excesssive electricity over £20 p/w

ArsenalFC

Matt, it's ok no offence taken.

You have come on here and ask for advice to reduce energy use and considerable good advice has been provided to you. No one is negotiating with you on your useage, everyone has different needs and wants, you do what suits you best just like anyone else.

mattgkr

Cheers Arsenal you are completely right about everything mate which is why I have thanked everyone. This forum has helped me tremendously and the advice has been fantastic. I may chosen the wrong words in non-negotiable(was just trying to sound intelectual, after all I am only a 30yr old painter living on a rough council estate) what I should of maybe said was that I cannot change these usages, it was mearly just so that the good help and advice regarding turning them off at night would be minimal as I can honestly say that it wont change. Cheers. P.s any chance of us(Nottingham Forest) borrowing Eduardo for a few months to nurse him back to fitness lol.

ArsenalFC

I'll have a word with Arsene. The probable clause would be you have to pay my energy bill for one year

Magentasue

mattgkr wrote: »

I have today bought a calor heater and 15k full gas bottle for £90.

Be careful with this, apart from the dangers from toxic fumes, they cause horrendous condensation problems (we had fungi growing in the corner of our carpet when we pulled out the TV table!). You need to ventilate so much that you lose the benefit of the heating unless you have extractor fans and dehumidifiers running. Also, they are more expensive to run than gas central heating although I'm not sure how they compare to plug in electric heaters.

SwanJon

mattgkr wrote: »

I have got double glazed windows throughout but the lounge has a massive draught through it, the council have been out and draught-proof it but its STILL got a draught coming from it.

This will be a big reason why you struggle to get the room warm. You are changing the air you are heating all the time. Can you block it yourself?

mattgkr

Cheers Swanjon I have decided to re-seal around the window frame and Im just going to tape the glazing up just till it gets warmer. To be honest Im sat here red hot now, got my calor heater on low and its warming my whole downstairs up lol also got my heating on but only to warm up my bedrooms for an hour - better than having it on all night along with fan heaters. Dont know much about dangerous fumes from calor fires, I can understand about damp but Id rather be warm and then have a good dryout in spring lol, the gas bottle cost me £18 and should last 100hrs on low setting which really does heat up my kitchen, lounge and stairs. cheers for info on that one magentasue.
Arsenal, struggling to pay my own bill with all my families demands...u know wot were like lol, we'll have to settle with Earnshaw. Cheers all:beer:

Rachel83

I found a handy little site about gas heaters and saftey things,

'Dont know much about dangerous fumes from calor fires'

That would be carbon monoxide poisioning, as long as you get the heater checked and follow correct instructions im sure you'd be fine, just check up on the symptoms for future reference better safe than sorry

Fire_Fox

mattgkr wrote: »

Dont know much about dangerous fumes from calor fires, I can understand about damp but Id rather be warm and then have a good dryout in spring lol, the gas bottle cost me £18 and should last 100hrs on low setting which really does heat up my kitchen, lounge and stairs.

You won't feel warm if it gets damp tho. Excessive water vapour will suck heat out of your body in just the same way as when you sweat, so you will feel cold when it's actually a reasonable temperature. Secondly the mould that damp encourages is very bad for your family's lungs. Thirdly the mould and water may damage the council house and you can be charged for repair works. I am sure as a painter you have seen the mess it can make.

supersaver09

mattgkr wrote: »

Peachy yeah...each to their own ok. Its simple I cannot sleep wivout it. All my life I have never slept in darkness and silence and neither have my kids, and no Im not mad!!!! I dont see the problem most of my mates do the same as me, your post aint helpful 1 bit. Thanx Annie I will remember to turn them off.

Maybe you should get a few of those Energy saving timer switches http://www.kitchen-outlet.co.uk/buy/MSA24-TIMER-SWITCH.asp

Then you can set them so your TV's turn off at a certain time. I'm gonna be getting a couple myself.