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Water usage very high in October when on holiday

  • 21-01-2016 6:01pm
    #1
    RCSATELLITES
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    Just received a letter from Irish Water saying they think I have a leak from looking at my usage. Now forget Irish water, don't make the thread about them.

    I seem to us around 6 to 7 cubic meters per month. But in October that doubled to nearly 16 cubic meters.

    The funny thing is I went on holidays from the 6th to the 20th of October, so was not even using water. So very confused.

    I don't have any outside tap, and I don't think my neighbours robbed it. :)

    So still trying to figure out what happened. It was back to 6 and 7 cubic meters for Nov and Dec.

    So if had a leak outside of house and no one has fixed it then it should be still high.

    We did not leave any taps on.

    The only thing I did different was

    I turned off the hot and cold valves in the Hot press and emptied out the two toilets and ran the taps till empty.
    I did not turn off the mains water.

    So is it possible that maybe the cold water storage tank in the attic was overflowing over the two weeks and hence why all this water usage.

    No leaks in house or any stains on any roofs.

    Why would turning of the valves cause the cold water storage tank to do this or is it something else?

    Thanks in Advance for all the comments


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