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By Emily Rivers
Last updated 5th May 2023

Earth Bonding Gas Meter Cost Guide

Since 2008, earth bonding has been a legal requirement for homes where there is an electrical unit in rooms containing a bath or shower. It's essential in ensuring that your gas and water pipes and electrics are safe. Earth bonding your gas meter costs an average of £470, but we'll go into the specifics in our guide.

What is earth bonding?

Earth bonding is when an electrician uses thick green and yellow copper cable to connect your gas meter or consumer unit to incoming supplies, usually your gas pipe. The electrician will clamp the metal pipes within 2 feet of where they enter the building.

This process ensures that your boiler and radiators are earthed properly and reduces the risk of faulty metal pipework becoming live.

Cost to earth bond a gas meter

How much does earth bonding my gas meter cost?

On average, earth bonding your gas meter will cost £470. However, it will depend on a few factors, like how easy your pipes and electrics are to access, and where you are in the country. HaMuch has a large database of hourly and daily rates for electricians across the UK, so take a look at those costs to get an idea of how much labour may set you back.

How do I know if I already have earth bonding?

To see if your gas meter is already earth bonded, go and take a look at its pipework. If you already have earth bonding, you'll see a green and yellow cable attached to it.

Who is responsible for earth bonding a gas meter?

Homeowners are responsible for earth bonding their gas meter rather than their energy company or the gas board. An electrician will carry out this work, but depending on what pipes need to be earth bonded, you may require a plumber too.

Is earth bonding required even with an RCD?

Yes, earth bonding is still required even with an RCD (residual current device). An RCD shuts off the electricity if an electrical appliance develops a fault, reducing the risk of shocks from the appliance, but earth bonding protects metal pipework from becoming live, so they do two different things to keep you and your family safe.

Can I earth bond my gas meter myself?

Under no circumstances should you try to carry out earth bonding to your gas meter yourself. Electricity and water do not mix and there could be fatal consequences if you try to carry out this work when you don't know what you're doing.

Plus, it's against the law to tamper with your gas meter, so it's vital that you ask an electrician to carry out this work for you, and they may need the assistance of a Gas Safe registered engineer.


