How much gas do you use a day?

lozzaman

The higher the average temperature of your house the more gas it will burn. This is because there is a greater temperature gradient between the exterior surfaces of the property and the nice warm air indoors.
The problem with having the heating on high, but for a few hours at a time is the building will go hot/cold/hot, because the fabric of the building (walls) will be cold, yet the radiators will get very hot when the heating is on.

energysavingexp

lozzaman wrote: »

The higher the average temperature of your house the more gas it will burn. This is because there is a greater temperature gradient between the exterior surfaces of the property and the nice warm air indoors.
The problem with having the heating on high, but for a few hours at a time is the building will go hot/cold/hot, because the fabric of the building (walls) will be cold, yet the radiators will get very hot when the heating is on.

I Totally agree with you

i took a reading this morning and one just now after the heating being on low all day (with the whole house rads on)
after 10 hrs i have used 2.9 units:j

wendyloub

It is all depressing, I remember being freezing cold as a child shivering when I got out of the bath and not being able to get out of bed in the morning, I have three children who are used to being cold, children who wear their dressing gowns all day long!! I'd like to be able to keep them warm, but scared to death of the bills, last year I used about £300 in one month, and that was about 6 hours a day at full blast over the coldest weather.

Its not that warm in here now, I have leg warmers, two pairs of socks on, and my dressing gown, but I'm not shivering or thinking I must get to bed to get warm.

And you know what really gets my goat, their Dad sits in his warm house then has the cheek to tell me that the kids are complaining that our house is cold, and my parents who pay £250 per month for their energy bills, tell me not to be tight and take the mickey out of me, it's nightmarish lol.

energysavingexp

wendyloub wrote: »

It is all depressing, I remember being freezing cold as a child shivering when I got out of the bath and not being able to get out of bed in the morning, I have three children who are used to being cold, children who wear their dressing gowns all day long!! I'd like to be able to keep them warm, but scared to death of the bills, last year I used about £300 in one month, and that was about 6 hours a day at full blast over the coldest weather.

Its not that warm in here now, I have leg warmers, two pairs of socks on, and my dressing gown, but I'm not shivering or thinking I must get to bed to get warm.

And you know what really gets my goat, their Dad sits in his warm house then has the cheek to tell me that the kids are complaining that our house is cold, and my parents who pay £250 per month for their energy bills, tell me not to be tight and take the mickey out of me, it's nightmarish lol.

you say ( I used about £300 in one month, and that was about 6 hours a day at full blast over the coldest weather) that is the reson because you put it on full.
try setting your boiler to the lowest setting for a long time and see the difference:beer:

spinningsheep

Surely if the temp on the boiler that sets water temp, is low, the water would take longer to get up to the temp set by the room thermostat, so will use more gas to get the radiators up to the desired teperature? I was told this so have my temp on my boiler set to about 3 quarters (numbers have rubbed off it's so old). Maybe I have it all wrong!

victor2

spinningsheep wrote: »

Surely if the temp on the boiler that sets water temp, is low, the water would take longer to get up to the temp set by the room thermostat, so will use more gas to get the radiators up to the desired teperature? I was told this so have my temp on my boiler set to about 3 quarters (numbers have rubbed off it's so old). Maybe I have it all wrong!

You make a good point there. Turned my water temp down a bit, thinking it might save something and apart from the fact the house took hours to get warm, it saved me nothing. Wouldn't say it cost me more, but certainly didn't cost less.

oellph

energysavingexp wrote: »

I Totally agree with you

i took a reading this morning and one just now after the heating being on low all day (with the whole house rads on)
after 10 hrs i have used 2.9 units:j

As a comparison, heating on low, all rads (10) from 6pm till 6 am, 12 hours, we've used 8 units. Just a combo boiler. I guess a condensing would would improve that.

wendyloub

Well overnight it used even less gas, I couldn't sleep though because I was too warm!! I guess my house is getting warmer and it needs less to keep it warm, I've had it on constantly and over 21 hours its used 4 units, so about £3.26, in theory it should use less today? we shall see and I am so sad!! these long dark boring nights have alot to answer for lol :-)

George_Bray

RHYSDAD wrote: »

Blimey, i must be Scrooge after reading some of the comments on here.... I'm averaging around 22 kw/h per day gas at the mo and i think that's too high.

My usage is more like yours than some of the feedback on here. Some people must have money to burn, literally. Last winter seemed much colder than normal and I used the heating a lot more. From 1 Dec 2009 - 1 June 2010 I averaged 19 KwH per day, at 3.5p per kwH (Equigas, no standing charge or dual tier complexities). So that's 70p per day, after VAT, over winter, all inclusive. All my cooking, water heating and room heating is gas.

Over summer/autumn, 1 June - 30 Nov, I averaged 6 KwH per day so that's 21p per day, after VAT.

victor2

George_Bray wrote: »

My usage is more like yours than some of the feedback on here. Some people must have money to burn, literally. Last winter seemed much colder than normal and I used the heating a lot more. From 1 Dec 2009 - 1 June 2010 I averaged 19 KwH per day, at 3.5p per kwH (Equigas, no standing charge or dual tier complexities). So that's 70p per day, after VAT, over winter, all inclusive. All my cooking, water heating and room heating is gas.

Over summer/autumn, 1 June - 30 Nov, I averaged 0.18 KwH per day so that's 21p per day, after VAT.

What do you live in, a heavily insulated shed?!:D