Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: derek west on July 09, 2010, 04:59:18 pm
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moving in august and seen a house thats perfect apart from 1 minor detail, its got a water meter ;D.
anyone with a trucky had or having this problem and whats the cost of a gallon of water, i'm using around 500 gallons a week at the moment.
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Hope you're not moving down here fella..... £115 a month for water and I'm on a meter!!!
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i love the fact i have a bore hole :P
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Am on a water meter as it a newish house,thre again am not sure how much per gallon.
Thats a lot of water derek :o
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simple.....fill up somewhere else,
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http://www.unitedutilities.com/OurCharges20102011.htm
Quote "The meter will show how much water has been used in cubic metres. The cubic meters are displayed on the meter as black/white dials. For billing purposes, we ignore the red/white dials. One cubic metre of water equals 1,000 litres or 220 gallons".
1 cubic metre = 220 gallons
from the charges page it seems to be £1.374 per cu metre (or 220 galls)
500 galls is approx £3 per week
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cheers for that joe
are you sure meter cubed is 220 gallons?
my bowser looks like 2 meters cubed and only holds 250 gallons
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I'm on a meter, my water is about £1.50 per cubic metre. That means 3 fills of my TM fresh tank, probably fill up at home twice a week on average.... not a lot of expense to worry about. I reckon I save more in diesel by driving with an empty tank, but sometimes you have to drive with it full and that's a killer for fuel economy and general wear & tear.
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1 cubic metre is 220 UK gallons (UK gallon = 5 litres) or 260 US gallons (US gallon = 3.78 litres)
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i'm guessing theres not a meter for drainage so for every cubic meter i use i also have to pay for it to drain away? is that right? apparantly £1.084 so its £2.38 for a cubic meter.
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Good point, forgot about that, they calculate your waste usage as a % of your fresh usage. I'm going to have a word with my accountant about this, hopefully increase my amount written down on home bills into my accounts.
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Another question to ask the householder - do you have a garden tap within x yds of your drive.
Connect into their water then they pay supply and disposal water charge.
May have to change any of your adverts that extols your machine over a portable that uses your clients electricity and uses your clients water!
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If its any help we moved into a unit that had been empty for 4 years and they estimated our first bill at over £500.00....when i read the meter then rang them the bill was reduced to £300.00 for 3 months. I fill my machine up, the Mrs has 3 washing machines, i wash the vans once a week etc. so not too bad. But the buggers do charge you on the basis, what goes in must go out...not always the case. So £100 per month is not bad.
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i love the fact i have a bore hole :P
Its ok for you farmers, my mate has 2 farms, 1 is a mile north and other a mile east,
lets me fill for free if i am passing, and i aint on a meter ;)
Andrew
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ive worked it out at a fiver a week, (2 cubic meters) plus our normal every day usage whatever that will be. but to save money i can fill at homes that arnt on a meter. cheers guys for all the help, i will ring tomorrow to see if the property is still available and if it is we're going for it.
cheers again
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moved to a new house last november, i just fill up in the custys house, i'd say 99% have outside taps, i havent filled up at mine, in at least 2 months derek, and if they havent get all the different fitting for the inside tap
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probably work out better then cos if i connect at a custies house (providing there not on a meter) i will always have a full tank so no filling when i get home. sorted. ;D
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With the money saved you can afford a boot for your Ferrari !!! ;D
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Derek
If you explain that the water is not going to waste on the property they cannot charge you for drainage!!
Had this a few years ago and they changed the bill to show no drainage.
Rob ;D
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Was that commercial property Rob????
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No when I moved to where we are now our water bills shot up. We were using about 1000 litres per day, plus the waste 1:1, so 2000 litres per day. That was when I was really busy with the window cleaning.
That was on a water meter - domestic house.
I now operate from a trading address but because of the change in business direction I don't really draw water from the unit.
We argued with them that the water was being taken away from the dwelling and so could not have a drainage cost. They agreed but only on the 2000 litres per day.
Any domestic usage was charged with drainage.
Rob ;D
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So Derek would have to dump his waste away from home. That could be a problem.
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your joking arnt you joe, i empty while i'm driving home ;D
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See Derek, you should have got a porty ! ;D
Water prices set to rise significantly in the next decade, so get grafting and retire early. ;D
Paul
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As of yesterday we have a hose pipe ban in force,
went to Haweswater dam today to see resevoir, as someone said the
village that was flooded when it was built had re-appeared, it hadnt,
but water level was very low.
The water supplies Manchester, and when low , water is pumped from lake ullswater.
It P*ssed down all day yesterday and today, typical ::)
Andrew
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Think they will start to get water from there andrew and bring it to manchester as were v low here with water
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Think they will start to get water from there andrew and bring it to manchester as were v low here with water
Clinton, the water from there goes to the mancs every day,
cumbria is one of the wettest counties, and we give it away,
i hope it goes to the red half of Manchester, as i p in it if they
beat Liverpool at football ;)
Andrew