Central Heating Cost Advice

[Deleted User]

Hi everyone,

I previously lived in a one bed flat on my own and my electricity bills never came to more than £30 a month. I rarely had the heating on (it had storage heaters). Last week, I moved into a terraced 2 bed house which is a larger but bloomin' freezing! I am sitting here with 3 layers on crouched beside the radiator. This house has central heating and I'm slightly worried about the cost, hence why I'm writing. I am a PG student and work from home 5 days a week. When I'm here, I have the heating on constantly, usually mid, and I try to limit it to one room in the house because I'm petrified of how much bills will cost. Can anyone roughly guess how much heating will cost? I'm tempted to put the heating up higher because I'm still really cold but I'm afraid of the price. Surely having the radiator on 16 hours a day at a medium-high setting will be costly?

Any advice much appreciated.

Premier_2

Take regular meter readings and calculate the cost of the consumption according to your tariff, then you will know exactly how much it is costing

Premier_2

Deleted_User wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I previously lived in a one bed flat on my own and my electricity bills never came to more than £30 a month. I rarely had the heating on (it had storage heaters). ....

Hmmm...

This from last April:

Deleted_User wrote: »

... I am living in a small, 1 bedroom flat. It has 2 storage heaters which are on every night from 12am-8am on medium input and a halogen heater which I use in the evenings. ...

:huh:

[Deleted User]

Thank you. I'm not aware of my tariff or what company I'm with at the moment as I just moved and haven't received a letter from the gas/ electric companies yet (plus the landlord doesn't know). Any idea of rough estimates?

[Deleted User]

The last message was posted in April, after I moved into the flat in March. I initially had the storage heaters on every night but when I started working full time through the day, I stopped using them because I was never in when they were releasing heat. Now I have moved to Wales and I'm studying again, working mainly from home.

samtheman1k

Turn the heating off at night when you're under the duvet, thus reducing your bills by half (16 to 8 hrs)!

[Deleted User]

I already do this! 16 hours of the day is when I'm awake and 8 is when I'm (shivering) in bed!

janninew

Take an opening meter reading, then use your heating like you would in an normal week. After 7 days read the meter again and input the details at the web-site below. You will need to know what company and tariff your on and this web-site will work out the cost! I find it very useful and its always been very accurate for me!

Hope this helps.

http://smartmeter.ukpower.co.uk/