Energy bill increases

[cougie uk]

Oh bugger does it ? And if it does - will smart meters show us our water usage too eventually ?

Oh no. Water meters aren't smart - they can't send the reading. We have to have a man around.
And if you have had a water meter fitted but its more expensive than the old water rates - you can go back in the first two years.
Good to know.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Oh no. Water meters aren't smart - they can't send the reading. We have to have a man around.
And if you have had a water meter fitted but its more expensive than the old water rates - you can go back in the first two years.
Good to know.

Ah okay wasn't aware, I know my dad had one but they didn't have to come into the house to read it, there was a unit on the outside wall, a black round unti 2-3 inches across

 

[fossyant]

Our water use has dropped from previous years as we're all out most of the week, where we were 'in' last year. It's back to where it should be. The latest bill was estimated, but it was within 3 cubic metres of the actual meter reading.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Our water use has dropped from previous years as we're all out most of the week, where we were 'in' last year. It's back to where it should be. The latest bill was estimated, but it was within 3 cubic metres of the actual meter reading.

That’s 3,000 litres, 300 showers or so. I’d have thought that quite a lot of a difference.

 

[icowden]

Our house has it in the pavement outside the property. The house had it when we moved in so we are stuck with it :-(

 

[cougie uk]

That’s 3,000 litres, 300 showers or so. I’d have thought that quite a lot of a difference.

Interestingly they show you how much your bill means in baths/showers.

AMAZINGLY we are using 594 litres a day. Which is 7 baths or 13 showers and is normal for a household of 6.
There's just 3 of us. Unless the cat is having constant baths when I go to walk the dog. It's possible that he'd do that just to spite me.

 

[vickster]

Interestingly they show you how much your bill means in baths/showers.

AMAZINGLY we are using 594 litres a day. Which is 7 baths or 13 showers and is normal for a household of 6.
There's just 3 of us. Unless the cat is having constant baths when I go to walk the dog. It's possible that he'd do that just to spite me.

Have you got a leak somewhere? I'd get in touch with the water supplier asap!
Or do you run the washing machine and dishwasher daily?

 

[cougie uk]

Have you got a leak somewhere? I'd get in touch with the water supplier asap!
Or do you run the washing machine and dishwasher daily?

I don't think we have had a reading for a good while so I'll give it a week and see how much we use then.
It's possibly an anomaly in that they've put the extra usage into one month?

 

[Daninplymouth]

Water meters aren’t a ‘thing’ in Scotland and water is a fixed charge based on your Council Charge band. We pay £335.79 for the year.

Lucky you. Down here with the lovely south west water I pay about £120 a month that’s for 2, with just a daily shower and no excessive use

 

[vickster]

Lucky you. Down here with the lovely south west water I pay about £120 a month that’s for 2, with just a daily shower and no excessive use

Metered??

 

[MrGrumpy]

Lucky you. Down here with the lovely south west water I pay about £120 a month that’s for 2, with just a daily shower and no excessive use

Bloody hell . Up across the wall , we just get set an annual water charge . I’d need to check my council tax letter to see what the value is but it ain’t £120 a month !!

Must give you all that warm fuzzy feeling seeing how everything is going re the private water companies are fleecing everyone !

 

[fossyant]

Lucky you. Down here with the lovely south west water I pay about £120 a month that’s for 2, with just a daily shower and no excessive use

How much ? £40ish here metered, although a bit less at the moment. That said, water is in abundance in Manchester - it rains a lot. It's a bit much with South West Water as your's is re-cycled about 10 times isn't it ! No such re-cycling needed oop North !

 

[sevenfourate]

^^^^Holy smokes at some of the above prices 😳

Here in Sunny Suffolk, 5 bed house, 3 sometimes 4 occupants - combined [Anglian and Nwl] unmetered monthly bill (That’s just reduced slightly) of £44.

Some of those figures quoted are plain rude 🙁

 

[Kingfisher101]

^^^^Holy smokes at some of the above prices 😳

Here in Sunny Suffolk, 5 bed house, 3 sometimes 4 occupants - combined [Anglian and Nwl] unmetered monthly bill (That’s just reduced slightly) of £44.

Some of those figures quoted are plain rude 🙁

Thats o.k, Our new bill when the meter goes in will be £35-£40 per month, theres a 3 month waiting list to have a meter fitted at the moment. The man on the phone from the water company said the £900 plus was very high.

 

[rogerzilla]

I lived in Plymouth for a while and can confirm that SWW are robdogs!

The problem is that most of the SW sewage went straight into the sea for 100 years or more, so there is a lot of catching up to do. A university friend spent years of his career building and commissioning sewage farms down there.