§ 22-421. Meter location; installation requirements.

(a)

The house piping shall be extended to the meter location designated by the distributor of gas and a swing joint provided for connecting house piping to the meter outlet.

(b)

No gas meter shall be installed or maintained under the floor of any building or structure unless there is suitable ventilation, and in any such installation an opening at least two feet square in the foundation or skirting within two feet of the meter shall be provided and maintained.

(c)

No gas meter shall be installed or maintained in a small unvented or confined space.

(d)

When a gas meter is to be located in an exposed place, a waterproof cabinet box, with door sufficiently large to permit the meter to be set and removed, shall be provided.

(e)

When more than one meter is required to serve consumers in one building or structure, the gas company may set as many meters as there are separate consumers, connecting such meters to one service line. When this is done, the riser pipes serving the several consumers shall be extended to within 18 inches and within the same enclosure as the meter location and shall not be scattered, but shall drop together in alignment and at least three inches apart to the place where the meters are to be set.

(Code 1958, § 10-14)

State law reference

Utility company to furnish meter, R.S. 45:845.