Okay this is going to sound ridiculous, at least to me it did. We advised for our meterbox not to be painted as we were happy with the creamy/bone colour the metal is. Anyways, they painted it (shock horror no one listened haha) and I mentioned it to our SS. He advised (after speaking to his manager) that all meterboxes MUST be painted!!
Is that a ridiculous excuse for not wanting to strip the paint or what??
In the end we don't really care because the colour it's been painted is ok now we've seen it. But just thought I'd share what I think is a crappy excuse. Has anyone ever heard of that?!? LOL