| When building a new house to live in yourself, or | | | | your house. |
| for sale or long term rent, you obviously need | | | | The next step in the connection process is to |
| water and electricity supplied to your property. | | | | complete and return a connection contract to |
| You may also decide to use gas for heating and | | | | Bord Gais Networks. Bord Gais Networks will |
| cooking in your house, in which case you have | | | | require that you pay the connection charge |
| two options, either a connection to a natural gas | | | | before they will proceed with the connection to |
| supply or to a gas storage tank in your back | | | | your property. After you pay them, they will |
| garden. | | | | provide you with a installation date and time for |
| The natural gas pipeline network is not yet as | | | | the connection to your house. |
| widespread as water and electricity supplies, and | | | | As with ESB Networks and electricity connections, |
| to get a network connection to your new house | | | | Bord Gais Networks are concerned with the |
| you must take the following steps: | | | | establishment of a safe and reliable connection to |
| Contact Bord Gáis Networks, who will advise you | | | | your house and you will need to arrange a |
| if a natural gas pipeline is near enough to your | | | | separate contract for the actual supply of gas to |
| new house to enable them to connect you to the | | | | your house. |
| gas network. Obviously if you are building your | | | | Bord Gais have a list of registered gas suppliers |
| new house near existing houses, its very easy to | | | | approved by them and these suppliers will install |
| find out what system they are using and check | | | | the gas meter in your house. You will need a |
| for yourself if piped gas is available. | | | | Certificate of Conformance from your registered |
| Depending on the location of your new build | | | | gas installer, which demonstrates that your natural |
| house, Bord Gais Networks may either provided a | | | | gas boiler and hot water heating system comply |
| standard connection quotation or they may | | | | with Bord Gais Network standards of safety and |
| require a site inspection before issuing you with an | | | | reliability. |
| individual quotation. | | | | Although it is possible for you to employ a non |
| Currently the charge for a natural gas connection | | | | registered installer, Bord Gais Networks will charge |
| is 256 euros up to 15 metres. Thereafter for | | | | you an additional fee to carry out safety checks |
| every extra meter of pipeline trenching dug by | | | | on your domestic hot water heating system. |
| Bord Gáis Networks the charge is 53 euros, | | | | This article is only intended as a basic general |
| although this drops to 11 euros per meter if you | | | | summary and you should always seek |
| arrange to have the necessary pipeline dug | | | | professional advice where necessary. |
| before Bord Gais Networks arrive to connect | | | | |