The rules for installing water meters are necessary to keep an individual record of resource consumption and pay only for the water used.
Otherwise, it is likely that you will have to pay for the water used by the neighbors, because the general housekeeping is kept using average indicators.
Controlling water disposal and paying only for the cubic meters used is an important part of budget planning. Apartment meters can be installed by specialists from the housing department, third-party companies, or the owners themselves.
It is important to understand sequencing:
After reviewing the papers, payment begins to be charged exclusively by the counter. His data must be entered into the receipt on a regular basis, not forgetting to indicate the exact figures.
Many users are afraid to install themselves. There is a prejudice that such a procedure is illegal.
However, in fact, only the tenants decide whether to do the work with their own hands or turn to professionals.
In the first case, you will need to have some tools and deal with the water supply system, but this is saving money. When choosing the second option, the user will have a cash cost, but he will save own strength and time.
The replacement or installation of meters can be done by the residents. It is much easier to change the device, and there may be some problems with the initial installation.
The most important thing is to correctly draw up the documents and carry out the installation with special attention.
There is one appropriate place for installation, this is immediately after the riser, on the first straight section of the pipe. This applies to hot and cold water.
You will need to install three elements: a meter, a tap and a coarse filter. After completing the circuit, the wiring is established.
All modern elements are threaded and it is not difficult to install them. The main thing is to know that the crane will need to be opened, access should be provided to it; the filter must be directed downward, and the meter must be clearly visible.
Only those companies that have a license have the right to replace or install the meter. The easiest way is to take a list of companies in the DEZ and choose the appropriate one.
However, not all of them are represented in this list, so you can also find specialists using the Internet.
The right decision for each tenant may be different. Some people prefer to independently purchase the meter and all the spare parts and save money. Others don't have time to go to plumbing shops.
Any company that has experience, license and technical means for the implementation of installation will be able to connect the device with high quality. It remains to choose from the general list those companies that have all this.
There are several possibilities to install a water meter.
Sequential installation of all necessary elements.
Faucet, filter and meter.
V simple scheme added check valve to stabilize the meter readings.
For convenience, a shut-off valve is installed, with its help you can always turn off the water supply to replace the meter.
Accurate pressure control ensures correct readings regardless of water supply.
When installing meters with their own hands, most users have questions. We will answer the most common ones.
To pay according to the indicators received, you must call a representative of the water utility to seal the meters. Then, with the collected documents, go to the water utility and subsequently enter the indicators from the meter into the receipt.
Plumbing work comes at a price. Depending on the choice of the company, it can be different. You can do this procedure with your own hands for free by paying for registration.
Only a representative of the water utility has the right to seal, for this you need to call him, show the installation and all the documents to the meter.
The advantages of installing a water meter are obvious. This is not only significant financial savings, since you do not have to overpay for unused cubic meters, but also the ability to control costs and calculate the approximate cost of upcoming utility bills. Installation will not take much time and effort, the main thing is to know how to register water meters.
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Let's consider each stage in more detail. After all, it is very important to follow the correct procedure for registering water meters.
If you decide to put the meter on water, you need to apply to the district DES(an organization that deals with municipal orders), management company(ZhEK) or another organization that has the right to carry out similar work. Literally in a few days (it all depends on the number of applications) a master will come to you, who will analyze the state of the water supply system and determine the equipment configuration and the type of meter that is right for you.
A specialist can offer to purchase everything you need yourself. But you have the right to refuse and make a choice yourself, guided by the recommendations and the necessary characteristics. So you can save money and buy a better quality meter.
Before you buy a meter, you should understand their classification, properties and purpose. It should be remembered that counters for cold and hot water- various! They differ in the materials used for the elements of the system, although the principle of operation is the same. For cold water, the measuring device is designed for a temperature not higher than 40 degrees. For hot - 150 degrees. There are also universal counters.
By the type of power supply, the devices are divided into volatile (operate from the mains) and non-volatile (do not need a power source).
According to the principle of operation, the meters are divided into 4 groups:
The device can be for household and industrial use. In apartments, electromagnetic or tachometric devices are most often installed.
It is necessary to buy a meter only in reliable places that are licensed to operate. Check all documents to ensure that the serial numbers and the technical passport are correct.
