Water meter reading?

Big Nelly

Hi Guys

Not sure if this goes in here, I jut got forms in last week for Irish Water. Need to look about filling in. Meter was fitted a few months back so I just went out and checked it. It says 51 on it and then in the red it is 812. I guess this is 51,812 ltr's I have used already?

That seems very high to me? the meter might be installed about 4 months.....has anyone been monitoring there water meter?

Is there anywhere that will say when the meter was actually installed/?

I need to start now

Mods please move if wrong forum......thanks

JohnnieK

Any other meter i've ever delt with the numbers in the red are not taken into account. I dont know if that is the case with the water meters.

In saying that 51 Liters in 4 months is miniscule.

perhaps it's 51 cubic liters

Wearb

JohnnieK wrote: »

perhaps it's 51 cubic liters

Which is 51,000 litres

Damien360

Mine read 2000 yesterday and 2023 today. That includes the red numbers.

When my water is not running in the house the wheel stops so no leaks but I have water at the bottom of the meter.

No rain for a few days and the rubber seal at the top appears good. Should there be water in the hole for the meter at all ?

JohnnieK

Wearb wrote: »

Which is 51,000 litres

Hahahahahaha.
Well I am under the influence of a bottle of wine:D

JohnnieK

Damien360 wrote: »

Mine read 2000 yesterday and 2023 today. That includes the red numbers.

When my water is not running in the house the wheel stops so no leaks but I have water at the bottom of the meter.

No rain for a few days and the rubber seal at the top appears good. Should there be water in the hole for the meter at all ?

If there was any water in it from installation it will take an age for that to evaporate. You could call them and make them aware of it.

moonshadow

That's .75 of a litre

Guy:Incognito

JohnnieK wrote: »

Hahahahahaha.
Well I am under the influence of a bottle of wine:D

A cubic litre of it?:)

Sleeper12

Wearb wrote: »

Which is 51,000 litres

Which is €250 worth of water! Even with allowances the average bill will be over €500.
Shocking

phester28

meter readings for a few guys at work when extrapolated will end up 900 euro for 2+1 without allowances for a 3 bed semi with reasonably new toilets with dual flush, and a normal 3-5 min shower (for him anyway)

PauloMN

Just read mine.... holy fook, I'm in for some bill next year!!!!! :eek::eek:

Sleeper12

PauloMN wrote: »

Just read mine.... holy fook, I'm in for some bill next year!!!!! :eek::eek:

What is the reading?

PauloMN

Sleeper12 wrote: »

What is the reading?

152, that's without the red numbers. I reckon that brings me close to €750, without allowances. Can't remember when the meter was installed, maybe 6 months ago.

Our water is very hard so we have a softener, I might have to reduce the cycles on it.

Mental money though.

Sleeper12

PauloMN wrote: »

152, that's without the red numbers. I reckon that brings me close to €750, without allowances. Can't remember when the meter was installed, maybe 6 months ago.

Our water is very hard so we have a softener, I might have to reduce the cycles on it.

Mental money though.

Mental is right.

Big Nelly

PauloMN wrote: »

152, that's without the red numbers. I reckon that brings me close to €750, without allowances. Can't remember when the meter was installed, maybe 6 months ago.

Our water is very hard so we have a softener, I might have to reduce the cycles on it.

Mental money though.

Thats mental

We have a 1 year old and her routine is a bath every night.....think we will have to get her out of that :P

MicktheMan

Big Nelly wrote: »

We have a 1 year old and her routine is a bath every night.....think we will have to get her out of that :P

Wait till she's a teenager:)

Sleeper12

Big Nelly wrote: »

Thats mental

We have a 1 year old and her routine is a bath every night.....think we will have to get her out of that :P

Nope you are fine with a bath every night. But you'll only be able to afford water in the bath once a week.

sedric

I contacted Irish water, they mailed me about the meter and how to read it.
They do not explain this on their web site ...bizarre isn't it!

1 Reading the meter
The black is cubic meters ( 1000's of litres).
The red is litres( there are three digits i.e. 000 to 999
They start with the meter reading on or after the 1st of October and calculate the difference after that. Just like Electric Ireland/ Gas.

There's no mystery ...only pain!

2. What you are using
So if your meter read 1,222 litres i.e. 1 in black and 222 in the red , on first October then that's your start reading.
Say your reading is 2,333 after a day ( 2 in black, 333 in red) then you have used 1,111 litres. ( 2,333 - 1,222 = 1,111)

3. Your "free allowance" Your allowance for a house , no kids, no illness, is 30,000...that's 30 in black and 000 in red.
Every child on children's allowance is allowed an additional 21,000 , so she get's her bath!

By the way you cannot know your bill until you start to look at the way your meter is moving

Big Nelly

Ok read the meter today and it is reading 54,087, so that is 2,275 since I last read about 11 days ago....the thing is we where all gone for 4 of those days

Can't work out from Irish water website how much 2,275 would cost, not taking into consideration allowances.

Is it €2.44 per 1,000 ltr so 2,275 would be over €4.88?
Thanks

Sleeper12

Big Nelly wrote: »

Ok read the meter today and it is reading 54,087, so that is 2,275 since I last read about 11 days ago....the thing is we where all gone for 4 of those days

Can't work out from Irish water website how much 2,275 would cost, not taking into consideration allowances.

Is it €2.44 per 1,000 ltr so 2,275 would be over €4.88?
Thanks

Its €2.44 per 1000 ltr of water but if you use the sewer system then you have to pay another €2.44 per 1000 ltr. So water only is 5.55
water & sewer is €11.10

Big Nelly

Quick update, found out meter was installed on 25 march 2014

So working it out I am using circa 275 ltr per day

That is 100,592 per year

So there is 2 adults and 1 child so I have 51,000 allowance

So I have to pay for 49,500 ltr, so 4.88 per 1,000 ltr based on water website for supply and removal

Bill per year is €241.56

Am I working that out correctly I wonder?

Sleeper12

Big Nelly wrote: »

Quick update, found out meter was installed on 25 march 2014

So working it out I am using circa 275 ltr per day

That is 100,592 per year

So there is 2 adults and 1 child so I have 51,000 allowance

So I have to pay for 49,500 ltr, so 4.88 per 1,000 ltr based on water website for supply and removal

Bill per year is €241.56

Am I working that out correctly I wonder?

Sounds about right

PauloMN

Took another reading after 2 weeks, so from 152 to 156 units. My meter can't have been zero when it was installed based on that usage, 4.5 units approx (or 4500 litres) sounds much more normal over two weeks. So say 2.25 units per week, that's 117 units a year before allowances. 2 kids, so 72 units allowed free per year, meaning I pay for 45 units @ €4.88 per unit. Around €220, a lot better than I thought initially.

Sleeper12

PauloMN wrote: »

Took another reading after 2 weeks, so from 152 to 156 units. My meter can't have been zero when it was installed based on that usage, 4.5 units approx (or 4500 litres) sounds much more normal over two weeks. So say 2.25 units per week, that's 117 units a year before allowances. 2 kids, so 72 units allowed free per year, meaning I pay for 45 units @ €4.88 per unit. Around €220, a lot better than I thought initially.

Its amazing when your kids hit 18. It means we have 4 adults in the house. Our bill will be €1000 or so per year.