is this high usage

scotty1971

from 18/12/08 until 01/02/09 i have used
819 units of elec
398 units of gas
i live in a semi detached house with three bedrooms,just wondering if this was average or high

Magentasue

Higher than us (family of six in three bed house and someone home most of the time) for electricity, about the same for gas if you have a metric meter.

scotty1971

forgot to add we are a family of 5

Magentasue

This winter, we are averaging 16kwh a day. Most days there's a carbon fiend here on the xbox and it's on all evening. Main TV and Sky on from about 9pm until midnight. Washing machine and dishwasher every day. All this in the summer averaged about 13kwh a day. Higher now because I use tumble drier for a couple of hours a week, dehumidifier runs a few hours a day and, of course, more lights on. We cook with gas.

scotty1971

just took my meter readings from
1/2/09-1/3/09 for gas and elec

gas 06257 1/2/09-06480 1/3/09 usage for month 223 units

elec 14648 1/2/09-15131 1/3/09 usage for month 483 units

i know i have asked the question before is normal,high usage for a family of five in a three bedroom detached.

thanks in advance
scott

dannymccann

End of November to end of February
2 bed terrace, no insulation
2 adults
£170 gas - all water heated through this
£60 electricity - everything else

paulsad

Mine's high too - new boiler - old victorian semi gas £100 per month, elec - £120 - I blame our tumble drier for a lot of that.
Learn't our lesson and started to cut down as much as poss.
Use that washing line!!
Got the boiler on a timer now as well as my 2 lads leaving home (well mostly!)
Should start to get it down.
Also havin a water meter fitted now just the 2 of us.

Magentasue

Family of six in three bed house. Have just put readings in for February and we used:

Elec - 434kwh
Gas -3223kwh

£45 electricity and £95 gas for this month.

Alan_Vickers

Two in a 4 bedroomed house, retired so we are in during most days.
Cavity wall insulation fitted in March 2008. Don't know yet how it has affected energy consumption but the bedrooms are noticeably warmer.

Usage from 26th January to 23rd February:

Electricity 231 kWh
Gas 2964 kWh

We changed to a water meter in April 2006, were then paying almost £28 per month. This immediately reduced to just under £19 per month, currently paying £21 per month

Well worth doing Paulsad.