Water Pressure!?

Sam Quentin · 24-09-2017 05:29PM

philstar wrote: »

well if you're not willing to pay for the service, this is what happens.....the goverment should've stuck to their guns and faced down those sinn fein'ers/anarchists

On this point>> I did pay first charges, and I do agree water needs to be paid for. I don't think there was need for meters but I see now maybe they can be used for narrowing down leaks. Also I believe a €100 charge per year would not be unreasonable, yes people would complain and give out at the beginning but I do believe most would pay.

McMurphy · 24-09-2017 05:30PM

RobertKK wrote: »

But I pay taxes and don't get my water supply free, I have to pay.

It has only been paid out of taxation for some in the country, others always had to pay directly.

I believe people who get their water privately and pay for it directly have a better water supply than the old run down public water supply.

You get an annual subsistence payment from the govt though.

24-09-2017 05:37PM

RobertKK wrote:

But I pay taxes and don't get my water supply free, I have to pay.

Someone owning a 3 bed mid terraced council house in Dublin pays more property tax than someone living in a 6 bed detached house on a half acre of land in Cavan

I do feel for you but Ireland is full of these contradictions

_Kaiser_ · 24-09-2017 05:44PM

RobertKK wrote: »

But I pay taxes and don't get my water supply free, I have to pay.

It has only been paid out of taxation for some in the country, others always had to pay directly.

Not this argument again...

If you choose to live in the middle of nowhere/off the mains supply, you don't get to complain about having to pay (more) for services - If anything, your urban neighbours are subsidising your services

Against that though you'll pay lower property tax, get more house/land for your money, less traffic, quieter environment in general so it more than balances out.

murpho999 · 25-09-2017 10:22AM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I don't know of any country that has banned electric showers. Why would they do this? They are A energy rated and are far cheaper for a 10 minute shower than an electric immersion or gas & oil. Solar is about the only thing more efficient than an electric shower.

I have been told by Dutch people that they are banned in the Netherlands and I have never seen one anywhere in continental Europe.

25-09-2017 11:46AM

murpho999 wrote:

I have been told by Dutch people that they are banned in the Netherlands and I have never seen one anywhere in continental Europe.

I can't speak for the Netherlands but I sell parts to triton showers to most of Europe.
There are some homes in Ireland not suitable for electric shower. The size of the cable coming into the house isn't big enough. This must be a big issue in the Netherlands immediately guessing.

osarusan · 25-09-2017 11:51AM

We have an electric shower upstairs that runs off the mains, and since some nearby roadworks about 2 years ago, the pressure hasn't even been strong enough to run the electric shower (there's another that runs off the gas-heated tank, which still works fine).

We did have somebody from the council or Irish Water call out to measure the pressure, which they did in the downstairs kitchen, where it met minimum standards, and that was that as far as they were concerned, even if the upstairs shower doesn't work.

Don't Chute! · 25-09-2017 12:03PM

Isn't there a massive upgrade of the water treatment plants in Drogheda/Dundalk starting in the next few weeks/months?

Water John · 25-09-2017 12:46PM

osar, I suspect the pipe to the house was kinked somewhere, or have a leak.

LirW · 25-09-2017 01:10PM

murpho999 wrote: »

I have been told by Dutch people that they are banned in the Netherlands and I have never seen one anywhere in continental Europe.

Indeed, I've never seen one until I've been to Ireland.
Also the system of Immersion doesn't exist the way it does here, especially if you live in an apartment.
The common thing would be either a central heating cylinder that gets heated at night from for example 2 - 4am. You have warm water for the whole day in the house.
The other big thing are flow heaters, which is used especially in kitchens under the sink.
It works out pretty cheap like that, I always lived in apartments powered like that and I never had high electricity bills.

When you have the water heated already once a day there's no point really in heating the water separately for a shower.

Every plumber that I talked to here (we get our place replumbed) said to get rid of the current electric shower, get a well isolated cylinder and a pump shower.

Water Pressure!?

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