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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Blackadder on November 15, 2025, 04:39:33 pm

Title: Water rates
Post by: Blackadder on November 15, 2025, 04:39:33 pm
as the price of water, like everything else, is dear now, just wondering if rates are cheaper if you declare to your provider that you run a water based business and if you did, is it cheaper or dearer?
Title: Re: Water rates
Post by: Spruce on November 16, 2025, 08:40:50 am
as the price of water, like everything else, is dear now, just wondering if rates are cheaper if you declare to your provider that you run a water based business and if you did, is it cheaper or dearer?

You could always phone them up anonymously and ask them the question.
Title: Re: Water rates
Post by: Scottish Cleaning Service on November 16, 2025, 02:17:48 pm
You could harvest rainwater.
Title: Re: Water rates
Post by: Spruce on November 17, 2025, 06:51:10 am
You could harvest rainwater.
In Scotland maybe, but in England this past summer, no chance.
Title: Re: Water rates
Post by: AuRavelling79 on November 17, 2025, 11:55:48 am
You could harvest rainwater.
In Scotland maybe, but in England this past summer, no chance.

You can ameliorate the situation if you have enough storage. Especially on the west side of the country and Wales of course.

A guy down here in Bristol had 5000 litres of storage which at 350 litres a day gives about 3 weeks on a 4/5 day week if there was no rain whatsoever.

He lived in a semi and got half of his neighbour's water by removing a downpipe!  ;D

I just wonder whether the cost of tanks and pumps and general unsightliness is worth it.