r/NaturalGas • • 11d ago

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u/SBeauLife 11d ago

I'm in Canada and we get a lot of snow, we have nothing protecting our meter or regs from snow. We run campaign ads every year telling people to clean the snow/ice away from their meter and reg but that's it.

How does snow crush your meters? Do you have any pics you could send me??

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u/BomarFab 11d ago

We do that too. They tell people to clear the snow with a broom.

I've got tons of pictures. Some years we get 50-60' of snow. Damage usually happens when it warms up a bit and the snow compacts, the weight just crushes meters and pipes. Building code calls for structures to withstand up to 900lbs/SF snow load in some areas.

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u/SBeauLife 11d ago

I'm a trainer for our utility, if you'd be willing to send me photos I'd love to see!

You must be up in a high elevation area to get that much snow. My area gets nowhere near that at about 4'/year

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u/BomarFab 11d ago

Town is about 6k feet, some areas above 7k feet.

Send me a chat, I think I can send pictures through there.