water meters

[stevetheplumber]

friend of mine has moved into a new house and has been refused a meter the stopcock on the pavement is only 300mm from the two just inside her boundary one of which obviously feeds under her property to the next door house
does anyone know if she can have an internal one fitted.I have in the past fitted internal ones in shops but a while ago at that time thames water supplied the meter for us to fit
anyone got any recent experience?

 

[Destroyer2813]

Seen a good few indoors just moved a existing one from one place to another along with the main in a extension

 

[stratplus]

Why would they want a meter?

 

[stevetheplumber]

shes a single woman so will not use a lot of water

 

[Dotty]

shes a single woman so will not use a lot of water

So's my stepdaughter. You could refloat the titanic in the amount of water she washes her hair with.........

 

[Whyme]

Yeah ive got an internal meter. And if i was allowed id rip it out and drive over it a few times with the van.

 

[stratplus]

Mines internal too.

 

[lame plumber]

they want access so now tend to go for an internal meter with the ability to read it externally via a readout or some clever means, or just shout at the provider to grow some and send out an inspector to have a proper look at the situation and come up with a proposal, after all its her right to have a meter and they have to provide even if they have to separate out the 2 supplies to the boundary which isnt hard.

 

[turnpin]

Thought it was a suppliers requirement now when you move house to have meters fitted ?....Regards Turnpin:confused5:

 

[lame plumber]

not just for moving house, only if you ask or they decide to force one on you

 

[Destroyer2813]

Thought it was a suppliers requirement now when you move house to have meters fitted ?....Regards Turnpin:confused5:

Me to but didn't get one when I moved last year thankfully

 

[kris]

Do you guys get charged for water ?

 

[turnpin]

Do you guys get charged for water ?

Yes Kris and charged again to take it away lol....regards Turnpin:50:

 

[kris]

Whats the average charges turnpin ? roughly say a week

 

[stratplus]

Whats the average charges turnpin ? roughly say a week

£230 for 6 months roughly for me

 

[kris]

Cheers strat , i never realised you guys paid for water , let alone the price, water should be free ,

 

[Whyme]

Water rates for me was £24 per month, now on a meter in a new house its £47. And cos my front gutter gets flirted onto the garden i get a surface water charge..Gotta love England..!