To pay for utilities often takes too much money. To reduce the costs of this item of expenditure, experts recommend the installation of water meters in residential premises. Such a move provides significant financial savings, which previously went to pay for water supply and sanitation. When making such a decision, it is necessary not only to figure out where to buy and how to install it correctly, but also how to register water meters in the prescribed manner.
Minimum list of documents for registration activities
Before registering water meters, the consumer is obliged to provide a whole package of documents to the management company. It includes the following papers:
- an act of acceptance of work as part of the installation of water meters;
- an agreement concluded with a company certified for the maintenance of metering devices, whose staff will tell you in detail where to register water meters;
- passport for metering device designed for hot water, which reflects such information as its indicators during installation, as well as the serial number;
- passport for the meter for cold water, which reflects such information as its indicators during installation, as well as the serial number;
- an agreement on the installation of water meters, the executor of which is a specialized service organization;
- act of commissioning the meter.
Document Updates
To register a new water meter, you will definitely need a passport for a new device. It indicates information regarding its manufacture, installation, inspection, performed during installation. It is the dates indicated in it that serve as the main reference point for subsequent checks. Also in it there are relevant certificates for equipment. This is the most important document without which it is impossible to register a hot or cold water meter.
The act of commissioning may reflect information about the old device, accounting for its availability, as well as the number of seals. Draws up this paper employee of the Criminal Code.
It is possible to independently register water meters, preferably, as part of the package of documents, also have a maintenance agreement. But registration actions can be performed without this paper.
Procedure for registering water meters
The installation of a new meter for water can only be trusted by companies that have a special license for this type of work. Upon completion of installation work, the consumer needs to prepare a complete list of required papers (all of which are indicated above). The same documents will need to be collected before registering water meters installed independently. Papers are submitted to the management company or to the information and settlement center.
Features of registration of metering devices with their independent installation
Some people prefer to purchase and install new water meters on their own. This is also permissible, but immediately after completion of installation work, in order to register a hot water meter, you will need to call a specialist from a service center with the appropriate license. He will evaluate the quality of installation work, as well as monitor the operation of the device. Immediately after this, he will perform a water meter seal, filling out all the paper necessary for subsequent registration.
Further, the consumer will contact the authorities in the instances where water meters can be registered. All subsequent actions are performed in the standard order.
Commissioning is allowed only after installed water meters are registered. After that, the user will have to take readings from the meter, transferring them to the appropriate organizations to carry out calculations and billing for water consumption.
Where are water meters recorded?
After completing installation work and preparing documentation, the consumer can contact the service management company. Its employees will affix the necessary stamps confirming the fact of equipment installation. It is also permissible to contact directly the information and registration center. In any case, information regarding the equipment installed in the premises will be entered in the appropriate database.
The main information reflected in the database is as follows:
- year of production of water meters;
- initial indicators when the meter is put into operation, based on which further calculations will be performed;
- Product serial number
- date of installation of water meters.
How to register water meters? The basic procedure is the same both for cases when installation is carried out by licensed masters, and when installing the specified equipment yourself. But in the latter case, one cannot do without calling an employee from the service organization to assess the correct installation of the equipment. He, thanks to the availability of the appropriate license, will perform the sealing procedure, draw up the necessary papers. Only after that it is possible to contact the relevant organizations to enter information on metering devices in current databases.
Start of operation
Direct use occurs from the moment the equipment for metering water consumption is commissioned. Thus, from the moment the cold water meter is registered, further payment will be made in strict accordance with its indicators. Billing organizations determine monthly several days for taking and transmitting current readings from metering devices.
The cost of registering water meters
Both the acquisition and installation, as well as the subsequent registration of water meters, are manipulations that will require some financial investments. But experts based on the calculations found that all expenses incurred in connection with this procedure quickly pay off. The fact is that payment for consumed water by the meter guarantees a significant reduction in spending on housing and communal payments. This should be taken into account before registering a water meter in the apartment.
This is primarily due to the fact that in recent years, special coefficients for increase. Therefore, in the absence of meters in the premises, the utility bills are overpriced.
Water meter installation costs
Certain costs will be required when installing the necessary metering devices. Usually they are immediately paired - to account for hot and cold water. Their average cost (may vary depending on the region) is as follows:
- from 2500 rubles when installing measuring equipment on pipes made of metal-plastic;
- from 4,500 rubles, when installing measuring equipment on copper pipes.
It is quite possible to purchase the necessary devices yourself or entrust it to professionals from a company that will deal with the subsequent installation of equipment. The price of the meter itself can also fluctuate in a fairly wide range. It is determined by such features as modification and equipment, its basic characteristics. The minimum cost of one water meter starts at 500 rubles.
The total price of installation work is determined by the number of risers in the room. It is important to pay attention to the fact that the initial sealing for water meters is always free.
A free installation of water meters is provided for all apartments that have not been privatized.
Before registering water meters, it is worth carefully preparing the necessary documentation. This will reduce the time spent on the procedure itself, which in turn will more likely reduce the cost of paying for utility bills.
For preferential categories of citizens
It is important to follow the statement of a special social tag in the contract with the service provider if the consumer has certain privileges for paying for communal services. To do this, before registering a cold or hot water meter, it is required to issue a written application, attaching the necessary papers to it. In this case, all benefits will be taken into account from the moment the application is issued.
It is important to note that the privilege is granted only to the person who has the right to it. That is, if four people live in the apartment, and only one of them has a benefit, then the testimony is divided into all residents. One part accrues a benefit. This is established by applicable law.
Features of replacing previously registered metering devices
Over time, water meters can become unusable. In these and other cases, there is a need for their replacement. Most often, an early failure of the device is caused by low water quality. Also, a breakdown may result from unauthorized user intervention in the operation of an accurate instrument, including for the artificial reduction of its readings. Another replacement is made as soon as the period of operation of the metering device, provided for in the documentation for it, has expired.
One way or another, to replace the user draws up an appropriate application to the management company. She must perform a check of the meter, evaluate its performance - current readings are taken, the device itself is checked to assess the accuracy of work. If problems arise, the breakdown is recorded.
As soon as a specific violation is detected, it is possible to calibrate an already installed metering device or replace it with a new meter.
Any organization that has a license in this area can perform all work on replacing old equipment. After performing all the manipulations, specialists will also draw up acts of their work, reflecting the readings of the device in them.
Further, the consumer will only have to prepare a full package of documents (the same papers that were mentioned above for the new meter), contact the management company for sealing and subsequent registration of the metering device, entering information about it into the database.
additional information
Current legislation does not allow the operation of any metering devices on which there is no necessary seal. Therefore, the sealing procedure and the preparation of relevant documentation for it is necessary. Only after this stage and the transfer of information to the management company, the readings will be taken from the sealed device for billing the consumer.