How to install submeters in multi-unit residential apartment buildings
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- In this video I'll show you how plumbers install submeters in multi-unit residential apartment buildings. This is a group of buildings that only had one water meter for all the apartments of each building, dividing the water bill in equal portions, according to the number of apartments. Now, each individual apartment will know how much water it really consumes. This is important to create awareness on the need to control our use of water and specially in the need to repair water leaks in a timely manner - considering how neglectful people can be when they don't relate costs to their own behaviour.
This is particularly important in times of climate change and growing draught in many regions.
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This is proper old school trade knowledge and criminally under viewed, i appreciate your videos Rod!
Many thanks for your comment BeerAnd BarreChords. Few views probably is due to very high competition in CZcams English channels and in this field of knowledge. Organic growth is very difficult and slow when you don't have a big audience of followers coming from external social networks. If you are thinking of building anything in CZcams either you must bring an audience with you or get lucky.
Thank you for sharing this video. I have a two family unit that I would like to divide. Question does this submeter send the divided usage to the water company for individual billing or would I still receive one bill and have to divide based on usage?
Hi Rich Girl, it all depends on how things are done in your country. In Chile, each home has a street number and a number in the properties register. If a property is legally subdivided into 2, it should have 2 distinct numbers in the registry, and the water company should produce 2 different bills, one for each. On the other hand, if the division is informal, and you modify the existing meter connections you might get into a legal problem with the water company. If the division is informal (i.e. a backyard house; a doddy house) you should approach your water company, explaining your intentions and surely they have a solution (if you pay for the meters and install).
@@RODsDIY Thank you. I am in the US will check with my local water company.
Why did they have to remove the left over water in the pipe? Is it because it would have been contaminated?
You can't solder copper pipes when they have water in them, the water contributes to surface oxide and solder not melting properly.
@@RODsDIY ah of course, thanks