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kevo

Well-known member
Mar 8, 2008
9,800
Anyone got one - is it worth it? How much do you save (if anything)?
 






kevo

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Mar 8, 2008
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chimneys

Well-known member
Jun 11, 2007
3,609
Anyone got one - is it worth it? How much do you save (if anything)?

Think you will find if you live anywhere non completely rural in South East that you will have no choice in matter and virtually everyone being forced to have one fitted within next year or so. We, and our entire road, have just had one forced upon us by water company!

Gainers will be singles/couples no kids. Losers-families.
 




kevo

Well-known member
Mar 8, 2008
9,800
Think you will find if you live anywhere non completely rural in South East that you will have no choice in matter and virtually everyone being forced to have one fitted within next year or so. We, and our entire road, have just had one forced upon us by water company!

I live in London - non-metered bill is horrendous.
 


Moshe Gariani

Well-known member
Mar 10, 2005
12,198
Our water bill unmetered was going to be £44 a month ...!

We have had a meter installed and hope it will now be around a quarter of that... (what is normal for a couple + one kid...?)
 


chimneys

Well-known member
Jun 11, 2007
3,609
Our water bill unmetered was going to be £44 a month ...!

We have had a meter installed and hope it will now be around a quarter of that... (what is normal for a couple + one kid...?)

£11 per month?! Fear you are in for a rude awakening, unless you dont have dishwasher/washing machine/family dont bath/shower.
 




fly high

Well-known member
Aug 25, 2011
1,723
in a house
Mum has a meter to her flat, even with her watering her small garden area only costs her £5 a month. If you have a power shower may be expensive, they use almost as much as a bath.
 


The screamer

NSC's biggest geek
Apr 2, 2010
752
Portsmouth
It is defiantly cheaper, especially in student housing... not that we don't shower, it just has saved us a lot... last year we were paying around £20 a month, this year its about half!
 


Notters

Well-known member
Oct 20, 2003
24,889
Guiseley
Only way really is to roughly calculate how much water you use. Obviously the less you use, the more you'll save. It's (marginally) cheaper for us (2 people in a one bed flat).
 




BensGrandad

New member
Jul 13, 2003
72,015
Haywards Heath
There are hold ups on Franklynn Road Haywards Heath due to them installing water meters in all of the houses up that road during the next 10 weeks. We have had a water meter since our days at a pub in Guildford. In didn't pay then as the water company cocked it up but it has since then and has made us have showers more than baths to save water. I have suggested to wife we should share a shower but she is not too keen, probably down to her being a pensioner but she may have been more agreeable when she was about 30 years old LOL
 


ferring seagull

Well-known member
Dec 30, 2010
4,607
Anyone got one - is it worth it? How much do you save (if anything)?

Don't expect any massive saving if any as metered water is only one part of your water charges account. Sewerage etc. is still charged as before.

I am Southern Water, single occupancy and pay £30.20 per month.

As stated in another post, the more people, car washing and garden hoses (if they were not currently banned) will raise the cost significantly. If you need to water a garden, it might be a good idea to save water from kitchen sink, store in a water butt and use as required.
 


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There are hold ups on Franklynn Road Haywards Heath due to them installing water meters in all of the houses up that road during the next 10 weeks. We have had a water meter since our days at a pub in Guildford. In didn't pay then as the water company cocked it up but it has since then and has made us have showers more than baths to save water. I have suggested to wife we should share a shower but she is not too keen, probably down to her being a pensioner but she may have been more agreeable when she was about 30 years old LOL

yea and how f***ing annoying are those roadworks!!! doing my head in now!
 






catfish

North Stand Brighton Boy
Dec 17, 2010
7,677
Worthing
I pay about one third of what I used to since having a meter installed.
 


Don Tmatter

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
5,035
dont matter
Southern Water wouldnt spend what they have done installing them, for the good of the customer. The meter charges we'll/we're pay/paying down here are 1 of the highest charges per every m3 used, in the country.
 






Lurker

62 years and counting ...
Mar 8, 2010
416
West Midlands
Anyone got one - is it worth it? How much do you save (if anything)?

Had water meters for 15 years so not sure on the difference in costings anymore, but i can tell you if you live alone you'll save a bomb by being on a meter, but if you have a large family it'll cost you a bomb being on one.
 




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