Pro's and cons of getting a WATER METER

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Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
Easy if you DONTt use lots of water get a meter if you do stay as you are (without meter) .


I opted a few years back to stay without a metre. Once i did the figures it would be cheaper without one. There are myself and MrsP, and at that time my kids were teenagers, they are now in their twenties, but still living at home. That equates to a lot of showers/ baths, and a lot of washing. Once they finally (hopefully) leave home I might consider a metre.
 

GetAGrip

Still trying to look cool and not the fool HA
Location
N Devon
£65 DD monthly on a meter for the two of us with SWW. The most expensive place in the UK for water is the West Country!!
 

Yellow Fang

Legendary Member
Location
Reading
I asked Thames Water to install a water meter, but they couldn't because the block of flats I live in has one water pipe going up to each flat. Inside the flat, the water pipe comes in too close to the floor to be able to put in a water meter. Thames Water did tell me they would put me on a lower tariff, but I will have to check that.
 
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User482

Guest
We must use a lot of water due to all the nappy washing and baths for little miss, yet we're still paying less on a meter than when we were paying the standard rate.
 

Globalti

Legendary Member
Much cheaper on a meter and we get a 25% discount on waste water disposal because we discharge surface water into a brook.
 

colly

Re member eR
Location
Leeds
I asked Thames Water to install a water meter, but they couldn't because the block of flats I live in has one water pipe going up to each flat. Inside the flat, the water pipe comes in too close to the floor to be able to put in a water meter. Thames Water did tell me they would put me on a lower tariff, but I will have to check that.

I'm not sure about this but if you ASK for a meter to be fitted it's up to the water company to do it. It can be fitted anywhere, not just where it comes in. So long as it is sited before the first outlet I can't see a problem.
As everybody else has said it saves a shed load of money even if you aren't particularly frugal.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
A mate's sister had a water meter fitted and she then started getting huge water bills - I'm talking a couple of thousand pounds a year! She paid them for a while until somebody found out how much she was paying and told her to complain. The water company eventually discovered that the meter had been installed in the water inlet pipe before a junction which also fed the factory next door ...! :whistle:
 

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
I wonder why this is even a topic of discussion really. Can you imagine paying for electricity without it being metered?

Because most houses were never fitted with a meter (built 25 odd plus years ago), so pay on the 'rateable' value - eg big house big bill - if one or two of you -go for a meter.
 
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