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Daughter has discovered showers!

RavingMad
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My eight year old has always shared a bath with her younger brother. Recently she's started to use the ensuite shower and loves it. So much so that I have to force her out after 10 mins for fear of the water bill rocketing (currently only paying £27pm)
I've always tried to preserve water i.e. Filling up a bottle of water whilst waited for the hot to come through etc so should I panic now that she wants to use the shower more often? I don't want to come across as a grumpy so and so :rotfl:
As a new build house, do I have the option of going unmetered? I'm guessing not? Should I just accept that I've been "underpaying" for years and this is just one of the factors of having kids
I've always tried to preserve water i.e. Filling up a bottle of water whilst waited for the hot to come through etc so should I panic now that she wants to use the shower more often? I don't want to come across as a grumpy so and so :rotfl:
As a new build house, do I have the option of going unmetered? I'm guessing not? Should I just accept that I've been "underpaying" for years and this is just one of the factors of having kids

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be thankful she wants to get showered. In my experience, my kids would rather do anything but..... and at least she is not running a daily bath, your water use will rocket then.Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today!:mad:
Cos if you do it today and like it...You can do it again tomorrow..
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Yes, imo they're not quite at the stage of separate baths but not far off. So you do have a point there0
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Look forward to the washing of the hair.Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill0
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You could fit a flow restictor or Eco shower head to the shower to reduce the volume of water being used. Give her a timer as well so she knows how long she's allowed to be in there.Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers0
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10 minutes' use of a shower will be a similar amount of water to a typical 'half-full' bath so probably not much difference there. Perhaps one of those economical shower heads that use less water would help?0
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You don't have the option of unmetered water.
I assume that the shower is run off the gas central heating and is not an electric shower?
For cleanliness purposes it is not necessary to spend more than 3 or 4 minutes in a shower.0
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