is this gas use average? or not

jacksons_mum

thanks, i have bookmarked that site - it equates to 91 kwhs so approx £3 a week, i just have to try to keep it as low in the winter, im going to start making draught excluders and curtain linings now!

Cardew

mrs_baggins wrote: »

Am really sad! am taking down reading every few days to see exactly what i use gas and elec wise.

have gas central heating (not on) and water. have pared down the water heating to what i think is the minimum to allow me enough water to shower wash up etc. Have made a note of readings and over 18 days I ahve used 8 units of gas which i think equates to 252 Kw which i think in turn equates to about £10. considering its height of summer (yeah right!) and water heating is a minimum i think this is high. what do you all think? for the same period of leccy I used 126 kw but did have tumble drier on twice in that time. Are these average or not? thanks all

As said above if you have an Imperial meter then 8 gas units will be approx 252kWh as you say. However the cost is probably closer to £7 than £10(you should not use the tier 1 price for your calculations.)

I don't think that £7 or so for 18 days of hot water is high. That equates to about £140 a year for hot water.

Incidentally although you don't say what type of boiler you have, the pilot light alone can use quite a lot of gas. There have been several threads about this and I posted this:

Someone else posted this earlier this month.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=549860&highlight=pilot+light

He had similar figures, using 0.5 units a day(Metric meter) which is between 5 and 6kWh per day which is around £50 a year. He used tier 1 prices and came to £84.

Anyway having myself commented in the thread that was high, I thought I would check mine when I was away for a couple of days. I had not checked for many years.

Anyway mine was even higher - no less than 0.84 units a day(Metric meter). That is 9.5kWh a day; even at the cheap rate I get gas(2.113p) that is £75 a year.(I have checked that there is no leak)

My boiler is an Ideal Mexico Super CF125 and is 19 years old - serviced annually by BG. It is housed in a boiler room so I never see it unless I specifically check.

I looked at the pilot flame and it was indeed very high. I turned it down as low as I can and checked it again. Whilst it is much lower it is still pretty high at 6kWh per day – approx £46 a year.

I suppose you can console yourself that not all of that is wasted heat, as a small proportion is used when the boiler is running.

I have a Combi boiler(a 12 year old Worcester) in a little used annex and when I next light the pilot light I will check the consumption of the pilot light on that boiler.

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my gas consumption for 61 days cost £9.27. Gas combi condensing boiler feeding hot water plus shower

mrs_baggins

thanks for the posts. it seems then that its ok but could do better. My meter is cubic feet so have hopefully done the calculation properly to get cubic metres.

my boiler is old-17 years. I think its called orion but cant afford to replace it yet but hope to do so in next 12 months or so