Help! Runaway bills!

domino

Who can you call to give an opinion on the condition of a boiler without automatically pulling out the brochures for new ones? I am pretty sure that my daughters boiler might be at fault with her excessive use of gas and not the meter as I previously thought. Checking her readings over the past year, they seem to be increasing by 400% per bill starting at 1600kwh and now reading 11683kwh. These readings are between last June to today. I have checked the reading today and worked out the kwh which stands at 1200kwh in just over a week! There is no smell of a leak so can only assume the boiler is at fault. She only has central heating/hot water gas usage in small 2 bedroomed maisonette with 2 adults out all day. Surely this can't be right!?

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crossleydd42

When was the boiler last serviced? they should be done every year, or no longer than biennially, anyway. If it hasn't I suggest you get this done first by a Corgi man.

domino

Not sure on when it was done last Crossleydd42. I shall ask her tomorrow. I think they had someone round about it roughly a year ago now but as to whether he serviced it .. I don't know.

Cardew

domino wrote:

Who can you call to give an opinion on the condition of a boiler without automatically pulling out the brochures for new ones? I am pretty sure that my daughters boiler might be at fault with her excessive use of gas and not the meter as I previously thought. Checking her readings over the past year, they seem to be increasing by 400% per bill starting at 1600kwh and now reading 11683kwh. These readings are between last June to today. I have checked the reading today and worked out the kwh which stands at 1200kwh in just over a week! There is no smell of a leak so can only assume the boiler is at fault. She only has central heating/hot water gas usage in small 2 bedroomed maisonette with 2 adults out all day. Surely this can't be right!?

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"1,200 kWh in just over a week "(how much over a week?) is approx £20-24 depending on tariff. Bearing in mind how cold the last week has been, although that is on the high side for a small property, it is perhaps not excessively high.

If I understand you correctly your daughter has used 10,083 kWh(11683-1600) in the 9 months since last June? That is in the region of £200 which is pretty good.

domino

My daughers sept bill usage was 1637, december 5931, march 11683. The March bill was on the 7th and she took the reading last night. I suppose I am comparing her bills to mine. I have a large 3 bedroomed place which has had to be heated higher than usual this year due to having a baby in the house and my bills are way down on hers! For those same 3 bills I am on half of what she is using and she has double glazing which we dont have. I dont understand where its all going!