All Forum Posts by: Arthur C.

Flo by Moen, even detects a dripping faucet. Just ordered one, we will see. https://meetflo.com/

A friend of mine who has many units says that after installing submetering, his tenants used 30% less water. I don't know what system he uses.

I ended up purchasing 2 wired meters and an ethernet connected "brain" from 

https://submetersolutions.com/. The brain cost somewhere around $600 (they have cellular versions available for a little more money and a monthly charge). My total cost was somewhere around $900+. This will allow me to monitor 2 out three units (the third being the remainder). I will be able to read usage on my phone or web. Turns out my plumbing is a little more intertwined than I hope so I am probably going to wait until the 2nd floor tenant moves out to set up the system. The one thing that bothers me is setting up the billing system. All of the commercial ones I have seen are fairly expensive. I would rather a company (instead of me) do the billing, but  I will deal with it unless somebody has a cheaper company to recommend. Right now I pay $150 month or so for water for the 3 units so payback will be quick.

I thought sub-metering was a hot topic. Does everybody pay someone to bill their tenants?

I am getting killed with water bills in DC and thinking of putting in one of the systems from

https://submetersolutions.com in my triplex. Has anybody used this system? I like the fact that the meters are about $100 and the interface (with cellular) $1200 or so with $30 monthly cell bill. Right now I pay about $2000 a year for the three units. I would like to pass the expense onto the tenants but do not want to get a 3rd party involved. Any thoughts or competitive products? Obviously reliability and accuracy are important. Thanks