Is it hard to read the water meter?

It’s very hard. Most of the water meters in residential areas are installed at relatively standardized locations, but some customers are different. Most of the water meters are installed before construction. After the water meters are installed, various buildings are built on them. Since then, the water meter has been submerged in reinforced concrete or various debris. Finding the water meter is only the first step. Some water meter covers are pressed down by building materials or cars and cannot be opened at all. Find someone to coordinate. Sometimes I have to run for several days.

The water meters of some residential buildings are installed on the walls outside the first floor. There are also many old dormitory buildings with pipes buried in the walls. There are independent water meters on the left and right sides of each floor. room, and each household's water meter is installed in its own water meter room. This means that you need to climb stairs one by one to check the water meter.

Every day, just traveling takes several hours. Even in the scorching summer or biting cold winter, you have to complete your own meter reading tasks. Meter reading is not as simple as in residential areas. It is also accompanied by a variety of physical and technical work.

Extended information

Meter reading may seem simple, but it is actually a hard job. They pull up countless manhole covers every day. If they are not careful, they will twist their waists, and the manhole covers will fall over and hit their feet. These are common occurrences. Therefore, the waist, knees, arms, and feet have become frequently injured areas for meter readers.

In fact, the job of meter readers is not only to read meters, but also to answer and troubleshoot various water problems that occur in users' homes are within their scope of work. Many people refuse to work as meter readers at water stations. The biggest reason is that the salary is too low.