now, because it would foul the edge of the cupboard where it is.
I've read about costs in the region of £500 every time somebody wants a box moved, but almost all of the posts I saw required additional cabling or trenches etc. All I need is it taken off the wall so I can clean up the back, and then put back slightly differently.
Does anyone on the forum know what this is actually likely to cost, because it does seem rather excessive to have to pay £500 to NEDL to simply allow me to clean up the manky board it's on and provide a nice new housing that befits my new kitchen.
I've attached a photo taken when I first uncovered it.
Any advice on this matter would be very much appreciated.