Julie in Austin Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Our normal usage is +/- 6000. Last month was 14K! This month is on track for 11-12K. The city water people came out and said nothing was wrong. We can't see that anything has changed or is leaking or anything. What do we do now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Do you have an underground sprinkler system that might be leaking? Could the pipe bringing water in to your home have sprung a minor leak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in Austin Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 No sprinkler. How would we figure out about a pipe under the house? Do you call a regular plumber for that? (Sometimes I think I somehow missed the stuff you are supposed to know when you are a homeowner . . .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I just called my husband the plumber and he said to turn off all of the water in your house. Go out to your water meter and if the usage indicator dial is turning at all, then you have a leak somewhere.Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in Austin Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 I just called my husband the plumber and he said to turn off all of the water in your house. Go out to your water meter and if the usage indicator dial is turning at all, then you have a leak somewhere.Good Luck! Thank you! That was very nice of you to go to the effort to do that--and what a great idea (that I never would have thought of!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I would think a good plumber could help you out. We had a minor leak years ago that wreaked havoc, but *luckily,* it was inside our house, and we didn't have to do anything too drastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Leaky toilet? That was our problem. Our toilet had a slow leak (not on the floor or anything - back through the drain pipe) and then the tank would refill...constantly. Mucho $$$$ !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 $6000 is NORMAL?! :svengo::svengo::svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 $6000 is NORMAL?!:svengo::svengo::svengo: I think she means gallons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 If you have crawl space under your house, someone can crawl under there and look for wet spots. Do you have any dripping faucets or tubs? Those can add up fast like the toilets. Do you have any out buildings that have water run to them (Like a barn?)? I would check those as well. My uncle had a water bill skyrocket as well once and turns out his horse was turning the water faucet on. Since my cousins were feeding the animals in the morning they never thought to tell him that the water was on when they went out. If you can't find anything else, I would ask the city to come back out. Once when I was in college we had a bill do that. We did have a huge leak under the house we were renting but our bill stayed high even after the repair. Turns out our meter was running too fast as well and a new meter had to be installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxxxxxx Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Sometimes the city will estimate our usage one month and then come out and read it the next month. Their estimates were low so we end up having a larger bill some months. Just look at past bills and it will either say estimate or there will be a date and the actual reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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