Ritherdon Online Shop Product Blog — Meter Box Repair

External electricity & gas meters on domestic properties are usually installed in glass reinforced plastic (GRP) enclosures. However, these meter boxes are susceptible to damage from vandalism, the wind catching loose doors and general wear and tear. These units are a quick and robust method for meter box repair. Designed to cover all the accessible GRP with powder-coated steel, without having the cost of disconnecting the meter. Ritherdon Door and Frame units provide a cost-effective solution to this problem.

At Ritherdon we only manufacture our Meter Boxes & Meter Box Repair Units from steel and stainless steel. We feel using these materials give us a stronger, more reliable product standing up better to accidental or malicious damage as well as fairing better out in the elements. This is more prevalent when repairing already damaged GRP meter boxes as these have already been damaged or become brittle over time and lost their integrity, to be replaced with a stronger, longer lasting product without the need of constant maintenance.   GRP meter boxes come in all shapes and sizes and as a...

• Meter box repair units and most stock items are shipped within 48 hours.
• Pillars and cabinets are shipped in 3-5 working days. 
• Larger enclosures and speciality products have a 3-4 week lead time. 

We always aim to deliver as soon as possible and we send the item as soon as it is ready to leave our factory.

We send an order notification and a second sales order acknowledgement with a required date. This is the best indication of when you will receive the item. 

If an item is urgent, please give us a call, we'll be happy to help.

In the event of a fire in a multi-occupancy building such as a block of flats it is essential that the fire is contained at source while it is extinguished and/or the building is evacuated. The Code of Practice for Fire Safety in Buildings (BS 9999: 2008) recommends that critical walls in a building should provide a minimum level of fire resistance. The Ritherdon range of passive fire protection products has grown from the need to provide fire-rated covers for new kinds of breach being discovered in fire risk assessments.  In many buildings walls and floors have been breached for example by in-set electricity meter boxes, dry...

A common issue being picked up in fire risk assessments is when gas meters have been installed along fire escape routes in multi-occupancy residential buildings. Standard gas meter boxes do not provide adequate fire resistance and it is recommended that these meters should be covered with a fire-resistant box. So Ritherdon designed and added the new R22 FireSeal to our passive fire protection range.  R22 FireSeal is a modification of our standard R22 meter box repair unit. and, like the standard R22 unit, it is designed to be retrofitted and replace the old plastic box; in this case with a fire-resistant box for the gas meter. It has intumescent seals right around the door and between the back of the unit...