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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: geefree on October 15, 2007, 04:43:30 pm

Title: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: geefree on October 15, 2007, 04:43:30 pm
I am not on a meter yet, but i know a lot of you already are....

are your bills ok, campared to water rates, i know it will go by the householders occupants, i think.

I will wait and see but in this mornings paper it states all the country will have water meters, looks like i will be driving to a river in the dark .. pumping in to a tank and boosting it into another through the ro system lol,

whats your views guys,? those already on will know the costs.

Gary.
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: Count Phil on October 15, 2007, 04:53:31 pm
all on pro-7's by 2011
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: GAZZA B on October 15, 2007, 04:53:56 pm
Hi,

I pay about £10 pounds a week for the water that I use for window cleaning, it's not that bad!

Gazza
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: Sir Squeaky on October 15, 2007, 04:54:28 pm
If they rip me off I'll just pay less tax. :P

There's always ways to get your own back.
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: geefree on October 15, 2007, 04:55:12 pm
all on pro-7's by 2011

whats pro 7?
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: Sir Squeaky on October 15, 2007, 04:57:28 pm
Some sort of medication I'd imagine.
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: geefree on October 15, 2007, 05:02:55 pm
ha,

is it possible to force water through a ro system, without hooking it to the outside tap....

i mean, from a tank full of tap water... forced through the ro, and into a purewater tank?

i know there are booster pumps, but are they simply to assist water from the tap?

Gary.
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: Count Phil on October 15, 2007, 05:21:48 pm
Pro-7 is ionics super expensive zero waste ro. The filters on that thing can't last long.
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: Bobs Window Cleaning on October 15, 2007, 05:38:47 pm
Anglia water charges £2.39 per 1000lts. Not as bad as you would think eh?

Bob
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: NWH on October 15, 2007, 06:38:57 pm
They should have called that Pro 7 the resin muncher,the rubbish in the water has to go somewhere and it does through those filters leaving them spent at an alarming rate.I read written comments about that system last year where WCS were claiming to go through 2-3 filters a month.
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: M & C Window Cleaning on October 15, 2007, 06:40:30 pm
My  'Essex and Suffolk' water bill says that my water is only costing me 88p per cubic meter. I thought that was 1000 ltrs but it seems too cheap or are the figures being quoted on here including sewage costs?
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: matt on October 15, 2007, 07:02:39 pm
my bill is now a extra 28 quid a month, for 3 days work a week

not bad for the safety of no using ladders
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: geefree on October 15, 2007, 07:36:45 pm
ah, none of it sounds quite as bad as i thought....

how do you break it down though, from the water you and your family use and the water used for work... to get to your figure stated here.?

cheers for your input lads, as i thought it was going to be horrendously high,

by the way , as we use it for business , are there no subsidies, discounts or whatever they like to call it?
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: Russell Macdonald on October 15, 2007, 07:39:05 pm
ah, none of it sounds quite as bad as i thought....

how do you break it down though, from the water you and your family use and the water used for work... to get to your figure stated here.?

cheers for your input lads, as i thought it was going to be horrendously high,

by the way , as we use it for business , are there no subsidies, discounts or whatever they like to call it?

You can add a meter to the supply to your RO.
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: geefree on October 15, 2007, 07:41:08 pm
ah right .

thanks.  :)
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: LWC on October 15, 2007, 08:30:08 pm
water meter? paying for water?

what is this nonsense you all talk of?...

(by the way i have a boar hole  ;))
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: steve m on October 16, 2007, 03:03:31 pm
If you have a meter fitted now you get the choice of where it goes, then half way through the quarter turn it round and they run in reverse
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: clean team on October 16, 2007, 03:56:18 pm
what you do is tap in to the water pipe before the meter and pipe that to your ro then you wont have to pay for any more.just offer the guys a few quid when they fit the meter and they will do it no probs.or you can do it your self really easy ;)
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: windowwashers on October 16, 2007, 05:06:10 pm
water meter? paying for water?

what is this nonsense you all talk of?...

(by the way i have a boar hole  ;))
Snob  :P
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: Russell Macdonald on October 16, 2007, 06:05:46 pm
what you do is tap in to the water pipe before the meter and pipe that to your ro then you wont have to pay for any more.just offer the guys a few quid when they fit the meter and they will do it no probs.or you can do it your self really easy ;)

I don't think so, the meter goes in the path where the stop cock goes, your responsible from the meter onwards, not cheap if there is a leak.
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: MJH on October 16, 2007, 06:16:18 pm
im on a meter and find it pricey! after rates its a pain in the butt!
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: mike richardson on October 16, 2007, 06:45:05 pm
i was thinking of moving phoned water people they said its £2.19 per cubic mtr then 28p per day standing charge,

that adds up to a lot in a week, i use 1000 ltr s aday

5 days x 3 cubic mtrs = 15 cubic mtrs per week,

 as there is 2 cubic mtrs waste for avery 1 cubic mtr produced from my ro,

that  = 15x 2.19 = £32.85 per week plus £1.40 charge


in a month thats £137 per month of my money 
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: steve m on October 16, 2007, 07:07:33 pm
they only put it there if you dont volenteer,
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: davids3511 on October 16, 2007, 09:36:44 pm
i was thinking of moving phoned water people they said its £2.19 per cubic mtr then 28p per day standing charge,

that adds up to a lot in a week, i use 1000 ltr s aday

5 days x 3 cubic mtrs = 15 cubic mtrs per week,

 as there is 2 cubic mtrs waste for avery 1 cubic mtr produced from my ro,

that  = 15x 2.19 = £32.85 per week plus £1.40 charge


in a month thats £137 per month of my money 

Can you not upgrade your RO with anouther RO module and so reduce the waste water?
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: steve m on October 17, 2007, 07:56:12 am
you can get one with no waste at all
Title: Re: ALL ON WATER METERS BY 2010.
Post by: rhys11 on October 17, 2007, 01:45:56 pm


Can you not upgrade your RO with anouther RO module and so reduce the waste water?
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will this work coz im moving in to a new house in december in i need to find some thing that will reduce my waste water????????????