Hello everyone,
I need your expert advice.
I wanted to install an outdoor water meter for the garden and assumed—since I’ve had one before—that it would be fairly simple to use a screw-on meter at the external tap. However, after checking with the local utility company here, they do not allow such meters, even with a seal. The meter must instead be permanently integrated into the household plumbing system.
So far, so good.
What practical options are there if the indoor piping doesn’t accommodate this? The outdoor tap is located on the ground floor and there’s no separate supply line in the basement where a meter could be installed; otherwise, all other water consumption on the ground floor would also be included. The outdoor tap itself is a frost-proof valve from Kemper—could a meter perhaps be integrated there somehow?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I need your expert advice.
I wanted to install an outdoor water meter for the garden and assumed—since I’ve had one before—that it would be fairly simple to use a screw-on meter at the external tap. However, after checking with the local utility company here, they do not allow such meters, even with a seal. The meter must instead be permanently integrated into the household plumbing system.
So far, so good.
What practical options are there if the indoor piping doesn’t accommodate this? The outdoor tap is located on the ground floor and there’s no separate supply line in the basement where a meter could be installed; otherwise, all other water consumption on the ground floor would also be included. The outdoor tap itself is a frost-proof valve from Kemper—could a meter perhaps be integrated there somehow?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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HilfeHilfe5 Apr 2020 12:16Mycraft schrieb:
Estimate costs to avoid surprises. It varies depending on the municipality. In our area, wastewater is not charged as garden water, so you can save a considerable amount that way. Oh, I see. In our case, you can have it installed, but then you have to pay rent and installation fees. You still need to pay upfront for wastewater and then apply for a retroactive credit. The caseworker said that unless you are watering something like a forest in your garden, it’s not worth it. Garden centers, farmers, and similar professionals do it there, but it’s not worthwhile for private homeowners.
Since I have a fairly large property, this will already be worthwhile in the short term. The municipality’s website states the following regarding the registration of such sub-meters:
· The sub-meter must be permanently installed within the home’s electrical system and sealed
· Installation must be carried out by a certified installation company
· Suitable installation location – before the point of consumption, where the loss volume occurs
· Confirmation of proper installation by the installation company
· Surface-mounted meters cannot be accepted
· Meter must function accurately
· Meter must be calibrated – after the calibration period expires (6 years), the meter must be re-calibrated or replaced
· In individual cases, connection points will be inspected by the public utility company
Now my problem is that until now, I assumed this could simply be measured with a surface-mounted meter, as some of you have already described.
How can I meet the municipality’s requirements mentioned here?
· The sub-meter must be permanently installed within the home’s electrical system and sealed
· Installation must be carried out by a certified installation company
· Suitable installation location – before the point of consumption, where the loss volume occurs
· Confirmation of proper installation by the installation company
· Surface-mounted meters cannot be accepted
· Meter must function accurately
· Meter must be calibrated – after the calibration period expires (6 years), the meter must be re-calibrated or replaced
· In individual cases, connection points will be inspected by the public utility company
Now my problem is that until now, I assumed this could simply be measured with a surface-mounted meter, as some of you have already described.
How can I meet the municipality’s requirements mentioned here?