KateP Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 our water meter DD is £20 pm, how does that compare to others?? That is very cheap. Our DD is £35 per month although we are now trying to save much more water and are being more careful about our usage so hopefully it will reduce soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 You're possibly going to all hate me for this, but my spanking 'eco-friendly' house has cost us the grand total of £75 to heat between October and May (and that includes the hot water as well). We have night store heaters, that use electricity between 11:30pm and 6am, as does the water tank, and they were on every night. Them on low, combined with insu-light windows, south facing fully glazed porch (again glazed with the insulight windows) and top insulation in the walls and attic all have combined to give us a weany wee heating bill over the winter. We're hoping to finally get the wind turbine fitted on the roof this summer, and are currently investigating the solar panels that were meant to be fitted before we moved in.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSteve Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 We are on water rates and pay £70 a month and there's only 2 of us I wonder if you would be cheaper on a meter? We have lived here for 4 yrs now, in the old house we paid £28 pm for water rates, we were so worried when we moved that with a meter we would be charged a fortune, but it is still working out cheaper 4 yrs on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSteve Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 You're possibly going to all hate me for this, but my spanking 'eco-friendly' house has cost us the grand total of £75 to heat between October and May (and that includes the hot water as well). That's excellent! I think from October to now the gas (heating and hot water) has cost £238 and then it's around £11 pm for the summer months. Our dream is an eco house, but we need to save! And when we have saved enough we can build and then save money. So to be able to save money we need to save money!! *dreams* eco house, land, chickens, a couple of goats, bees, orchard, veg plot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 (although I don't do it at the moment with this weather we are having!!)our water meter DD is £20 pm, how does that compare to others?? We are on private supply - costs £75.00 per year for as much as we use and the council is giving us a grant for private water supply filters of £800.00 - the total bill for a pre particle filter, uv filter and ph filter is £1029 so not much to put to it at all! Feel very lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Our electricity is not too bad but our gas is appalling. I don't know how to reduce it. It's driving me Our water is £10.00 a month. There is only 2 of us. We both shower each day and my relaxation of the week is my soak in the bath (although I'm trying to cut down). We also save the water that comes out of the hot tap (until it gets hot) in old pop bottles. This gets used for the kettle, cooking veggies and for the animal water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizinsa Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 We are on water rates and pay £70 a month and there's only 2 of us I wonder if you would be cheaper on a meter? The rule of thumb with water meters is if there are fewer people than bedrooms in your house you're likely to save money with a meter. Water companies are happy to install meters and I think most, if not all, run a promotion that if you do not save money within a year, they will take you off the meter. But BE WARNED once you go over the year you cannot ever remove the meter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 We are on a water meter and you should read the information CAREFULLY. You are charged for what comes in, AND what comes in is charged going out as well. Our house has soakaways so we were able to get a reduction because of them ALSO there is that hot tub. You change the water once every quarter and its 2500 litres! I WAS getting charged both ways for that but now I fill out a form and get a rebate on that too - as I'm emptying it to the garden or soakaways. I even claimed the rebate for James pool last year - think about it a 13ft pool for the kids is a lot of water and you get charged BOTH WAYS even if you empty it onto the lawn, I actually emptied it to the drain therefore the soakaway because I have an electric pump (for emptying the hot tub!) and it's easier than turning the lawn into a bog garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 That's interesting Pengy - I never knew that. Will definitely try to stop flushing the toilet so often - especially when I am home alone all day We do the collecting the cold before the hot water thing too - to water the tomato plants. We are on a meter and currently pay £30 a month - that's £10 a month each Must do something about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 When we moved into this house 8 years ago the only way of heating water was by gas- there was an immersion heater connected to the hot water tank, & also an economy7 water heater timer thingy in there too. We found out after moving that both of these were broken BUT since we had the building work done earlier this year (with a new hot water cylinder) both of these are now working- so theoretically we have 3 ways to heat our water- one by gas & 2 by electric. The building work was finished in March & ever since I have still been heating the water by gas I'm a numpty! This thread has reminded me of my new ways to heat my water- I suppose that because for 8 years I have always heated my water by gas it never even clicked to me that I can heat my water different, and possibly cheaper, ways This is great as this week we got our estimated gas & electric bills-I pay British Gas by direct debit, my gas bill is nearly £200 in debit so my DD is going up £11 a month from June to £50, & my electric bill is £40 in credit, yet still going up £6 to £34 a month. The only thing we use gas for in our house is the fire ( which is turned off at the mo) and the hot water & central heating. Since it's now summer *ahem* I do not need the heating on, & I can heat my water by economy 7 ( not sure if economy 7 is still around, but I do have a night rate for my electricity) overnight, & hopefully although my electric usage will increase my gas usage will stop completely, & this may even out the discrepancies in my debit & credit balance with the gas board. Thank you Pengy for posting this thread, I feel really pleased that you have as I now realise that I can heat my water a different, & hopefully cheaper way this summer!!!! Wahoo Wait till I tell hubby tonight- all my forum time has been worthwhile!!!!! *scuttles off to fiddle with the electric heater timer in airing cupboard* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 'tis true, they base your sewerage charge on how much water you use. Obviously they can't monitor the outward waste water, so it's billed as identical to your incoming H2O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
