Garden water meter fixed installation

Hello everyone,

I need your expertise. I wanted to install a garden water meter and assumed – since I had one before – that it would be quite easy to do this with an attachable meter at the outdoor tap. However, I inquired here at the municipal utility company and they do not allow such meters – even with sealing – as a rule. Instead, the meter must be firmly integrated into the house installation. So far, so good. What practical options are there if the piping in the house does not provide for this (the outdoor tap is located normally on the ground floor and there is no separate outlet in the basement where a meter could be installed, otherwise all other consumers on the ground floor would also be counted). The outdoor tap itself is a frost-proof valve from Kemper – is there maybe a way to integrate a meter there? Thanks in advance for your help!

Yes, this is usually done like this here:

Exactly, that's how I know it too. However, the statement from the municipal utilities is very clear that they no longer allow this, not even self-sealing. The meter must be an integral part of the house installation :-(

It differs from community to community. Call again. Sometimes it depends on the employee... and have the regulation sent to you where it is described. With low consumption, the costs for another meter (calibration; fees, regular replacement, etc.) are not worthwhile.

We have a gardena meter attached ... also, what do you want to achieve with the meter? Just statistics? Then use one like that. No one has ever been in our garden.

Avoid estimated costs. Depending on the [Geminde], this also varies. For us, no wastewater is charged on garden water, and thus you save quite a high amount.