How many units of Gas are you using daily?

space_rider

bockster wrote: »

Last week you spent:

• £12.43 on gas
• £8.88 on electricity

i don't know why i do it to myself but i'm going to start monitoring the water now!

I read water every week as you have to pay if there are any leaks on your side.

Cardew

satish98 wrote: »

I have a question, turning off radiator thermostats in unused rooms, does this help save money on Central heating costs?

my last week usage was :-

GAS £26.74
ELECTRIC £6.12

My concern is gas as I use 23,000 kwh per year which equates to around £900. Which is an awful lot considering we only 2 adult and 1 child. And we out all day only use evening and weekend. We have 4 bedroom house?

I find when the boiler is on (18 yrs old boiler), the meter turns very fas compare to normal inset heater in the lounge. I wonder if combi boiler even at £1000 cost would make savings?

Any advice appreciated?

Firstly. Yes the more radiators you turn off the less gas you will use.

Secondly - depending on the type, your lounge heater could be very inefficient.

Lastly I doubt you will get an 18 year old boiler replaced for £1000. The changes in regulations means a lot of modifications are required including a system flush? - you may find £2000 to £3000 more like the figure!! Suggest you get a proper written estimate.

Most of us with old boilers(mine is 20 years old) would not dream of replacing them on economic grounds.
For a start there is little to go wrong with the older boilers. Not so modern condensing boilers stuffed with electronics.

Then what savings will you make. Boilers of that era generally had an efficiency of 65%, modern boilers around 90%(some say that is not achieved in practice) so leaving aside your gas fire(cooking?) you might see an annual saving of £200 pa at the outside(probably less) and how long will a new boiler last? 10 years?

bockster

wooh hooh!!! :j :j :j

just gone a rated on http://www.imeasure.org.uk/


Last week you spent:

• £8.54 on gas
• £9.72 on electricity

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (8 weeks ago):

• £78.33 on gas
• £65.16 on electricity

had a dehumidifier for a week now and thats bumped the electric a bit

dannymccann

Thanks for the imeasure link, ive just signed up

Im now leaving the heating set to 18C all day long and all night, currently using 2 units of gas (cu ft, so 72kWh) in a 24 hour period, which I dont think is too bad, dont really keep a check on electricity, think thats about 5-6kwh a day, but im here all day now with uni broken up, so xbox, dvd player, tv all sorts going

That gas reading also includes the 2 or 3 showers we have a day, HW straight from the boiler

Gambler

Gambler wrote: »

We moved house at the start of June. It is a large 4 bed detached originally built in 1974 and extended some 20 years ago. It is fully open plan on the ground floor with a lounge, open arch to dining room and another open arch to the kitchen.

The Worcester gas combi boiler located in the garage is approximately 3 years old and provides instant hot water 24/7.

There used to be a programmer which the central heating could be set to come on at 3 different periods during the day and all rads have individual TRV’s.

We noticed some of the TRV’s weren’t working as the rads were on full regardless of the setting. We then decided to make some improvements by:

1) Installing a wireless room thermostat in the hallway to control the heating.
2) Replacing faulty TRV’s
3) Replacing one inefficient rad upstairs and installing an extra rad downstairs. (Total 10 rads + 3 heated towel rail rads in each of the bathrooms.

We had a quote for cavity wall insulation but it was £400 so we didn’t have it done. The same guy said our loft insulation was adequate for now.

There are 2 adults, a 10yr old and a 2 year old. Mum and toddler at home during the week. Both adults shower every morning and we all have a bath at night (shared bath water). Gas hob also used for cooking.


Heating is set as follows:

Setting 1: 06.30 20C
Setting 2: 08.30 19C
Setting 3: 16.30 21C
Setting 4: 18.30 22C
Setting 5: 22.30 7C


As it was cold at the weekend I noticed the heating was coming on quite often during the day causing our average consumption to hit 150kwh per day !!! :eek:

Is there any way of reducing this? As you can see the temp is not set excessively high and I’d imagine the consumption will continue to rise as the outside temperature falls in the coming winter months. Also is there any way I can work out how much gas each rad uses or the hob etc.?


Many thanks

During December our average was between 120 and 150kwh per day but since the cold snap set in these past few days we're up to 190kwh per day. As I've been on holiday I can vouch for the fact that the house has not been over warm, just keeping it at 20C during the day and 22C during the evening. Roll on the summer :j

goldcroft10

I have conflicting advice on the following:

1) is it better to keep the gas CH on the lowest setting 24 hours a day, apart from raising temp in the evening.

2) Or would it be more economic to use the clock and only switch CH on in the evening.

Due to the house structure etc warming up from cold some have said option 1) is cheaper.

sva14

Unit used in week.

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After months of monitoring I have the below findings (Live in 4 bed detach house , no one home in day, metric Meter conventional boiler)

During cold weeks it was 70 units (m2) = 880 KWH per Week - £39

Last 2 weeks when warmer was 49 units - 548 KWH per Week - £28

Is this Normal use? £40 per weeks now appears to be the most expensive household bill I make ?

Magentasue

Normal for me - 100+ kwh a day in 3 bed mid terrace, hot water for six and someone in most of the time.

Cardew

goldcroft10 wrote: »

I have conflicting advice on the following:

1) is it better to keep the gas CH on the lowest setting 24 hours a day, apart from raising temp in the evening.

2) Or would it be more economic to use the clock and only switch CH on in the evening.

Due to the house structure etc warming up from cold some have said option 1) is cheaper.

Hi,
I appreciate you are new on MSE, but your question has been asked many times and there are literally hundreds of posts on the subject - do a search if you wish.

However to save you the trouble, there is absolutely no question at all that the longer you leave off the heating the cheaper it will be. So option 2 is the cheapest.

It is an 'urban myth', that gets repeated and repeated, that due to the house structure needing to be brought back up to temperature etc etc - and it remains a myth - totally wrong.

Without repeating all the discussions made in the threads, just one point.

If you were to go away from your house for a year, would you leave the heating on 24/7 so the house structure didn't get cold and it would be cheaper?

How about a month? A week? 2 days? All the same principle.

Off is cheaper!

goldcroft10

Thanks Cardew. I did do a search, but perhaps did not use the right words, so got zero results.