Water meter woes you’ll find shocking.

[cougie uk]

I will look again but with some hot soapy water. I can see this shape but the numbers must be covered in dirt.
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They are tricky to see. Mine is at a weird angle in the far corner of the garage.

I put my phone camera onto video and zoom and wave it slowly in the direction of the red numbers.

Then I can aslow Mo it to see the figures.

 

[Time Waster]

Our old house never had a meter but the water Co had to put a stopcock in the rear alleyway. They bodged the job and it's lower than the surrounding area. Result is the rain washed gravel into it, no idea where the gravel comes from it's earth with tarmac around the meter cavity lid.

Anyway we forced them to sort it then moved to a new house. The new house had a meter. We got a £15 a month for 2 adults and a child. It recently went up to £22. My parents, 2 adults in a large house, get charged £35 a month and was amazed at how low ours was. Led to my mum asking if we were having enough showers! We aren't wasteful or meagre in our use, just average to just below I reckon.

 

[cougie uk]

Different authorities have different prices. Same as Electric.

 

[Milzy]

They are tricky to see. Mine is at a weird angle in the far corner of the garage.

I put my phone camera onto video and zoom and wave it slowly in the direction of the red numbers.

Then I can aslow Mo it to see the figures.

Cleaned it all and there’s a little plastic needle that moves from side to side but no numbers can be found even with better lighting. Leave it for the water board. If they need to put something long down though the conifer could be in the way then.

 

[Milzy]

That’s your number / meter reading there.

I’ve looked at the neighbours ones at the side but can’t see any numbers. Wiped mine down. Should I spray the hose pipe on it and take a close photo?
It’s very annoying.

 

[classic33]

Cleaned it all and there’s a little plastic needle that moves from side to side but no numbers can be found even with better lighting. Leave it for the water board. If they need to put something long down though the conifer could be in the way then.

See Buck's post, previous page, on where to take your reading from.

 

[cougie uk]

I’ve looked at the neighbours ones at the side but can’t see any numbers. Wiped mine down. Should I spray the hose pipe on it and take a close photo?
It’s very annoying.

This is mine. If you're not dead straight on you can't see the numbers.

 

[Buck]

I’ve looked at the neighbours ones at the side but can’t see any numbers. Wiped mine down. Should I spray the hose pipe on it and take a close photo?
It’s very annoying.

You can pour a bucket of water on it or a hosepipe. It’s waterproof !

 

[biggs682]

Blimey. On a meter we pay £36 for the two of us.

Ours is £30 for 2 of us
When we turn on the kitchen sink for hot water we run it into an empty 4 pint milk container before it runs warm to save waste and then use the saved water to put in the kettle or for back flushing big number 2's 😁

 

[biggs682]

To be honest, if you are paying £40 or more in a large house, even with four adults, it would be cheaper on a meter. Might not be with two mucky young kids and the washer on multiple times a day, and constant toilet flushing.

Why flush after every toilet visit?

 

[potsy]

Water meter fitted today, now to see if it reduces my bills by as much as I'm hoping

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

When we moved to our bungalow six year's ago they already had a water meter fitted.
They read it every six months and I'm pleased to say I'm paying half of what I paid in the previous house.

 

[MontyVeda]

They fitted a water meter at my Mum's house about three years ago. I installed a couple of water butts for watering the garden. Then last year they revealed that they hadn't fitted a water meter and she was still paying rates. Seems communication isn't their strong point.

 

[Milzy]

They finally arrived and more conifer was cut. He said the battery has been dead for 3 years and don’t ever trust @£””@£?!er Water. Brilliant guy. So he has to come back for another reading soon. Then we should be getting a rebate of 3 years over pay. He said they’ll check every 12 months so don’t let your neighbours conifer grow too much. The house building company put my meter in his front garden and the developers also planted the stuff that’s now massive. Absolutely stupid I bet they don’t get these problems in places like Rwanda.

 

[potsy]

Mine was fitted under the sink so very handy to read, although he said they can read it remotely anyway.
Also, my DD has gone from £55 a month to £29...they must anticipate a big saving too