Water Meters- will it cost more?

PolishBigSpender

bockster wrote: »

turnn yourself into a water tighta**e and get a meter. don't flush the toilet every time, half fill the bath, etc. we are family of four and quids in!

You're joking...you don't flush the toilet after every use?

I feel sick.

Tribulation

We pay around £500 a year, but we pay two different bills.

Sewage is with Essex and Suffolk and water is Anglian (or the other way round)

Sewage is around £240 per year
Water is around £250

Going on a meter would mean we are still paying the £240 for the sewage.
£25 a month for water with two teenagers, showers every day, dishwasher every night, 1 or 2 washing machine loads, wife who loves baths etc, I'm not sure having a meter will save us anything?

We used to have an old Armitage Shanks loo that knew how to flush. We have since had a new dual flush Roca loo from Travis Perkins that is supposed to conserve water.

OK the short flush for wee is fine. But the loo is useless at getting rid of poo. Often it needs two long flushes and even then, unlike my old loo, there's often still poo marks left in various places around the pan, causing me or the wife to pour down harmful toilet cleaning chemicals which of course is followed by a further flush.

Am on the verge of going to a recycling yard and getting an old loo again.

Tribulation

bockster wrote: »

turnn yourself into a water tighta**e and get a meter. don't flush the toilet every time, half fill the bath, etc. we are family of four and quids in!
on the subject of dishwasherrs, i've metered ours at 10.5l per quick wash, granted not spotless everytime on pans but rub em with bit of spit n polish like yer nan used too!!
all the best.

Your choice of course.

Personally I cant think of anything worse than going into a loo where there's loads of wee stinking away in the pan.

As for baths, again your choice, but my wife likes it as full as possible.

adandem

Tribulation wrote: »

Am on the verge of going to a recycling yard and getting an old loo again.

Personally, I really couldn't stand the thought of sitting on a loo which has been 'recycled'

We do flush after every use BUT the water debate is not just about personal water bills but the cost to the planet too.

It's clear from some of the posts that some people just use and waste as much as they like, that's why I think metering is good from an ethical point of view.

olly300

andrew-b wrote: »

Thought i'd add that in some areas if you buy a house that isn't metered the water company now insist on installing a meter. Also if you read the future plans for your water company you'll very likely find that within the next few years they will make meters compulsory - so it's only a matter of time.

Thames Water is doing this in a lot of their areas on change of ownership. At the moment it's not region wide and if they take too long to come out you can demand a water bill from them.

One thing I've experience and a few other people have complained about if it looks like you are going to save money and you ask for a water meter then they take their time giving you one. Yes they are "suppose to" take 3 months but suppose to doesn't mean they do.