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Earth bonding gas meter cost in the UK
Earth bonding gas meter cost in the UK (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UKEarth bonding gas meter cost
Earth bonding gas meter near Aberdeen£510
Earth bonding gas meter near Amber Valley£430
Earth bonding gas meter near Angus£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Arun£454
Earth bonding gas meter near Ashfield£434
Earth bonding gas meter near Aylesbury Vale£508
Earth bonding gas meter near Barnsley£462
Earth bonding gas meter near Basildon£524
Earth bonding gas meter near Basingstoke & Deane£522
Earth bonding gas meter near Bassetlaw£480
Earth bonding gas meter near Bath & North East Somerset£498
Earth bonding gas meter near Bedford£516
Earth bonding gas meter near Belfast£358
Earth bonding gas meter near Birmingham£452
Earth bonding gas meter near Blackburn£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Blackpool£472
Earth bonding gas meter near Bolton£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Bournemouth£476
Earth bonding gas meter near Bracknell Forest£548
Earth bonding gas meter near Bradford£456
Earth bonding gas meter near Braintree£492
Earth bonding gas meter near Breckland£496
Earth bonding gas meter near Bridgend£432
Earth bonding gas meter near Brighton£468
Earth bonding gas meter near Bristol£486
Earth bonding gas meter near Broadland£514
Earth bonding gas meter near Broxtowe£436
Earth bonding gas meter near Bury£448
Earth bonding gas meter near Caerphilly£420
Earth bonding gas meter near Calderdale£444
Earth bonding gas meter near Cambridge£500
Earth bonding gas meter near Canterbury£458
Earth bonding gas meter near Cardiff£426
Earth bonding gas meter near Carmarthenshire£426
Earth bonding gas meter near Charnwood£452
Earth bonding gas meter near Chelmsford£520
Earth bonding gas meter near Cheltenham£492
Earth bonding gas meter near Cherwell£494
Earth bonding gas meter near Chester£434
Earth bonding gas meter near Colchester£478
Earth bonding gas meter near Conway£604
Earth bonding gas meter near Coventry£466
Earth bonding gas meter near Crewe & Nantwich£428
Earth bonding gas meter near Dacorum£526
Earth bonding gas meter near Derby£428
Earth bonding gas meter near Doncaster£466
Earth bonding gas meter near Dover£440
Earth bonding gas meter near Dudley£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Dumfries & Galloway£464
Earth bonding gas meter near Dundee£502
Earth bonding gas meter near East Ayrshire£468
Earth bonding gas meter near East Devon£446
Earth bonding gas meter near East Dunbartonshire£540
Earth bonding gas meter near East Hampshire£504
Earth bonding gas meter near East Hertfordshire£522
Earth bonding gas meter near East Lindsey£380
Earth bonding gas meter near East Riding£430
Earth bonding gas meter near Eastleigh£516
Earth bonding gas meter near Edinburgh£486
Earth bonding gas meter near Elmbridge£552
Earth bonding gas meter near Epping Forest£542
Earth bonding gas meter near Erewash£434
Earth bonding gas meter near Exeter£442
Earth bonding gas meter near Falkirk£514
Earth bonding gas meter near Fife£456
Earth bonding gas meter near Flintshire£432
Earth bonding gas meter near Gateshead£464
Earth bonding gas meter near Gedling£436
Earth bonding gas meter near Glasgow£534
Earth bonding gas meter near Gloucester£474
Earth bonding gas meter near Guildford£546
Earth bonding gas meter near Gwynedd£490
Earth bonding gas meter near Halton£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Harrogate£450
Earth bonding gas meter near Havant & Waterloo£506
Earth bonding gas meter near Horsham£510
Earth bonding gas meter near Huntingdonshire£500
Earth bonding gas meter near Ipswich£468
Earth bonding gas meter near Isle of Wight£502
Earth bonding gas meter near Kings Lynn & West Norfolk£476
Earth bonding gas meter near Kingston-upon-Hull£428
Earth bonding gas meter near Kirklees£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Knowsley£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Lancaster£456
Earth bonding gas meter near Leeds£464
Earth bonding gas meter near Leicester£472
Earth bonding gas meter near Lisburn£358
Earth bonding gas meter near Liverpool£446
Earth bonding gas meter near London£544
Earth bonding gas meter near Luton£520
Earth bonding gas meter near Macclesfield£448
Earth bonding gas meter near Maidstone£512
Earth bonding gas meter near Manchester£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Mid Bedfordshire£512
Earth bonding gas meter near Mid Sussex£498
Earth bonding gas meter near Middlesbrough£464
