Water Meters
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
We pay just over 30 per month two adults and two kids on a meter. 360 per year
Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
Water meter £18.50 month with careful use.
2 Adults.
2 Adults.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Perhaps selfish, but i refuse to have one.
We all (in my household) like baths, personally i hate showers. I do have a lifelong bad back so a hot soak at the end of the day does me wonders.
Having had kids and now having grandkids, i like to have a small paddlling pool when the weathers hot.
My in laws have a meter and although he (the FIL) may be a bit OTT, ive seen what it does to some people, he's become obsessed with water useage. I dont want to turn into my FIL, worry about having 3 baths a day run in our house, worry about how much water is going into the paddling pool etc etc etc.
And to save what ? maybe £1 a week according to some peoples bills above, with a meter.
BTW, you perhaps already have a meter installed Ian, i have, they did everyones in the area some time ago, you just have to elect to go on the system.
We all (in my household) like baths, personally i hate showers. I do have a lifelong bad back so a hot soak at the end of the day does me wonders.
Having had kids and now having grandkids, i like to have a small paddlling pool when the weathers hot.
My in laws have a meter and although he (the FIL) may be a bit OTT, ive seen what it does to some people, he's become obsessed with water useage. I dont want to turn into my FIL, worry about having 3 baths a day run in our house, worry about how much water is going into the paddling pool etc etc etc.
And to save what ? maybe £1 a week according to some peoples bills above, with a meter.
BTW, you perhaps already have a meter installed Ian, i have, they did everyones in the area some time ago, you just have to elect to go on the system.
mark st1
Plastic Manc
- Location
- Leafy Berkshire
With a wife and daughter that have there baths a mm from the top of the tub on a daily basis i wouldnt have one fitted our bill would probably go up. Our new bill £340 pa not to bad i didnt think i drink water like a fish so im getting my moneys worth lol.
citybabe
Keep Calm and OMG.......CAKES!!
- Location
- Lowestoft Suffolk
For 2 adults we pay £300 a year on a water meter. We're happy with it
Get In The Van
Senior Member
- Location
- West Lothian
What is this water meter you talk of? 
(retreats behind the wall)
(retreats behind the wall)
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
we have just had one fitted ..not our choice , but all reckon we should see a reduction in our monthly bill of £45+ .. i hope so
cd365
Guru
- Location
- Coventry, uk
I think you can try a water meter for a year and if you don't want it they will remove it
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
They don't remove it, they just don't take readings from it. It stays there for the next person to own the house to inherit.
BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
- Location
- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
My bills dropped a lot when the meter got fitted
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
It might sound a bit radical but you could always fit your own water meter for a few months to see what your consumption is. A meter costs about £25 and it's a doddle to fit if you have basic plumbing skills. You can pretty much do whatever you want to the mains plumbing in your house as long as the work is downstream of the Water Company's stopcock.
