coozer
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 12:52 PM |
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Water Meters??
Right then, the lad is moving into his own place this weekend and will soon realise the error of his ways when the bils come in
So, with just me and 'er can I expect to see a saving on my water rates (currently £380 a year) if I get a meter installed?
Northu,brian water have offered a free install and I do collect rain water in an ibc for the garden, was thinking of using it to flush the bog as
well.
Any thoughts/advice?
Ta,
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 12:58 PM |
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If you're a typical family with several kids who like to waste water then you won't see much in the way of savings.
However, with just me & the missus in the house we saw significant savings after th kids left home - several hundred Pounds per year.
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ashg
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 01:01 PM |
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how many people are in the house? in guessing just 2.
from memory i think my yearly bill on the meter was about £185 for two of us.
we have only got a shower in our new house which seems to make quite a difference as we no longer run a bath full of water.
[Edited on 4/3/10 by ashg]
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adam1985
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 01:06 PM |
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worth talking to your water board here i think if you choose to have a water meter installed you have up to 6 months to decide if you want to keep it
or not but after that you have no choice could you have it and see if its cheaper or are your bills yearly
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JonnyS
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 01:18 PM |
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£45 per quarter for me and the wife. No water for the garden, plenty of washing and 1+ showers a day. Maybe 3 baths a week for the wife as well
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D Beddows
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 01:21 PM |
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My mum and dad did this a while ago, big rambling 5 bed Victorian detached house all us kids long long gone, and they save an absolute fortune!
I'd never consider it with teenage girls in the house but it can definitely be worth doing!
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Dingz
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 01:32 PM |
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The old system is just based on the rateable value of your house. Ours was lots, went to a meter and the bills dropped to less than half! I think the
kids were still at home then too. At least you then pay for what you use rather than some vague amount you have no control over.
Phoned the local ramblers club today, but the bloke who answered just
went on and on.
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Mr G
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 02:03 PM |
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I've just switched my parents over to a meter. Their bill is currently £940 for the year unmetered (£94pm over 10 installments). It's a 2
bedroom semi detatched bungalow 1 bathroom.
When your unmetered its the charges for disposing of the water they 'think' you are using that rocket the bill up.
I sent off all the paperwork ages ago for them to swap over to a meter but they've only just got round to signing and sending it off.
I worked out that to still pay the same on a meter they would roughly have to leave every tap on in the house
You can always swap back to unmetered after a year anyway if the bill goes the wrong way! 
Dingz - I thought it was just the rateable value too when looking into the pricing structure but the sewage charges are linked in to water use and
drop the bill.
Adam - It's a year you get to decide if you want to keep it or not, at least with SWW it is.
[Edited on 4/3/10 by Mr G]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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MikeLR
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 02:22 PM |
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Our water bill dropped by more than a half after changing to a metered supply.
The deal we had was that there was no charge for the meter and after 12 months we could revert back to old payment method.
Mike
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designer
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 04:56 PM |
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As long as you do not water the garden you will be laughing all the way to the bank.
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thunderace
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 05:25 PM |
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i live in scotland thank god we dont have water meters .
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coozer
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 07:39 PM |
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Cheers, done it, filled the form in and just waiting for the survey
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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procomp
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| posted on 5/3/10 at 12:31 AM |
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Hi
Only thing to watch out for is the Minimum monthly charge. With just the wife and myself in the house we never got close to having to pay over the
monthly charge but had to regardless. End of year summary would see us in credit by £100 + and no way of getting it back. And yep i refused to pay
them anymore till the credit was on a balance. They sent them round to turn the water off. Correction they tried to turn the water off. Lol
Cheers Matt
Ps Also used a large water butt for the garden
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/3/10 at 08:57 PM |
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Iirc the general rule is that if there are less people in the house than bedrooms then you'll be better off metered
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