Naturally, it is better to entrust this important step to a specialist. But if you think that you can do it on your own, or just want to know all the subtleties of the upcoming work, here is the approximate meaning of the actions:
When everything is installed and summed up, the most crucial moment comes - to collect and take the documents to the place where you must register the water meters. The company that carried out the installation is obliged to provide you with a complete package of documents. On the basis of their DEZ registers the act of acceptance of metering devices into operation.
Next, with these documents, you need to go to the Unified Information and Settlement Center ( EIRTS) and conclude an agreement according to which you agree to pay for water supply services. Registration of water meters in EIRTS usually does not take long, the time depends only on the number of available visitors.
That's all, now you can pay only for the amount of water you consume, and not according to the standards.
If you are concerned about the question of how to register self-installed water meters, the answer is simple. You also apply to DEZ or another organization that deals with this. A wizard will come to you, check if you have installed everything correctly, will seal the meter and issue the documents necessary for registration.
Disputes about the obligatory nature of water meters have been going on even before the beginning of 2015. It was from its beginning that the Russian law began to operate, which regulated rules for installing water meters in an apartment... Obviously, the federal government is legal act created a precedent, in a peculiar way forcing the population to establish an IPU for water.
At one time, Dmitry Medvedev tried to explain the rules and procedure for the requirement by the fact that the state is simply obliged to switch to a unified system for measuring and accounting for the consumption of water resources. Realizing that many residents of the country, under any pretext, will not install water meters, they decided to apply some kind of penalties. They were not taken at one time for the lack of an installation, but the rules were introduced in the form of a multiplying coefficient. That is, every year the tariff growth independently, without meters for water consumption, increased by a significant amount.
Thus, the inhabitants of Moscow and the whole country were gradually introduced into the civilized norms that are present in all developed countries of the world. except correct installation of the counter water, there are certain rules for their maintenance. This is a verification and order of measurement accuracy.
The procedure is carried out by the City Center for Accounting and Resource Saving using two rules-schemes and with different time intervals:
Calibration work, recall, for hot ones - every 4 years. For those using a less aggressive environment, every 6 years.
Nothing special about the procedure for installing water meters No:
Such is the procedure for installing water meters. The Moscow government established these rules a long time ago. Back in the early tenths, a decree was issued, which regulated the conduct of diagnostic work on water instrumentation.
Over time, the tone of the document has changed. The prosecutor's office has made its own amendments to the rules. Now only the direct manufacturer of water meters can determine the timing of verification. However, he defined them in the same way as the officials of Moscow. That is, those same 4 and 6 years, for hot and cold water, respectively.
We can talk about this as a holistic procedure for installing water meters. V in full the rules allow you to save the family budget of their owners. The procedure applies to Moscow and the whole country.
There are several specifics here that need to be clarified. Correct installation of water meters can not only help you save money, but also solve several important problems that can arise during the operation of the equipment.
The question of how to properly place a water meter begins with the fact that you must decide on the organization that will be engaged in the installation. People should work there who will professionally and efficiently install and verify or replace devices according to the existing rules in compliance with the order.
They should have the right to carry out the work you need in the apartment. You don't have to do it yourself. Only in this case can you count on the correct installation, which will not lead to problems.
If you did everything yourself, with your own hands, this will not lead to a solution to the problem. Remember, on your own, then you are left alone with your problems.
The specialists mentioned above work only in those organizations that have the necessary accreditation documents to carry out work on the listed services. Not everyone has them. And companies competing in the market sometimes play the wrong game.
ГЦУиЭР has a special certificate for carrying out the above works from the federal service, leading the accreditation of such companies (). This is where the specialists work, who will help you with the IPU of water.
It is necessary to remind the rules that, provided that you have not installed water meters according to the rules, you are in a state of illegal use of water resources. It starts to affect you water charge rate, if meters are not installed... That is, the very mechanism of the law is activated, which allows the use of a multiplying coefficient.
In Moscow, they may differ slightly, depending on those established by the management companies, but the dynamics of their growth will occur according to the existing rules on a progressive scale. Payments will increase by 10 percent every year.
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According to the adopted law, all homeowners must install water metering devices. Deadlines are constantly shifting, but sooner or later they will have to be set. There are a decent number of organizations that can do this for you. For a fee, of course. Some operational campaigns offer to do this for free and are even willing to provide a counter. But the accounts for these water meters come from space - the indicators are too high. Therefore, installing water meters with your own hands is the best way out if you do not want to pay the company for services.
