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[cyprusgrump]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply to my post. However we are certain that we don't have a leak as the following bill was normal, and the meter is turning now as we would expect, so at some time it must have leaped forward. If there had been a leak, surely we would still have one now? However, we now have a neighbour monitoring our meter so should find out very quickly if the meter jumps forward again. This same person checks the house regularly for dripping taps or leaks so we are certain that this hasn't happened.

We are loath to turn off the water completely as we have a small irrigation system which runs for one minute every evening. We have checked that this is working OK. This only leaves theft, but as we have a neighbourhood warch scheme one of them would have noticed, and we have locks on all the external taps, which only seems to leave the water meter possibly being faulty. Its very worrying as we can't afford another huge bill !

Has the water been cut-off at all...?

We've had a problem here in Pissouri when the water supply is interrupted...

When the supply comes back, air rushing through the system can spin the meter and add tonnes to your consumption.

There seemed to be a number of houses that were particularly susceptible to this - the council didn't believe the owners until they managed to get them on site in time one day and could see the meter whizzing round as the air was purged from the system.

The simple solution was to fit an air-purge valve just before the meter.

The other thing that can cause unusually high bills is a leaking cistern on a toilet. The valve can stick open (because of lime-scale, etc.) causing a slow, steady refilling of the cistern all the time - I know somebody here that had a €1,000 bill for that reason!

As has been said, the best solution is to isolate the irrigation system from the rest of the house but if you can't do that I would strongly recommend turning off the supply to each toilet at the wall...

I had the problem with a toilet cistern, but you couldn't see it, it was just a very fine film leaking down the back of the bog. The bloke from the waterboard had a look and said there was no problem, then a real plumber came and placed a piece of tissue at the back of the bowl above the waterline, and you could see it soaking up the water! WE had gone from about 2 Tonnes a month to 30!

Mind you, I would suspect the Neighbourhood Watch of nicking it!

Indeed..

House up the road is only used at weekends... I think the owner lives in Nicosia...

He turned up in the middle of the week last year to find a hose leading from his house, up the road and filling a pool!

[CBBB]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply to my post. However we are certain that we don't have a leak as the following bill was normal, and the meter is turning now as we would expect, so at some time it must have leaped forward. If there had been a leak, surely we would still have one now? However, we now have a neighbour monitoring our meter so should find out very quickly if the meter jumps forward again. This same person checks the house regularly for dripping taps or leaks so we are certain that this hasn't happened.

We are loath to turn off the water completely as we have a small irrigation system which runs for one minute every evening. We have checked that this is working OK. This only leaves theft, but as we have a neighbourhood warch scheme one of them would have noticed, and we have locks on all the external taps, which only seems to leave the water meter possibly being faulty. Its very worrying as we can't afford another huge bill !

Has the water been cut-off at all...?

We've had a problem here in Pissouri when the water supply is interrupted...

When the supply comes back, air rushing through the system can spin the meter and add tonnes to your consumption.

There seemed to be a number of houses that were particularly susceptible to this - the council didn't believe the owners until they managed to get them on site in time one day and could see the meter whizzing round as the air was purged from the system.

The simple solution was to fit an air-purge valve just before the meter.

The other thing that can cause unusually high bills is a leaking cistern on a toilet. The valve can stick open (because of lime-scale, etc.) causing a slow, steady refilling of the cistern all the time - I know somebody here that had a €1,000 bill for that reason!

As has been said, the best solution is to isolate the irrigation system from the rest of the house but if you can't do that I would strongly recommend turning off the supply to each toilet at the wall...

I had the problem with a toilet cistern, but you couldn't see it, it was just a very fine film leaking down the back of the bog. The bloke from the waterboard had a look and said there was no problem, then a real plumber came and placed a piece of tissue at the back of the bowl above the waterline, and you could see it soaking up the water! WE had gone from about 2 Tonnes a month to 30!

Mind you, I would suspect the Neighbourhood Watch of nicking it!

Indeed..

House up the road is only used at weekends... I think the owner lives in Nicosia...

He turned up in the middle of the week last year to find a hose leading from his house, up the road and filling a pool!

Was it a very long hose, because I need to fill my pool in Nicosia this weekend?

