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Help: should I get rental on a sewage pipe
I've just discovered there is a main sewer running through my garden (it wasn't spotted when I bought the house 18 years ago, another issue). Wessex Water want me to pay a fee for the privilage of building near it, but shouldn't they be paying me or a previous owner rent? How near does the pipe have ot be for me to pay…
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Unplumming a washing machine
Hi i'm moving and want to unplum my washing machine how hard is it please?
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joint water meters
Has anybody had similair problems? just found out recently that for ten years we have been paying water for another house in our cul de sac. (the water goes through our meter and then through one at this persons house) although its early days I have a suspicion that united utilities may try and deflect responsibility. the…
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Hot Water Descaling - best solution?
I have a Baxi 100HE boiler: http://britishgas.boiler-systems.co.uk/baxi-system-100he/ I have no hot water tank, so I presume this heats the water and stores it here: http://imgur.com/EsOeL.jpg My problem: the hot water is scaling quite badly: http://imgur.com/jMAEL.jpg I've looked at solutions like this, that get the water…
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Paying water bill by direct debit
I moved into a new house a few months ago and have finally got round to checking all the bill providers etc I phoned our water company today (severn trent) to ask about paying direct debit monthly as this seems to get me the best deals on gas/elect. I was told this would infact be more expensive than paying a bill once…
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Misbilled water account
we have been incorrectly billed for the past 6 years and the water board are now asking us to pay £1300 to correct this (we have never paid sewerage charges!) Are they entitled to claim the full 6 years as it was their mistake (or previous owners) not ours?? Any advice???
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Letter from Water company query
Hello all.. Am on a water meter in my property. Have 6 monthly readings. Last year the first bill said i had to pay £47 per month. Meter was then read in November confirming direct debit was reducing to £39. Both of these letters had all the tables of readings/consumption bla bla bla. At the end of December i then received…
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What is the best hot water system?
We need to move our boiler and hot water cylinder (for a new extension), so have an opportunity to change from the existing gravity-fed vented system and wish to improve the pressure/flow from the showers. Being a family of 4 with a need to run two showers simultaneously, I am led to believe that a combi-boiler would be…
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Is my Water Bill High? (I think so) Need advise
[FONT="]Hello Experts! I need some help here. [/FONT] [FONT="]I live in Harrow and Water Company is Veolia and sewerage is by Thames Water. [/FONT][FONT="]I have a meter in my driveway which is filled with water and I have never seen anyone reading but I still get actual bills. [/FONT] [FONT="]Well, this is…
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Drainage
Hello everyone, I am in the process of buying a house with what appear to be a shared drainage with a manhole close to the kitchen door at the back of the property. Could you please tell me if this is normal or unusual? This house is an ex-local authority... so I am wondering about responsalinities in case of blockage?…
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South west water meter issue!!
Hi, We currently live in the south west under south west water, we are on a shared main and have been told that unless we pay the £1000 to seperate the supply we will have to stay on a monthly bill which is currently £85!!! a month, there are only 2 of us in the house and we are on a low income and my husband is registered…
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Massive Water Bill
All, I am wanting some help please, I bought a new house in July last year. I had builders on site from September and I am being told I gave a meter reading of 4. We moved in to the house on the 19th of December, there are 2 adults a toddler and one tiny baby. Today I received a water bill showing my useage as 1750 units…
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Jut had water statement, seems very low!
Hi, had our water statement today and I think it seems really rather low! Maybe I am wrong! We're in Stoke on Trent in a 3 bed end of terrace with 2 showers, never have baths, not THAT frugal when it comes to water but we do turn taps off when brushing teeth, washer is used on quick wash and about 4 times a week,3…
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Yorkshire water sewerage charges
I've just received my first water bill since i moved from a house to a flat and the sewerage charges are more than the actual water bill,i don't remember them being this high in the house.I have a meter and the flat is 3 years old.Are the sewerage charges normal for everyone and why do we have to pay them.Also when i lived…
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Plumbing and drains cover £11.99 per year
yorkshirewater.com/pdcover This is 99p per month for the first year.. similar to what BG charge at £76..
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Water overcharge-10 years
I have been wrongly charged sewerage charges for the last 10 years by my water company. They found this themselves during an audit and are refunding the charges paid which amount to around £600. However, just wondering that if I had underpaid them for 10 years they would no doubt hit me with late payment charges/interest,…
