switching back to unmetered water bills

grandmax2

My daughter has had 2 children since having their water meter fitted more than 2 years ago and feels it may be cheaper for them to go back to unmetered water bills. Does anyone know if you can request this after the 2 year 'cooling off' period?

Hoenir

Water supplies are finite. Companies at a local level are choosing to install meters as part of the drive to use what's available more efficiently. 

Brie

I'd say no water company will "uninstall" a meter.  What they might do is if there is a need for an excessive amount of water due to some disability or similar they will ignore the reading and base the bill on a lower standard use.  Usually this is possible if someone in the household is claiming some disability allowance.  Additionally generally water companies are the most helpful ones to deal with if the bills appear to be getting out of hand.

Rich1976

12 months is the timescale I believe for you to change your mind and have the meter removed .

matelodave

They wont remove the meter once its been installed, although if you've requested it to be fitted, there is usually a cooling off period of 12 or 24 months, depending on the water company, allowing you to revert to RV billing but its pretty unlikely that they'll allow reversion after that, but that said, there's no harm in asking

If the water co installed it as part of their network upgrade then they won't, likewise if you moved in and the water meter was already fitted then you are stuck with metered billing.

tim_p

They used to offer to remove a meter within 1 year of install but that was a while ago when I got mine installed (bill dropped by 2/3rds)

Kim_13

2 years is a hard limit, with some companies there is only 1 or even none (if the supplier is underway with compulsorily fitting meters in the area.) The only route will be a bill reduction if they qualify, but I can't see it as 2 children are fairly standard.

Those switching to a meter should always consider how big the saving is and if it's marginal, or there may be more people living in the house in future, it's not worth losing the right to unmetered billing.