It is no longer necessary to ponder whether a water meter is needed or not - a law has been passed according to which everyone is obliged to install it. But many are wondering how beneficial it is. If the number of people living in the apartment is as many as prescribed or less, the installation of the meter is beneficial. It is also beneficial if, say, someone moves to a summer cottage for the summer or spends a vacation there. If the situation is diametrically opposite - fewer people are registered than they live, it is not profitable for you to set a meter. But there is no getting away from this.
How big will the savings be with permanent residence depends on the method of calculation adopted in your management campaign and how intensively you use water. At least you will save about 30%, but there were cases when payments after installation decreased significantly. This can be if there is a common metering device on the house. In this case, according to the results of the month, the consumption of those tenants who have meters installed is deducted from the total readings, and the remainder is divided between the remaining apartments according to the number of registered people. Usually, those who actually have more people than it is prescribed do not install counters. In this case, the monthly consumption per person can be 8-10 cubic meters of cold water and about the same amount of hot water. In fact, even if you do not particularly save, you get about 3 cubes of cold and 2 hot cubes. So there really is a sense.
By current legislation the installation of water meters is at the expense of the homeowner. That is, you have to buy a meter, install it at your own expense. The installed water meters are sealed by representatives of the water utility or DEZ free of charge.
Self-installation of water meters is possible. Nobody should object. You just have to do everything with your own hands - and put the meter, and call the representative of the housing office to seal it. What you need:
All papers are considered, a standard contract is filled out, you sign it, it is considered that you pay for water by the meter.
There are two ways to find a company that is engaged in the installation of water meters: take the list in the DEZ or find it on the Internet yourself. The list will already definitely have licensed firms, but obviously not all that work in this area. On the Internet, it is imperative to check for a license. A copy of it should be posted on the site.
Then, in any case, you should read the standard contract that the company will conclude with you. It should contain a full list of services. The conditions may be different - someone provides their own meter, someone puts yours, someone comes with their spare parts, someone works with what the owner has. By combining the list of services provided and make a choice.
Previously, there was a clause in the contract about service and without him, the firms did not want to install meters. Today this item is recognized as illegal, since there is no need to maintain the meter, and it should not be in the agreement, and if there is, you have the right to refuse these services and not pay for them.
If you have chosen not a certain campaign, you must leave them a request. There are two options - some firms accept applications on their website and may even offer a discount for this, while others prefer to see you in the office and sign an agreement.
In any case, first a representative of the campaign comes (you agree on the date and time of arrival), inspects the "field of activity", assesses the condition of the pipes, makes measurements, and often takes photos of communications. All this is necessary in order to be able to develop a meter connection diagram and quickly assemble it. Then you should call and clarify the date and time of installation of the water meter. In this conversation, you need to find out who is negotiating the shutdown of risers with an operational campaign. Normal firms take it upon themselves.
At the appointed time, a representative of the campaign (sometimes two) arrives and does the work. In theory, they should agree with you on what and how to stage, but this does not always happen. At the end of the work (it usually takes about 2 hours), they give you a certificate of completion and a special paper on which the serial numbers of the metering devices are written. After that, you must call a representative of the govodokanal or DEZ to seal the meter (different organizations are engaged in this in different regions). Sealing of meters is a free service, you only need to agree on the time.
In the certificate that was given to you during installation, the initial meter readings must be entered (they differ from zero, since the device is calibrated at the factory). With this act, a photocopy of the organization's license and the passport of your water meter, you go to the DEZ, sign a standard contract.
You will need to transfer actual consumption data on a monthly basis. In different regions, the procedure is implemented in different ways, but basically there are several ways:
There may be other ways - each water utility or DEZ develops them itself. If there are several ways, you choose the one that is easier for you.
Water meter readings can be transferred to the campaign website, dropped into a special box to their email address or tear-off vouchers
It doesn't matter whether you install the meter through a company or do it yourself, you need to know how the correct scheme should look like - it is very desirable to control the process.
