Fitting an overbox

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Fitting Plastic Overboxes and Metal Overboxes: our meter box installation guide

This meter box installation guide can be used with our full range of Plastic Overboxes or Metal Overboxes and inside or external meter boxes here at RepairMyMeterBox. Whether you’re well equipped for DIY jobs or a beginner in the field, our meter box installation guide makes the process of fitting the overbox for your gas or electric meter as easy as possible. We’ve also included a video demonstration for fitting the overbox on the left of this page. Happy meter fitting!

What Is An Overbox or Meter Box Cover?

An overbox is there to provide your meter box with protection from damage and weathering. The overbox sits over your existing gas or electric meter box and comes in either plastic or metal. Whether your have an internal or external meter box, overboxes provide the perfect solution to cover either new or damaged electricity meter boxes.

Fitting A Meter Overbox Steps

Before you start your gas meter fitting or electricity meter box installation, depending on space that is available, it may be necessary to remove the old meter box frame. This should be done without touching the inside meter or inside meter box but merely to remove the outside frame so the box is flush to the brickwork.

Recommended Tools

To carry out your overbox installation fully, we advise using the following tools:
Pencil for marking
Drill & Drill bit
Spirit level
Silicone (suitable for external meter box use)
Screwdriver

Ensure that the old meter door is removed from the damaged box, and then place the overbox over the current damaged meter box.
Using the guide holes available, line up and mark the fixing points for the meter overbox on the brickwork.
Remove the meter overbox and drill, rawplug the holes to allow fixing of the overbox frame. Remember that depending on the overbox that you have chosen, you will have a different amount of fixing points. See our range of meter box overboxes below.
Next, refit the overbox frame, realign to the drill hole points and screw into place.
Fit the overbox door if this is needed.
If required, for extra protection silicone can be applied around the frame of the meter overbox.

Please Note: If you have any pipes or cables that run up the brickwork into the existing meter box then you would need to cut out the overbox frame to allow it to go over.

Our Range Of Plastic and Metal Overboxes

Metal Overboxes
Water Meter Metal Overbox
Metal Overbox for Electric Meter Box

Plastic Overboxes
Plastic Overbox For Damaged Gas Or Electricity Meter Boxes

What do our customers say?

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- Mr Papworth from Lymington

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Arrived earlier than expected well packed and as described - contacted seller to request black fitments instead of white with black casing and supplied no problem - I’m well pleased.

- ANNE WILLIAMSON

Items arrived early. The lock components from my meter box were missing and the door was swinging in the wind. 30 seconds later the new lock was fitted and the door was shut. Excellent result

- Anthony Cave

Great Meter Box Cover

My old door was cracked, hinge was broken and it fell off on windy days! The cover I purchased was the perfect size with a cm spare around the old frame. It is well engineered (door swapped to open other way in less than a minute) and well made. My rendered wall was way off flat but the cover was easy to contour (I used a multi tool). The job was finished with a bead of silicone

- Mr Winn

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- Mr Miller

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Exactly what I needed. I needed to cut out a portion of the lower edge due to cabling entering the box. There was a template already there to cut out. Nice tidy and watertight after a bit of silicone sealant round the sides. Result. Happy customer

- Dr Paul Attwood - Market Harborough

1st Class

This is a 1st Class Product. Came next day, well packed and easy to fit. Cannot recommend highly enough. *****

- Graeme Smith - Gloucestershire

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Product perfect and as described. Delivery was super-fast. Order was placed yesterday and delivery was estimated for Saturday 4th May. However Royal Mail delivered it today, Thursday 25th April

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Had slight issue with this order but contacted seller and had very prompt reply same day, issue was sorted following day, excellent customer service and greatly appreciated, would definitely use again, and many thanks

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What a fantastic company. Fast delivery. Meter boxes now look like new again. Thanks so much

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I've been searching for a small permali box door to replace a broken one. Medium and larger are available but the hinges gap on all the other small ones I've tried have been wrongly spaced. This cover is perfect, slim, easy to fit and looks a lot better anyway. problem solved. THANK YOU!

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Many thanks in your assistance, in solving our utility box problems. Quantity 2 of subject were ordered, received and fitted to our property in Rotherham. As you can see from attached, the outcome is fantastic.

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Many Thanks for your help with meter box cover. Fits perfectly It’s great to get that done.

- Gill Ayres

Thanks for the fulfilling the above order, can’t fault anything

Hello, Just wanted to drop you some feedback re the above order. The delivery was as you said as was the product. Being honest I was a bit sceptical about it taking 30 mins to fit from looking at the video, but it did and was really easy to fit. It quickly and easily turned a battered meter cabinet into one that looked brand new, and does exactly what I wanted it to do at a very competitive price. Have recommended your company and the cabinet to a couple of people already, who looked on in interest whilst I was fitting it. Cheers.

- Iain Jowett