Water bills

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• Thames water- heavy handed tactics

  Is it just me or are Thames Water really unreasonable? They send a bill twice a year, at least 2 months before it's due, and if you accidentally forget to pay it on time, as I did last March, they suddenly send a demand for the whole year's bill. So on receiving the demand I paid the half I owed right away, but now I've…

• Can Water Board charge for blocked drain

  My elderly parents seem to have a problem with the drain overflowing when they use the washing machine or have a bath. They have a drain cover just inside their conservatory which was there when they bought the house but we thought it was a bit odd being inside. However this morning the drain outside ran over again and the…

• Water blockage in neighbours drain

  Does anyone know who i should contact, my drain in the garden is overflowing - this keeps on happening. I have phoned 'homeserve', they have come out twice to have a look at it, but i cannot call them again. I think it is a neighbours blocked pipe 'upstream'. i have asked the neighbours, but because its not directly…

• Help!!! Are South Staffs Water board LYING???????

  Can anyone help me with this please. I have just rang south staffs water board to tell them that im moving address from a one bed flat into a house. Neither properties are fitted with water meters and I have just been informed by the guy on the phone that ther was a change in the law since April 2010 that says: Any change…

• Common Lead Supply Pipe... Burst in Neighbour's Garden

  Hi, Apologies if this has been answered before, but I can'tr find anything on a search. I live at the end a row of semis (built 1920s) and we have a lead common supply pipe that runs along the back of our houses. My house is the first on the line from the road. A few days ago the main was discovered to have burst in my…