Earth bonding gas meter near Milton Keynes£504
Earth bonding gas meter near Neath Port Talbot£438
Earth bonding gas meter near New Forest£496
Earth bonding gas meter near Newbury£520
Earth bonding gas meter near Newcastle-under-Lyme£412
Earth bonding gas meter near Newcastle-upon-Tyne£462
Earth bonding gas meter near Newport£428
Earth bonding gas meter near North Ayrshire£504
Earth bonding gas meter near North East Lincolnshire£428
Earth bonding gas meter near North Hertfordshire£518
Earth bonding gas meter near North Lanarkshire£540
Earth bonding gas meter near North Lincolnshire£464
Earth bonding gas meter near North Somerset£482
Earth bonding gas meter near North Tyneside£462
Earth bonding gas meter near North Wiltshire£522
Earth bonding gas meter near Northampton£510
Earth bonding gas meter near Norwich£518
Earth bonding gas meter near Nottingham£434
Earth bonding gas meter near Nuneaton & Bedworth£470
Earth bonding gas meter near Oldham£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Oxford£510
Earth bonding gas meter near Pembrokeshire£394
Earth bonding gas meter near Perth & Kinross£488
Earth bonding gas meter near Peterborough£494
Earth bonding gas meter near Plymouth£456
Earth bonding gas meter near Poole£478
Earth bonding gas meter near Portsmouth£506
Earth bonding gas meter near Powys£436
Earth bonding gas meter near Preston£460
Earth bonding gas meter near Reading£528
Earth bonding gas meter near Redcar & Cleveland£478
Earth bonding gas meter near Reigate & Banstead£550
Earth bonding gas meter near Renfrewshire£540
Earth bonding gas meter near Rhondda, Cynon, Taff£432
Earth bonding gas meter near Rochdale£452
Earth bonding gas meter near Rotherham£444
Earth bonding gas meter near Salford£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Salisbury£468
Earth bonding gas meter near Sandwell£450
Earth bonding gas meter near Scarborough£450
Earth bonding gas meter near Sefton£452
Earth bonding gas meter near Sevenoaks£524
Earth bonding gas meter near Sheffield£440
Earth bonding gas meter near Slough£542
Earth bonding gas meter near Solihull£456
Earth bonding gas meter near South Ayrshire£496
Earth bonding gas meter near South Bedfordshire£516
Earth bonding gas meter near South Cambridgeshire£504
Earth bonding gas meter near South Gloucestershire£494
Earth bonding gas meter near South Kesteven£462
Earth bonding gas meter near South Lanarkshire£504
Earth bonding gas meter near South Oxfordshire£512
Earth bonding gas meter near South Somerset£450
Earth bonding gas meter near South Tyneside£460
Earth bonding gas meter near Southampton£514
Earth bonding gas meter near Southend-on-Sea£508
Earth bonding gas meter near St Albans£528
Earth bonding gas meter near St Helens£440
Earth bonding gas meter near Stafford£444
Earth bonding gas meter near Stockport£446
Earth bonding gas meter near Stockton-on-Tees£462
Earth bonding gas meter near Stoke-on-Trent£414
Earth bonding gas meter near Stratford-on-Avon£468
Earth bonding gas meter near Stroud£472
Earth bonding gas meter near Suffolk Coastal£474
Earth bonding gas meter near Sunderland£462
Earth bonding gas meter near Swale£492
Earth bonding gas meter near Swansea£436
Earth bonding gas meter near Tameside£448
Earth bonding gas meter near Teignbridge£430
Earth bonding gas meter near Tendring£466
Earth bonding gas meter near Test Valley£492
Earth bonding gas meter near Thamesdown£520
Earth bonding gas meter near Thanet£446
Earth bonding gas meter near The Wrekin£414
Earth bonding gas meter near Thurrock£524
Earth bonding gas meter near Torbay£440
Earth bonding gas meter near Trafford£450
Earth bonding gas meter near Vale of Glamorgan£430
Earth bonding gas meter near Vale of White Horse£498
Earth bonding gas meter near Vale Royal£440
Earth bonding gas meter near Wakefield£458
Earth bonding gas meter near Walsall£448
Earth bonding gas meter near Warrington£444
Earth bonding gas meter near Warwick£472
Earth bonding gas meter near Waveney£510
Earth bonding gas meter near Waverley£542
Earth bonding gas meter near Wealden£502
Earth bonding gas meter near West Lancashire£448
Earth bonding gas meter near West Lothian£496
Earth bonding gas meter near West Wiltshire£522
Earth bonding gas meter near Wigan£434
Earth bonding gas meter near Windsor & Maidenhead£544
Earth bonding gas meter near Wirral£456
Earth bonding gas meter near Wokingham£542
Earth bonding gas meter near Wolverhampton£448
Earth bonding gas meter near Wrexham Maelor£424
Earth bonding gas meter near Wychavon£466
Earth bonding gas meter near Wycombe£528
Earth bonding gas meter near York£456