[cyprusgrump]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply to my post. However we are certain that we don't have a leak as the following bill was normal, and the meter is turning now as we would expect, so at some time it must have leaped forward. If there had been a leak, surely we would still have one now? However, we now have a neighbour monitoring our meter so should find out very quickly if the meter jumps forward again. This same person checks the house regularly for dripping taps or leaks so we are certain that this hasn't happened.

We are loath to turn off the water completely as we have a small irrigation system which runs for one minute every evening. We have checked that this is working OK. This only leaves theft, but as we have a neighbourhood warch scheme one of them would have noticed, and we have locks on all the external taps, which only seems to leave the water meter possibly being faulty. Its very worrying as we can't afford another huge bill !

Has the water been cut-off at all...?

We've had a problem here in Pissouri when the water supply is interrupted...

When the supply comes back, air rushing through the system can spin the meter and add tonnes to your consumption.

There seemed to be a number of houses that were particularly susceptible to this - the council didn't believe the owners until they managed to get them on site in time one day and could see the meter whizzing round as the air was purged from the system.

The simple solution was to fit an air-purge valve just before the meter.

The other thing that can cause unusually high bills is a leaking cistern on a toilet. The valve can stick open (because of lime-scale, etc.) causing a slow, steady refilling of the cistern all the time - I know somebody here that had a €1,000 bill for that reason!

As has been said, the best solution is to isolate the irrigation system from the rest of the house but if you can't do that I would strongly recommend turning off the supply to each toilet at the wall...

I had the problem with a toilet cistern, but you couldn't see it, it was just a very fine film leaking down the back of the bog. The bloke from the waterboard had a look and said there was no problem, then a real plumber came and placed a piece of tissue at the back of the bowl above the waterline, and you could see it soaking up the water! WE had gone from about 2 Tonnes a month to 30!

Mind you, I would suspect the Neighbourhood Watch of nicking it!

Indeed..

House up the road is only used at weekends... I think the owner lives in Nicosia...

He turned up in the middle of the week last year to find a hose leading from his house, up the road and filling a pool!

Was it a very long hose, because I need to fill my pool in Nicosia this weekend?

Not that long!

[Svetlana]

If the problem is within Peyia Municipality the cause may be the meter reading. Allegedly, one or more meter reader did not bother to read meters or just made the numbers up. So, when the meters were read properly, some were very high, not helped that the price rises expotentially. I had a late Summer account for €30 and a Winter one for €300!!!!! The former period covered pool filling and irrigation, the latter did not..time to stick my nails into the eyes of the perosn responsible....

[CBBB]

Has the water been cut-off at all...?

We've had a problem here in Pissouri when the water supply is interrupted...

When the supply comes back, air rushing through the system can spin the meter and add tonnes to your consumption.

There seemed to be a number of houses that were particularly susceptible to this - the council didn't believe the owners until they managed to get them on site in time one day and could see the meter whizzing round as the air was purged from the system.

The simple solution was to fit an air-purge valve just before the meter.

The other thing that can cause unusually high bills is a leaking cistern on a toilet. The valve can stick open (because of lime-scale, etc.) causing a slow, steady refilling of the cistern all the time - I know somebody here that had a €1,000 bill for that reason!

As has been said, the best solution is to isolate the irrigation system from the rest of the house but if you can't do that I would strongly recommend turning off the supply to each toilet at the wall...

I had the problem with a toilet cistern, but you couldn't see it, it was just a very fine film leaking down the back of the bog. The bloke from the waterboard had a look and said there was no problem, then a real plumber came and placed a piece of tissue at the back of the bowl above the waterline, and you could see it soaking up the water! WE had gone from about 2 Tonnes a month to 30!

Mind you, I would suspect the Neighbourhood Watch of nicking it!

Indeed..

House up the road is only used at weekends... I think the owner lives in Nicosia...

He turned up in the middle of the week last year to find a hose leading from his house, up the road and filling a pool!

Was it a very long hose, because I need to fill my pool in Nicosia this weekend?

Not that long!

Pity, but never mind, I'll wait for my neighbours to go to the Easter service at the Church on Saturday night.

[yialousa1971]

If the problem is within Peyia Municipality the cause may be the meter reading. Allegedly, one or more meter reader did not bother to read meters or just made the numbers up. So, when the meters were read properly, some were very high, not helped that the price rises expotentially. I had a late Summer account for €30 and a Winter one for €300!!!!! The former period covered pool filling and irrigation, the latter did not..time to stick my nails into the eyes of the perosn responsible....