BS 8499:2017

This standard BS 8499:2017 Specification for domestic gas meter boxes and meter bracket is classified in these ICS categories:

• 91.140.40 Gas supply systems

This British Standard specifies requirements for gas meter boxes for use with single gas meter installations conforming to BS 6400, which:

1. are supplied with gases of the 2nd and 3rd family, with a maximum capacity of 6 m³/h and a maximum operating pressure not exceeding 2 bar; and

2. incorporate any of the following meters: diaphragm, ultrasonic, credit or prepayment.

It does not apply to multiple meter installations which are installed in the same housing.

NOTE 1 The composition of fuel gases of the 2nd and 3rd family is specified in BS EN 437.

NOTE 2 All pressures quoted in this standard are gauge pressures.

It covers the following designs of meter box, including any associated box extensions:

1. built-in;

2. surface mounted;

3. semi-concealed;

4. universal.

It does not cover security shrouds intended to provide additional protection to meter installations.

This British Standard also specifies requirements for the design of the standard meter bracket.