Counters are installed immediately after the riser in a straight section before the first branch to plumbing fixtures. There are water meters that can be installed only in a horizontal position, there are models with the possibility of vertical installation. Just keep in mind that in the horizontal position the accuracy of the device is higher than in the vertical one and it is not a fact that it will count less. So it is highly desirable to find a way to place it “lying down”.
The standard scheme for installing a water meter looks like this:
Now more about what each element is needed for.
A ball stop valve is needed to turn off the water if necessary - repair the mixer, clean the filter, change the meter, etc. Therefore, its presence is required. It must be placed so that it is convenient to turn the valve.
The coarse filter captures the largest particles in the water supply. It must be installed so that the branch is directed downward. Otherwise, it will quickly clog.
All of these elements most often have an internal thread. So that they can be connected to each other, connecting elements are used, which are often called "sgons". They have external threads on both sides and small area a flat pipe (in some versions, generally only a few millimeters). with their help, everything is connected to each other.
Often a check valve is installed after the meter. It is required so that in the absence of parsing, the water does not go in the opposite direction. It also excludes an increase in the reading in the presence of unstable pressure.
It cuts off two more unpleasant situations: and prevents cold water from flowing into from one pipeline to another. This happens if someone has a hygienic shower on the riser (on a toilet or bidet), a shower cabin with cheap faucets. Check valves are not provided in them and such overflow is possible.
Check valve circuit
If the pressure of cold water is higher than that of hot water, then cold water reduces the DHW temperature, and in the opposite situation, hot water can flow from the cold water tap. Therefore, the installation of a check valve for both cold and hot water is highly desirable, but not required.
Sometimes it is recommended to install another shut-off valve after the check valve. It is needed so that when removing the meter or when cleaning the same filter, the water from the pipes in the apartment does not drain onto the floor. In principle, you can substitute a container, but this is not always possible. The water in the pipes of an ordinary apartment is about 6 liters, collecting from the floor is not the most pleasant experience. But this element of the strapping is installed or not at the request of the owner.
There is another device that can be installed - a pressure reducer. It stabilizes the pressure in the system, extending the life of the entire household appliances and taps / mixers. Placed after the coarse filter. Not the cheapest thing, but very useful.
When buying a meter, you need to make sure that the number in your passport matches the number stamped on the water meter. The device must also bear the certification mark. The passport must contain a stamp with the date of the factory calibration. The fresher the date, the better - the more likely you will not be forced to verify it before installing. Another necessary detail is the store's sales record with a stamp. In the event of a meter malfunction, you will be given an act with which you can demand its replacement.
It is also highly desirable that the date of the factory calibration was "fresher" - you do not have to carry the device longer for verification.
When installing meters on water, all threaded connections must be sealed - the pressure in the lines is serious. For this, linen or fum tape is used. If you use a winding, wound on the thread, it is advisable to lubricate it with packing paste - it will be easier to work. Fum tape does not need lubrication, it is elastic itself.
One important point: When tightening the connections, do not use excessive force - micro cracks may appear, which will then lead to leakage of the connection.
If you go from the outlet of the riser steel tubes, you will need a welding or grinder to cut off the now unnecessary piece. You will also need to cut the threads at the end of the branch pipe (if it is not there) - this is the only way to connect the shut-off valve. WITH back side the same situation - either a transition fitting or tapping is required.
When assembling all parts, note that each has an arrow on the body. It may not be there except on the ball valve, since it does not matter which direction to pass the water in. Although, if installed incorrectly, the handle will have to be turned in the other direction, but this is not fatal. For other devices - meter, filter, check valve and reducer - the direction of flow is critical. Therefore, when assembling, expose them so that the water flow follows the arrow. This is really important.
If there is no arrow on the body of the listed parts, most likely in front of you is the cheapest and, possibly, low-quality part. If possible, it is better to replace it with a normal one, if not, find out the direction of the flow yourself, by examining the structure, you can understand where the flow should move.
As you can see, installing water meters with your own hands is real, but there are a fairly large number of features. And one more thing: when you agree to turn off the risers, ask not for two hours, but rather four. And pre-assemble everything without reeling, measure the length, figure out where and how everything will fit, draw where to cut off, weld, put retaining clips (if the pipeline is from), etc. In general, do as much preparation as possible. In this case self-installation water meters will take place with a minimum of hassle.
