Services
Quarter Metering has worked from Reading since 2010 and stays deliberately narrow: specify the point of measurement, install the meter safely, label the pipework and hand over a record that can be read by a landlord, agent or incoming tenant.
Water services
Installed from £385 + VAT per meter on suitable pipework where isolation, straight runs and future reading access are practical. Typical work includes flats over shops, HMO branches and converted houses with shared incoming supplies.
Specified from £495 + VAT per meter where a register or building system needs a pulse output. Commissioning sheets record the meter size, direction, serial number and pulse value supplied.
Meter positions are chosen for access first. Quarter Metering will not hide meters above sealed ceilings or leave them where a future reader needs unsafe steps, guesswork or a tenant argument on a 2 to 6 meter installation.
Landlord supplies, shop feeds and flat branches are traced before installation so the final label reflects the pipe, not a door number someone wrote on a cupboard years ago. The regular working radius is 45 miles from Reading.
Gas services
Installed from £620 + VAT per meter where existing pipework is accessible, isolatable and within the firm’s competence. The price excludes new purge arrangements, major pipe alteration and wider remedial works.
Gas work is not carried out live. The landlord or agent must provide notice, access and test points so the installation can be isolated, checked and certified for the metering work carried out.
Quarter Metering does not alter utility company meters or seals, does not take emergency gas repairs and does not accept projects where safe future reading is impossible.
Meter schedules
A neat meter without a schedule is unfinished. It may look persuasive on the day of installation, but it does not protect a landlord when the tenant changes, the managing agent changes, or a dispute arrives six months later with a photograph of a cupboard and no context.
Quarter Metering records the serial number, meter size, flow direction, unit allocation, label reference and photograph for each meter. A schedule pack is £65 + VAT per meter when supplied after an installation, and it states where the meter can be read, what the label says, and which tenancy the branch was allocated to at handover.
The reason is practical rather than bureaucratic. Meters get boxed in. Cupboard keys disappear. A shop becomes two studios. A resident insists their neighbour is on the wrong feed. If the original record is vague, every future reading inherits that uncertainty.
Martin’s rule is simple: if a stranger cannot stand in the plant room with the handover pack and identify the correct meter, the installation has not been handed over properly.
| Suitable buildings | Unsuitable buildings | Information needed before survey |
|---|---|---|
| Converted houses with shared cold feeds and readable risers. | Projects needing hidden meters above sealed ceilings. | Site postcode and number of units to be metered. |
| Retail parades, light-industrial units and mixed-use blocks. | Emergency plumbing, bathroom work, boiler repair or maintenance contracts. | Photographs of plant rooms, pipework, stop valves and current labels. |
| HMOs and small estates where tenant-level charging needs evidence. | Smart prepayment systems that automatically disconnect domestic tenants. | Whether gas, water or both are involved, plus known access restrictions. |
Normal lead time is 10 to 15 working days from accepted quotation. Read the method, then check the typical costs before emailing photographs and a tenancy schedule.