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Water Quality in Hertfordshire
I recently travelled to Hertfordshire with my hubbie, staying in a hotel for one night. Obviously we usually live in Yorks and when I have a shower at home, I give no thought to the water. However, at this hotel, and unsure whether it's like this in Herts as a rule, when we had a shower (separately :D ) it felt like the…
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Hard Water Question...
(by the way, be gentle this is my first post) Along with a lot of the country I live in a hard water area, Middlesex. I am hopeing to complete on a new house in Feltham before Christmas however I am concerned about the really large build up of Calcium/Limescale? on my taps, appliances and plumbing. I have rented in the…
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High Water Bills
I've just moved into a new one-bedroom flat so have been busy sorting out all the bills. My water is supplied by Thames Water and my yearly bill is going to be £250. Now this seems quite a lot to me, especially as we paid the same when we lived in a five bedroom house (with five people, not one) just down the road. I've…
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Thames water Homeserve
Okay this is how it stands… Last year I took up plumbing insurance (homeserve) with Thames water because they offered me 6 months free - actually had meant to cancel after the free period but hadn’t got round to it yet… On Thursday we had to turn off our water supply and unfortunately the tap on our stopcock sheared off.…
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Water saving
Don't know if anyone has submitted this one yet. Apparently our biggest single user of water is the toilet. I know folks have fitted water-bags, bottles, even bricks to displace some water content in the cistern, but there's a clever little device available which beats all these hands down. You can have a full flush when…
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Cost of a bath? Use of dishwasher?
How much in water does a bath cost (heating cost will be good to if known)? Bear in mind tis normal size bath and I usually half fill it? How much for a dishwasher use ~ 18litres? On a water meter, gas central heating etc.. If a thread exists that illustrates rough costs please direct me, I did use the search without any…
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Water Utilities Watchdog??
Sorry - not a moneysaving issue - unless you count the cost in customer's time and phone calls. I have rung United Utilities 4 times on various days in the last 2 weeks to change the bank account on my direct debit. 3 times they have told me their computer system is down and the other time I was told the computer system…
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Southern Water Meter - Extremely High Bill.
I live in a 2 bed apartment with my partner in southampton. We are on a water meter and when i originally set up my direct debit with southern water they said that the average usage should equate to about £17 a month. We have been here now for 18 months now and its actually working out at about £45 a month. Now we both…
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Yorkshire Water / Price of water via meter?
Getting a water meter installed in two weeks time. What is the cost of water per cubic meters of water via a meter from Yorkshire water?
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Severn Trent Billing
Sorry this is my first post so I hope it's in the right thread. I moved addresses a year ago and informed my water supplier before I moved (Severn Trent) that I was moving. I received a letter at my new address confirming that they had updated my records, but no bill for the forthcoming year. I even received a small…
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Water saving tip!
Not sure if this has been done already but maybe we could have a thread of water saving tips! My tip is: Take a 1ltr bottle (such as robinsons dilutable cordial etc), fill with water and place in the cistern part of the toilet that holds the ball !!!!. Now every time you flush the toilet and it refils, it will refill with…
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Should I replace washing machine?
I have a 10+ year old washing maching (fairly basic model), which works fine and am wondering whether to replace it. My thinking is thus: Our water bill is too high! Charges went up 20% this year, and our household income went down... Our electricity bill is also too high :-( From what I read online, moderm machines are…
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£40 a month for water bill?!?!
Just moved into a 1 bed flat with the gf about a month ago and for some dodgy (or not) reason the landlady gets the bills for water sent to her and then she sends her own invoice onto us. I'm not sure if she said something about dividing the bill up or something (we live in an old mill house which is not 1 house and 3…
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Much disruption & mess fitting meter?
Hi all, It seems that I could save about £25 per year by having a meter fitted. Not a great saving but it all helps, but with two children under 3 I'm concerned about what actually fitting the meter entails. Can anyone tell me if it takes very long, and does it make much mess and cause a lot of disruption? Cheers, Dom
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Warning! Low pressure don't pay a plumber read this first
I had a problem with low water pressure, the local water authorities response after checking the pressure was, "call a plumber" Despite being aware of the actual cause of the problem, when challenged the engineer immediately called someone on his mobile and arranged for someone to come out and remove the offending object…
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New house - nearly 2 years and no bills
I have been chasing United Utilities (UU) for nearly 2 years now regading a water meter for my new house. It is a new build by Miller Homes and they have told me it is my responsibility to sort it out with UU. I have made numerous phonecalls and recently decided to put it in writing to them in July. Nearly a month later I…
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Does My Butt Warrant a Reduction!!!!
That's Water Butt by the way !! If I have a water butt can I claim that I am reducing the amount of surface water and so claim a discount on my bill. If so, how could I go about it, or how should I word my letter to United Utilities?
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Test water quality?
I think something may be up with my tap water. In the washing machine draw there is black residue. Since seeing this I've stopped drinking it.(and feel disgusted that I have drunk it before.) Is a water quality test done by the water company (United Utilities)? And does it cost? I've tried to phone several times, and have…
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Warning your water meter may not be yours!
I recently received a bill from Essex Water for about £160 for 2 months worth of useage. I called up to dispute it as the water had been turned off in the property, as it was currently vacant awaiting a buyer. I received a call from one of their site guys telling me I must have a leak. I knew this was not the case and so…
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Silly question - where is my water meter??
I moved into this house last October, called United utilitles who said I had a meter & i needed to read it. I presumed a little box at the front of my house (labelled water) with a cable coming from it was my water meter and gave them this number. Then roll on to today, and i get a bill, saying my meter was read on 14th…