Rules for installing water meters
"The economy must be economical!" - the slogan of the Soviet era is more popular than ever in the light of today's prices for the services of housing and communal enterprises.
Heating, water, light. Just imagine - the water utility charges a fee for 5.5 cubic meters of water per month! Real consumption rarely exceeds 2.5 - 3.0 cubic meters. Consider the overpayment yourself.
Photo: the economy must be economical!
In addition, on July 1, 2013, a law came into force on the compulsory installation of water meters in residential and non-residential, domestic and industrial premises.
So every homeowner and owner of a city apartment, like it or not, will have to attend to the purchase and installation of metering devices for the consumption of hot and cold water.
Also, due to the fact that public services and private companies installing meters are quite heavily loaded with work, and for this reason they have inflated prices for their services, I will give a few simple examples of installing a meter with your own hands.
About five hundred types of water meters are registered in the state register of measuring instruments of the Russian Federation.
By the principle of action, they are divided into:
Photo: tacheometric water meters
The rotational movement of the latter is converted by a special mechanism into digital indicators of water consumption. By their design, they are "wet" and "dry".
In a measuring device built according to the "wet" scheme, the mechanism - the transducer is washed by the flow of water passing through the meter. The circuit is cheap, accurate, and reliable.
The only drawback is that it is sensitive to the presence of mechanical impurities in the water. Meters built according to the "dry" scheme are relieved of this drawback;
The "accounting" mechanism is located in a sealed box made of non-magnetic material, and the turns of the impeller or turbine are recorded using two magnetic inserts. A slightly more expensive device.
Photo: electromagnetic meters
Photo: ultrasonic meters
For home use I advise everyone to purchase the simplest tachometric meters of cold and hot water of the "wet" type.
It is important to remember that not in all regions of the Russian Federation it is allowed to install water meters with your own hands. By contacting the local branch of Vodokanal, it is easy to get advice on this issue.
If self-installation is allowed, we write a statement and within ten calendar days we receive permission and a list of requirements that should be adhered to during installation.
Here are the most common ones:
This installation scheme reduces the likelihood of mechanical damage to the impeller, therefore, increases the accuracy of the device.
When buying a meter, you must check the availability of a passport and verify the serial number of the device with the data indicated in it.
In the event of a discrepancy, the representative of the responsible organization will simply refuse to seal, as a result - frayed nerves and money wasted.
For the same reason, I strongly advise against making such a responsible purchase at the "iron" ruins of flea markets and flea markets.
If there are any indicators on the scoreboard other than zero, it does not matter, they will be entered into the accounting card and the used volume will be counted from them.
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The standard kit consists of a shut-off valve, an adapter coupling, a coarse filter, and, in fact, the meter itself. If it is necessary to switch from metal to metal-plastic pipe, it is necessary to purchase the corresponding fittings.
If the meter body is made of silumin or similar alloys, it is better to immediately abandon the purchase. Alloy adapters and valves must be replaced with brass.
The measuring device must be screwed into the flax sleeve for at least five turns. The installation of the rest of the connections is easiest to carry out with the help of cap nuts "American" and rubber gaskets.
Important! If the set includes paronite seals, they should be replaced immediately. Cold water meters are marked with a blue stripe and remain operational at temperatures up to +40 degrees Celsius.
When installing the measuring device, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the direction of flow indicated on the body by the arrow - otherwise, the operation of the meter will be incorrect.
Photo: cold water meters are marked with a blue stripe
Gauges that record hot water consumption are usually marked with a red stripe. The number of meters installed in a dwelling depends on the number of hot water risers.
The rule is simple - one riser, one meter. The technique is practically no different from the one described above, with one exception. Upper bound temperature regime operation of this type of meters is +130 degrees.
Consequently, the same requirements apply to the materials used for installation. The sealant and rubber seals must be rated for this temperature range.
Photo: hot water meters are marked with a red stripe
Do-it-yourself water supply of a private house. accomplished - an object of close attention by the regulatory authorities.
Not even though, the owners leave so many "holes" and opportunities for theft that the organizations responsible for water supply were forced to put forward stringent requirements regarding the installation of meters.
Let's consider them in comparison with the requirements put forward to the owners of city apartments:
Photo: installation diagram of water meters
Before starting the installation, we lay out the parts so as to avoid confusion during assembly. Threaded connections are sealed with flax, nuts "American" - with plumbing paste. We carry out a tightness test.
