Water meter

[newbee]

Is it worth having a water meter installed to save money?

[jocky]

All depends how many live in your household and if you mainly have showers over baths.

[Ethel]

If you do not have garden ponds, sprinklers and so on the rule of thumb is:

More people than bedrooms - stay unmetered

Fewer people than bedrooms - get a meter

[Cetti]

Think carefully before you decide as once it's been installed it cannot be removed. The argument was that in the future everywhere will be metred so it might as well stay put.

We've just moved to a property with a meter, which is fine in the winter months as the bills are next to nothing but we're wondering what the summer will bring worth, not to mention a heavily used washing machine. Might be less than we imagined.

[Ethel]

If you have a water meter installed, you can revert to non-metered water within the first 12 months. After that you are stuck with it.

If you sell within the first 12 months, the buyers are stuck with the meter.

[Cetti]

Exactly Ethel, we are stuck with it, but we also live in the hope it might be a good thing and save us money in the long run. Only time will tell.

[Ethel]

I'll be very interested to know, Cetti, with my water bill just under �400 per year. :(

[Cetti]

Poor you. Is that just water, or water and sewage together?

[oldhenry]

You'll save money with a bills like that, unless there are a lot of children.
I changed years ago, my bills halved, and found that I have soak aways so they cannot charge for that.
we are careful though and use barrels to water the garden as far as possible,but that is better than the chemical water for plants anyway

[heathfield]

It'll depend on what your water suppliers charge. In some areas, people who've had meters installed have ended up paying quite a bit more than the previous flate rate. Ask around your neighbours for their experiences.

[Figi]

WE use it for the garden as well as ourselves and our bills have halved since we had a meter. We use the dishwasher every single day and do about 3-4 loads of washing per week.

[SHEHE]

Where I live we were not given a choice the water co. metered the whole town . If you are not a large family with the washing machine and dishwasher on all the time and have showers ,it should be cheaper . We have to pay 95% based on the water reading for the waste water charge . So turning the taps off and having a 1/2 flush on the loo saves money.Also get a water butts for the garden as a sprinkler costs mega bucks to use. We found it cheaper but depends on lots of facts.