Gas Central Heating problem

tiffany838

I have just moved into a house with a 10-15yr old Baxi Solo boiler, old radiators and a dial thermostat in the hallway. The system seems to work but its so expensive, I don't know where all the gas is going to, there doesn't appear to be a leak as when I turn the boiler off the gas meter stops. The thermostat is set at 15c and does click the boiler off only for it to come on two mins later. My house is a four bed, double glazed and insulated, I have the heating on for 2 hours in a morning and 4 hours in the eveing and am spending £120 per month on gas. Can anyone advise me if its worth replacing the boiler with a new condensing one or would replacing the thermostat and putting thermostatic valves on the radiators do the trick.

thills

Can't advise you on what to do, but if the £120 was for the last months gas, sounds OK, but if its 12 x £120 a year, sounds a lot to live in a house at 15c for 6 hours a day.

Cardew

£120 a month for a 4 bed house at this time of the year is good.

You will be lucky if the very latest boiler will reduce that by more than 15% and cost £thousands.

Also new boilers are far less reliable.