Firstly, the direction of movement of the water flow. It must match the arrow on the body of the device. Otherwise, the counter will wind in the "other direction".
Location of the coarse filter. It should be installed with the cover facing down in an easily accessible place. After all, the moment will come when it will have to be cleaned.
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It's no secret that the so-called water meters allow not only to control water consumption, but also to pay only for the consumed natural resources. Actual savings family budget noticeable after a month of operation of the water meter - as a rule, a fee for tap water decreases by two, or even three times. The cost-effectiveness of these devices is obvious, so their installation in your apartment is only a matter of time.
Do you want to bring this hour closer and save today? Then read on this article and study the question of how to install water meters with your own hands.
Installation of water meters photo
Vodokanal requirements for the installation of water meters
Oddly enough, but the water utility puts forward only three basic requirements for the installation of water meters.
Firstly, this is the presence of protection of meters from mechanical damage by large and small debris, which is in abundance in tap water... To prevent the ingress of foreign particles into the meter and, thereby, to protect it from premature failure, a coarse filter must be installed in front of the water meter. You need to put it in your own interests - most modern plumbing fixtures also need such protection.
Secondly, the installation of water meters in an apartment, in order to avoid unwinding them by some irresponsible persons, should be accompanied by the installation of a so-called check valve. It is installed immediately after the meter and does not allow some craftsmen to start up the air flow against the movement of water through the meter and release it through the filter. At one time, there were many such precedents.
Thirdly, this is the sealing of the meters. Immediately after their installation, an application is submitted to the local water utility, whose specialists perform sealing. Along the way, they also check how correctly the water meter installation scheme was followed in your case.
How to properly install a water meter with your own hands
Self-installation of water meters, as a rule, is combined with a complete or partial replacement of the water supply system - it is almost impossible to embed water meters yourself into an existing water supply system made of metal pipes without special tools.
First you need to correctly determine the installation location of the water meter. Usually it is located on the pipes that drain water from the riser. But this is not important - by and large, the meters can be taken anywhere in the apartment. Another thing is, is it necessary? And it's easier to install them directly on the nozzles immediately after the shut-off taps - in this case, you don't even have to turn off the risers and deprive all residents of the entrance of the water supply.
But if the crane is old and needs to be replaced, then shutdown is indispensable. To do this, we call the plumbing and turn off the water supply. Then we safely dismantle the entire water supply system or part of it, screw the old valve and in its place we install a brand new ball valve, which has an internal thread on one side, and an external one on the other. Please note that a tap marked DN15 is used for cold water, and DN25 for hot water. At first glance, there is no difference between them, but if you figure it out, it will be found in the materials used in their manufacture - a tap marked DN15 will not last long on hot water.
Do-it-yourself water meter installation photo
Go ahead and screw a coarse filter onto the external thread of the tap. Pay attention to the arrow on this product - it indicates the direction of the water flow. The filter must be installed in accordance with this arrow - the tip of the tap. This is what is required correct installation water meters. To seal threaded connections, either tow, or FUM tape, or a special thread is used. The seal is wound clockwise.
Self-installation of water meters
After the filter, a branch pipe with a union nut is installed - as a rule, two of these products are included with the meter. Like the filter, the union nut is installed with tow.
Water meter installation technology
Further, by means of a union nut and a rubber or paranitic gasket, a counter is attached to the already assembled fittings structure. As with the filter, it has an arrow to indicate the direction of water movement.
How to install water meters
Now we take in our hands the second branch pipe with a union nut and connect it to the check valve. The valve also has a certain direction of installation - screwing it up with a union nut, pay attention to the fact that the arrow points in the direction from the nut.
How to install a water meter correctly
And again we take a rubber or parasite gasket, through which we connect the check valve to the other side of the meter.
The last step, which provides for the technology of installing a water meter, is to connect the entire recruited structure to the apartment water supply. In the case of partial dismantling of old pipes, it is very easy to connect them to the meter with a metal-plastic pipe - for this you only need a couple of keys.
How to install a water meter yourself photo
This is how the correct installation of water meters is done with your own hands. As soon as the work is done, and all connections are checked for leaks, you can safely go to the water utility and apply for sealing the meters.
