Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 23, 2009 8:00 pm We have to choose the location of our water meter and apart from avoiding the driveway, we are not sure of what things we should be taking into consideration. So as the title says - if you could choose the location of your water meter, where would you put it - ie; next to the driveway, near the boundary out of the way etc.. I would appreciate hearing of any bad stories as hopefully it will help us avoid having to move ours in the future (as per the other thread).. Re: Water Meter - if you could choose where would you put it 2Nov 23, 2009 8:09 pm I like where mine is.... sort of middle left of the front yard at our front boundary. Doesn't interfer with side access or garage access and easy to be read without the reader trampling through the whole front yard once it is established. It's where the stick is in front of the left window. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Water Meter - if you could choose where would you put it 3Nov 23, 2009 8:18 pm as some of the other members have said, you don't really have any say in where they put your water meter and to move it is quite often alot of hassle or even worse its not able to be moved as it is not controlled by the builder so they have no say in where it is placed. i had been told that generally it is placed close to the middle of your block but it depends on where the underlying taps and valves are for your particular block as they are already in there i am guessing. if this is not right please someone let me know as this is what i have been told and i am hoping that someone can give me an easy solution to help move ours from the middle of our driveway as shown below..... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Emily and James.....Building with J G King Caraway 145- Our Beautiful First Little Home Site Cut Started on 13th of October 2009 Re: Water Meter - if you could choose where would you put it 4Nov 23, 2009 8:42 pm Thanks very much for your responses.. we are in the fortunate position of being able to choose - we have an existing house and are subdividing the land the house is on, and I have to do a diagram for SA Water of where I want them to put the water meter on the new block... Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8782 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39749 |