Sorry..another high useage question

Fleeting_Glimpse

Hi

My Dad is burning about 10 Gas units a day. His last quarter bill (actual read) was £450. He lives in a shaley ( spelling?) bungalow, baxi 105e combi thats 3 years old (unreliable junk) and 8 single radiators.

I did a comparison with my meter yesterday. I only burn't 3 units and the heating was on all day...my parents were out and we have a gas range.

There is no gas leak.

I did notice his meter was turning a lot faster than mine.

I do have a condensing boiler though...wouldn't make that much difference though would it?

Magentasue

New boiler should make a difference. Do you and your dad have metric or imperial meters? Dad's must be metric - what about yours?

Fleeting_Glimpse

How do you tell?

we are both on EDF, his daily use shows 11 units a day and mine 3.

Mines got a little red needle that goes round fast and my dads has got digits.

I am wondering if maybe its the boiler thats not working properly?

Its very strange.

Magentasue

Gas meters measure units in cubic feet (imperial) or cubic metres (metric).

If your meter is metric, one unit is roughly 11kwh. If it's imperial, a unit is roughly 31kwh.

You can tell by looking at the meter - somewhere it'll say cubic metres or feet.