Do you leave the tap on when you brush your teeth? Poll discussion

mifflto

I am on a water meter but have always turned the tap off when used to be unmetered as well, as for me it is about not wasting water more than about saving money - but it is that too..!

Those on water meters often are on them as they are concious of their usage and/or use less water than they would be charged for unmetered, so any slant in favour of those on meters turning taps may be as much/more indicative of their attitude to waste as/than their attitude to saving money...

smittenkitten

i have a stupid question ( i turn the tap off) however that water that does go down the plug doesnt it go back to the water board for disinfection they then put in one of those reseviours (spelt wrong) then clean again and pump back to us so if the water is going round and around surely we cannot be wasting it (unless its a heat wave then they all dry up)

or is it the fact they dont have enough reservoirs for the amount of population so not enough places to store the water

(sorry if this sounds stupid and i am careful on water usage)

i have a headache trying to think about it lol

smittenkitten

sticher wrote: »

Always turn the tap off while brushing - Blue Peter told me to when I was a kid

For me it was 'Barney' (big purple dinosaur) - when my eldest was a baby (he's 15 now), they had a song about this-

'when I'm brushing my teeth and having so much fun,
I never let the water run, no, I never let the water run'

I watched that bl**dy programme so often, even now I can never get that out of my head when I am brushing my teeth!!!

So for me it was

No water meter, but always turn off the tap.

i have to watch that now! he is my daughters favourite at the mo
and teddyco you are funny and have given me a laugh tonight

bunking_off

n_hatton's right. What's the tap doing on in the first place? My dentist is very clear that brushing should be done with a dry brush (especially with electric toothbrushes)....the tap only gets used to rinse the brush at the end.

ctdctd

I leave the tap on in the morning - but only so the combi boiler fires up and get the water warm for the washing up:D

Always off in the evening

JimmyTheWig

smittenkitten wrote: »

i have a stupid question ( i turn the tap off) however that water that does go down the plug doesnt it go back to the water board for disinfection they then put in one of those reseviours (spelt wrong) then clean again and pump back to us so if the water is going round and around surely we cannot be wasting it (unless its a heat wave then they all dry up)

Does half of it leak out of the pipes along the way?

Toothsmith

bunking_off wrote: »

n_hatton's right. What's the tap doing on in the first place? My dentist is very clear that brushing should be done with a dry brush (especially with electric toothbrushes)....the tap only gets used to rinse the brush at the end.

That's what we tell patients as well.

gaily

I really hope the non teeth brushers are joking - even dentures need a clean sometimes - eyuck!

My tap gets truend off when I'm not sticking my brush under it to rinse
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Paul_Varjak

geri1965 wrote: »

I don't use water to brush my teeth. I only use the tap for rinsing the toothbrush afterwards.

You could save even more money by lifting the cistern lid and dipping your brush into the cistern water!

justice4all_2

;)KEEP THAT TAP RUNNING and keep flushing
I pay way over the odds for my water, and as they say up north, I GET MY MONEYSWORTH