Installation of water meters in the apartment: the requirements of the water utility
DIY water meter It is known that installing water meters with your own hands allows you to fully control the costs of consumed water, as well as pay only for the resources used. As a rule, the positive effect is visible after a couple of months - the payment for water is reduced by two, or even three times. But how to independently perform such a procedure, what exactly is the installation of the counter?
Vodokanal requirements regarding the installation of meters
It should be noted that there are certain vodokanal requirements for installing a meter:
Installation diagram of a water meter in accordance with the requirements of the water utility
Counter selection
One of the most good options counts turbine meter with impeller, common mechanical counters - they are very inexpensive and easy to use.
Electronic counters are also a good option, but the electronics can fail, and replacing such a counter again will lead to a bunch of bureaucratic formalities.
It should be borne in mind that meters for hot and cold water differ from each other: they are marked with belts of red and, accordingly, blue.
It is not worth taking the risk and buying a meter that is not suitable for water: for example, putting a “cold” meter on hot water will be a completely meaningless undertaking - a specialist simply will not put it into operation.
When buying a water meter, you need to make sure that it has complete set... Particular attention should be paid to the technical data sheet of the product, so that it is printed correctly, the serial numbers in it and on the water meter should not coincide. In addition, such a passport must be sealed with a factory stamp.
Accessories required for installing meters:
Shut-off valves
Such a shut-off valve must have one feature: there must be an eyelet with a hole on the outgoing pipe itself. If such a shut-off valve is complete, check if it is silumin. The fact is that such cranes are highly susceptible to intergranular corrosion, and it may happen that soon you will have to save the room from a flood. An ordinary metal-plastic crane is not a bad option.
shut-off valve diagram
When purchasing, it is also recommended to purchase another shut-off conventional valve. It is installed after retraction on itself flush cistern... It will come in handy when there is a renovation in the kitchen or in the bathroom - in this case, you can use the toilet as usual.
Place in the house for a counter
It is advisable that the water meter is located as close as possible to the inlet of the pipeline itself in the room. When putting such a meter into operation, a specialist from the water utility will see if it is possible to somehow cut into the pipe itself before the meter. In practice, questions do not arise if a water meter is installed in the toilet near the toilet, even if the shut-off valve is located half a meter back. If the pipes run along the floor in the room, then the installation of the meter will also be approved, because in which case it will be almost impossible to hide the traces of work on the pipes.
The situation is stricter when checking a private house. Here the rule must be followed: installation should take place at a distance of no more than 20 cm from the outlet of such a supply pipe. If there is a well on the territory of the house, it is necessary that it be capital and with a lockable cover, otherwise it will also be sealed.
Technical features during installation:
Installation process
Before proceeding with the process called installing a meter with your own hands, you need to read the instructions for all of its components. It is necessary to check in the meter's data sheet exactly what distance the straight pipe should be before and after it.
The installation process consists of several stages.
psg 11:10 04/09/2015
A few words, I would like to say, about ball valves, you should not save on this. You need to take brass ones, because others fail very quickly. This is especially inconvenient when the central crane breaks down. Call the plumber again, wait for the water to be cut off. These taps do not yet like to be opened halfway and left in this position for a long time. Scale or plaque may form on the spherical locking element, which will soon cause it to break.
Lana71 13:24 05/12/2015
Sufficiently capacious, informative information. I just want to add that if you live in apartment building, then before starting work to turn off the water through the riser, it is necessary to invite not an employee of the water utility, but an employee of the housing office. It is the employees of the housing office or management company have access to common building communications and basements. Although if you are not a plumber, then all the same, you should not violate the integrity on your own. plumbing system in an apartment building. Otherwise, in the event of a possible leakage accident, the damage will also have to be compensated independently.
Max 13:26 05/12/2015
I was worried about installing the meter on cold water. And all due to the fact that the shaft with pipes is located behind the toilet.
I had to remove the toilet. Further, it is even more fun - there is not enough space for the entire structure in the mine, if you install all the details in sequence. As a result, I had to do everything in an upright position, using a metal-plastic pipe, bending it to the limit.
But still installed! Although I was busy, I am ashamed to say - two days. The technician came from the water utility - sealed it, did not find fault with anything.
