House shut down

[otherclive]

Tell them to live on a submarine if you want to! 🤪🤷.

Not sure what your point is, but they will be paying a lot for their water, so yes, have long showers, in fact don’t turn it off, just leave it running, then they can jump in and out when they want. After all, they can use as much water as they want, they all work, it’s their money, it makes no difference to the bill!………Stuff everyone else! 🙄

It’s quite straightforward as in my earlier post I said that the water company told my daughter fitting a water meter would be impractical given the position of the external spur to her house. So not wanting substantial disruption to her patio, concrete paths or newly fitted kitchen she’s decided to defer any thoughts of a water meter. Did I say that they had long showers? No I did not. I just said “ the time spent showering makes no difference to the bill” it’s you that inferred that they don’t give a damn wrt water usage, which is the exact opposite of their approach. The showers are fed either by electric or gas both of which are paid for by usage.

In fact they are environmentally aware in how they live and your last two sentences are unnecessarily offensive.

 

[Hutch]

When our water leak happened, the premiums rose not by much, but a new clause was added saying if there was another water leak , we would be liable for the first £450 of a claim.

 

[Devonisheaven]

Should I tell the family to go and spend a week on a submarine? They all work and it’s their money not mine, and without a meter the time spent showering makes no difference to the bill. If the house was being extended now there would be a seperate water supply to the neighbouring house running parallel to the supply to our daughter’s house. But it still beggars the question of who pays should there be a leak between the road and consumer, especially when parallel supplies are about 0.75m deep and only 300mm apart based on Southerns guidance. Perhaps better not to give it too much thought.

Blimey, easy tiger you’re the one who said “ they all work and it’s their money…….the time spent showering makes no difference to the bill” 🤷

We are on a meter, and have a flow regulator and SWW provided shower head, our shower uses very little water per week, so the time spent showering makes a difference to our bill, which will be a lot lower than anyone not on a meter.

We have become very, very careful with our water use, five large water butts, toilet cistern turned low, showers not baths etc, and let’s not forget, the amount of water you use dictates what you pay for waste water treatment. Keep what comes in right down, what goes out will be down as well.

However, I must confess, our “careful” water use is more to do with giving those robbing Bs as little as possible, than saving the planet. Let’s get this £1million bonuses down!

 

[otherclive]

Errr, you’re the one who said “ they all work and it’s their money…….the time spent showering makes no difference to the bill” 🤷

Since the subject was related to water usage then time spent showering doesn’t affect the water bill as there’s no meter. Where did I mention long showers?

 

[otherclive]

Blimey, easy tiger you’re the one who said “ they all work and it’s their money…….the time spent showering makes no difference to the bill” 🤷

We are on a meter, and have a flow regulator and SWW provided shower head, our shower uses very little water per week, so the time spent showering makes a difference to our bill, which will be a lot lower than anyone not on a meter.

We have become very, very careful with our water use, five large water butts, toilet cistern turned low, showers not baths etc, and let’s not forget, the amount of water you use dictates what you pay for waste water treatment. Keep what comes in right down, what goes out will be down as well.

However, I must confess, our “careful” water use is more to do with giving those robbing Bs as little as possible, than saving the planet. Let’s get this £1million bonuses down!

I really am totally disinterested in your domestic arrangement wrt water use, just your unnecessarily abrasive post #24 jumping to non supported conclusions.

 

[Gafferbill]

....here is some more minutiae of our arrangements but pertinent to the OP's question.

We don't turn gas off when we go away but boiler is controlled via Internet so is off with automatic central heating frost protection.
Water is turned off at main tap for winter trips but left on when we need automatic plant watering for a multitude of patio pot plants.

Never had a problem yet but aware of the risks.
House is checked by son for longer trips.

 

[Devonisheaven]

I really am totally disinterested in your domestic arrangement wrt water use…..

Do you realistically, honestly believe that bothers me even in the slightest. 🤷🙄

 

[otherclive]

....here is some more minutiae of our arrangements but pertinent to the OP's question.

We don't turn gas off when we go away but boiler is controlled via Internet so is off with automatic central heating frost protection.
Water is turned off at main tap for winter trips but left on when we need automatic plant watering for a multitude of patio pot plants.

Never had a problem yet but aware of the risks.
House is checked by son for longer trips.Mm m op poo d are

In our last house I had a container watering system as our the last of our neighbours three children had gone to university and I didn’t want to bother the parents as they both worked. The system was very efficient and used very little water via its drip feeders and micro misters. It came on for 15 minutes around 0600 and again at 2100. The control valve and timer were fitted to the outdoor garden tap.

After having it for three years we were at home when my wife heard a sudden whooshing noise and water came out from under the cupboard with the softener so she went to turn off valves. She saw immediately that this was not possible as the shut off valve feeding the supply to the outside tap had blown its central core out from the body. So we turned of the internal mains isolator. The failed valve was a JG Speedfit 15 mm emergency isolator. On examination the central valve section had indeed blown out. I think it was probably caused by the sudden way in which the watering system control valve opened and closed, causing “shock” pressurisation.

Now as we only live 0.5 miles from our daughter there’s always someone able to come around to water the 26 ish containers, which year on year I strive (unsuccessfully) to reduce. 😊