Tap left on for 24 hours...how much will it cost?

[househuntinginthesouth]

Shower was left on from 7am yesterday morning, not full blast but more than a little trickle. I have only just noticed and switched it off. Does anyone know how much roughly that might cost? I mean on the water bill. The plug wasn't in so luckily no water damage.

Are you on a meter?
If it was only trickling rather than full blast then hopefully it won't be too bad

Do you seriously mean you have a plug-in electric shower?

Oh no, sorry, you mean the bath plug.

Shes talking about the water cost not the electricity cost

I'm guessing bath plug so no flood John

You could look at your water bill. It will tell you the last meter reading and the unit cost. Then you could work out what the bill would currently stand at and that will give you the information you need.

You could look at current meter reading today to get your costs that should say

It won't be that much, my parents have a big 12 by 5 ft pool they fill up in the summer and it adds just under £10 to their bill.

I'd be more concerned about the electricity bill than the water bill!

"I'd be more concerned about the electricity bill than the water bill"

DH left the new fan on in the bathroom all day yesterday.

We had a toilet which was constantly refilling and going down the overflow pipe (faintest hissing sound and overflow was hidden in the cistern). We eventually twigged due to our water bill doubling, but it had been going on atleast 2 months. So 24 hours will probably not even register. You would probably use more water washing the car or something.

Ok thank you I'll try those

@shrugshrug

"I'd be more concerned about the electricity bill than the water bill"

DH left the new fan on in the bathroom all day yesterday.

An extractor fan doesn't cost a lot to run

Sorry pressed "post" early.
Thanks for your advice everyone. I'm glad it won't be too bad.
Embarrassed to ask this if it's obvious but why does leaving the water on affect the electricity?

If it is an electric shower, the water would have been heated as it was flowing. That will affect the electrify bill.

Because the water in the shower needs heating up! Your shower doesn’t run cold water!

Unless it’s come out of your boiler, then it’s just wasted the hot water you had left

When we had a faulty toilet the water company wrote to us saying they had noticed our consumption had increased and was there a leak ?

It it was left on hot, then it could affect both gas (if you have a combi boiler and no hot water tank) and electric (if it is an electric shower). If left on cold, then no gas worries, but could still use electric if the shower has an electric pump.

Because showers use electricity to run whether they are power showers or electric showers

@sandgrown this was about 10 year ago, so not sure if things have changed. We just had to figure it out by going round and inspecting each water outlet until we found the fault. It was rented so took ages for the landlord to fix the issue as well . Until it was fixed we had to manually turn off the water inlet to the toilet everyday when we went to work to stop wasting gallons of water.

I doubt you'll notice the difference on your water bill.

If it was 24 hours of hot, or warm, water going down the plug hole then that will be much more expensive I'm afraid. Heating water uses a lot of energy.

As others have said its doubtful you will notice the water but if otvwas heating the water I would worry about your gas/electricity bill

@dementedpixie

Because showers use electricity to run whether they are power showers or electric showers

Ours doesn't, not all showers are electric ones. If it was only a trickle and it was running off a combi type boiler it possibly wasn't pulling enough water to trigger the water heating up either.