How many units of Gas are you using daily?

Dustykitten

Thanks Magentasue. I think I'll use last weeks measurements for when it was on and switch it off tomorrow and see if it makes a difference this week.

space_rider

I cut my hot water right down to hour in morning and hour in evening. That`s plenty for 3 showers in the morning and 1 bath in the evening. we have a dish washer.

greenbee

Dustykitten wrote: »

Thanks Magentasue. I think I'll use last weeks measurements for when it was on and switch it off tomorrow and see if it makes a difference this week.

Dusty - remember the 80/20 rule for your Aga (80% of cooking IN the oven, 20% on top... or less if you can manage it). My dad even fries eggs in the top oven! Lots of casseroles, roast veg, soups etc, avoid stuff like traditional risotto which lets out lots of heat. Keep it clean and air washing etc on it to make the most of the available heat.

Sign up for imeasure (www.imeasure.org.uk) and joine the MoneySaving Carbon Club to track your usage.

Hot water - try an hour in the morning, and hour before you bath the boys, and maybe a half hour boost for you/OH if you're having baths later. Then cut it down 10 mins at a time until you work out what's right. I've had to increase the length of time mine is on recently - it must be the cold weather!

You can always do a 10 or 20 minute boost if you need water at other times. If you aren't using any water, it will stay hot for 12 hours. Obviously if you use it, then cold is added so it cools down a bit faster.

Heating - turn it down gradually, and see whether anyone notices. Turn radiators off in rooms that aren't being used and close the doors. Work out the optimium temperature for each room (I posted a link on one of the other threads to the Yellow House which explains how to plan for optimum thermal efficiency - PM me if you want the details).

Good luck!

Kaz2904

gazza975526570 wrote: »

Id say your gas useage is high considering the fairly low settings on your thermostat - do you have the loft insulated? Cavity wall insulated? I know it may sound daft but do you keep any windows open? Fraughts anywhere - ie letterbox etc? Old boiler?

Do you use gas for cooking with?

You can get insulated plasterboard that you can fit inside this though is thick I cant remember but it has insulation glued on one side and plasterboard on the other might help you though if your utility is big enough to loose about 4" I think. (Mazio)

Loft insulation needs to be topped up. No cavity walls, 1905 stone built house. Walls 1' thick. Open fireplace in lounge but it has a soot flap which is shut when not in use. Draughty old UPVC door changed for a solid wood one last October (can really feel the difference). Letter box has a cover.
I open the windows to ventilate it but not often.
Our dining room is an empty shell at the moment, no carpet etc. It is being replastered so is cold & wet. This must have an effect on the heat internally.
We have a hole in our bedroom wall which we have covered over as much as possible.
We have also noticed a big difference in heat since the original ceilings (lathe & plaster) fell down & had to be replaced with plasterboard.
The boiler is only 3 years old. We use a gas hob & electric cooker. Don't have the flame around the pan or anything like that though.

Unfortunately we don't have the room internally to insulate the utility. Theres a possibility we could fit it down the wall internally on the side that we can't do from outside but the other 2 walls can't be done that way. That's why I'm looking at the possibility of adding an external layer. I'm also going to paint it a dark colour next year as it catches the sun from about 10am onwards. Shall just keep trying but know that each change we implement will make it more energy efficient!

epsilondraconis

EPSILONDRACONIS wrote: »

Calculated over the last two months for our 3 bed detached (2 adults - one of whom is a rather stingy with the heating):
Gas - 9.4 kwh per day
Elec - 5 kwh per day

TITEASCRAMP wrote: »

That is seriously low Gas. Whats your Winter Gas comsuption normally like?

Just calculated that our consumption from October 07 to March 08 came to approx 48 kwh of gas per day.

KIMYEOVIL wrote: »

Gas - 2.3 kWh / day; 5.4 kWh / day when cold
Elec - 2.6 kWh / day

Wow and I thought we were low...

TITEASCRAMP

epsilondraconis wrote: »

Just calculated that our consumption from October 07 to March 08 came to approx 48 kwh of gas per day.

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Wow and I thought we were low...

Theirs always one lower lol. How low are your bills for that average?

epsilondraconis

TITEASCRAMP wrote: »

Theirs always one lower lol. How low are your bills for that average?

Our DDs with nPower were £41 for gas and £26 for Elec. We've just switched to Scottish Power as we were on the nPower Juice tariff (I got the £72 cashback from Quidco when I switched). Scot Power have combined the DD and started us on £71 per month. I guess they will try to increase that at some point.

When leaving nPower we were £139 in credit on gas and £69 in credit on electricity.

TITEASCRAMP

Just check my reading. This last week we have used 122Kwh of Gas.

Woodgnome_2

TITEASCRAMP wrote: »

Just check my reading. This last week we have used 122Kwh of Gas.

Zoiks!!! :whistle: that is low. Surely you can't be using gas central heating?

Our last week average is 93 Khw per day and our Gas heating hasn't been over used. I am calculating our Gas central heating costs about 60p per hour to run at BG Click Energy 5 prices.

KimYeovil

Woodgnome wrote: »

I am calculating our Gas central heating costs about 60p per hour to run at BG Click Energy 5 prices.

Should you still be using Click 5? Wouldn't Click 6 be cheaper for you?