Glowworm Fuelsaver F boiler running 7 rads. Help needed please.

spinningsheep

Scenario:

We live in a 4 bed rented end of terrace, reasonably well insulated and double glazed (all but 2 windows) and the 2 of the outside doors are wooden rather than UPVC, we have a very old boiler, my nan had the same boiler in her house and it was out in when built in 1977 so I am guessing the boiler is approx 25-30 years old, but the engineer who recently came to service it said it was very efficient and they "don't make em like that anymore" and shows no signs that is won't continue to serve well for some time to come. We have a Honeywell gold coloured thermostat in the hallway which we have between 15 and 25 dependant on how cold it is outside. The hallway is a bit chilly with there being a wooden door, we have a curtain in front of it to try and keep the chill out, but the hall is always chilly. We have a digital timer that I recently paid £50 to be installed as there was no timer on the heating at all. We have it on from 5am until 8am, then 4pm until 7pm, then 9pm until 11pm, usually set to about 18-20 degrees, but recently with the extreme cold I have been leaving it on 24/7 on about 17 degrees, and the house was never cold at all.

My questions are:

Does anyone else have a similar system or boiler as my landlady just used to leave it on 24/7 on 20 degrees when she lived here, as it was a B&B, so she knows nothing about the boiler or what the temp control on the boiler does or anything, are we running the system efficiently? Since the 15th of dec we have used £116 of gas according to BG.

And, is the boiler fan assisted? The balanced flue is about 7 inches by 3 inches and seems to "blow" the gases out rather than it just drifting out gradually?

Any advice appreciated.

puddy

bumping your post

but also to say that i have a very old boiler, it was here when i moved in 12 years ago, and i dont know how long it was there before that. its not a combi boiler, so must be the other type, whatever type that is!!!

i dont have a thermostat on the wall anywhere, but do have a knob on the boiler and the hot water tank for heat, both are sort of 1- 5 and i think i have them on about 4 all year round.

now that its winter, i have the heating on all day if im in during the day, but not at night. the timer is set for 5 -6 in the morning to make it warm for me getting up in the morning and to give hot water for work and then 6 - 7pm, again so its warm when i come home from work. during the summer, i only have the hot water on, not the rads (when i say summer, i mean about feb to november)

however, i live in a top floor purpose built flat, so i must have some heat from downstairs, i dont have an 'outside' front door so that saves heat and i have total double glazing, however the toilet window is always left open and the bathroom is mostlly left open. during the night, even in winter i have the bedroom window open, i like to feel the fresh air.

dont know if any of that actually helps, but maybe someone else has some advice.

bobsteads

Hi, one of my friends fitted a device called a fuelmaster to my boiler, it a electronic controller that manages the firing of the boiler and it reduced my bills by about 25% mail [EMAIL="info@fuelmaster-uk.com"]info@fuelmaster-uk.com[/EMAIL] they will send you the info

HappyMJ

bobsteads wrote: »

Hi, one of my friends fitted a device called a xxxxxxxx to my boiler, it a electronic controller that manages the firing of the boiler and it reduced my bills by about 25% mail xxxxxx they will send you the info

Oh please...I can't stop laughing. Go on then how much? Clicked the spam button as well so the original post may disappear soon....

Oh and by the way Robert Steadman one of your friends installed the device because you sold it to him seeing as though you are the owner of the company in question and having only created the domain on the 2nd July 2011 how do you know that it can save 25% per year? How many systems in the UK has this been installed on?