Cost per hour of heating?

KimYeovil

More info on the sums involved.

For a gas meter one meter unit is about 11.2 kWhs on a metric meter or 32 kWhs on an imperial meter. (Exact number varies a little with the mood of the groundhog and the phase of Venus. See your bill for unnecessary precision.)

Say your unit prices are 5.7p tier 1 and 3.1p tier 2 and the first 2680 kWh pa are charged at tier 1.

Then one unit on a metric gas meter would cost 11.2 * 3.1p or 34p. Divide the 34p into 100p to see how many you get to the pound - 2.88

On an imperial gas meter one unit is 32 kWh so that's 32 * 3.1p or 99.2p. So that's one unit to the pound.

In addition, the first (2680 / 12) or 224 kWhs each month are charged at the Tier 1 rate. (5.7p-3.1p) * 224 is £5.82

macman

speedy2056 wrote: »

My temp is normally around 20. Not sure of the wall and loft insulation, door type is PVC. There are 3 big windows but they are divided by two top windows and side opening windows.

Boiler is over 7 years old.

If you are concerned about your heating bills, but don't know if you have adequate (or any) loft insulation or cavity wall insulation, then that is the first thing you ought to establish, especially since you can get this work done under subsidy (or usually free if you are elderly) by your utility co.

Fire_Fox

Excellent advice by Kim Yeovil - what one person calls "really cold" is completely different to another as we found out last spring when loads of people posted panicking about their huge energy bills yet claiming to be frugal. One guy only had his heating on in winter .... when questioned it became clear 'winter' started in September and ended in April, three quarters of the year!

Mazio_2

The only point I can add from my own findings is GCH uses allot more gas on startup then it does to keep the house warm (it still uses gas but much less) so on off for short periods might not be best (it isnt for me) longer times I switch off and overnight.

As stated you need to check your own system and try different options.

Also insulation I think is key to maintaining prop warm and reducing heating bills.