gas bill

HappyMJ

brooklyn07 wrote: »

Is this high for a month? Its not an estimated bill - i gave them meter readings when we moved in and im on an online tarrif so i give them meter readings every month then they base the bill on this.

It's not high.

Few questions - is it cheaper to boil a kettle and use that water in a a saucepan for cooking or is it cheaper to just use cold and let the gas heat the water?

Gas is cheaper than electricity. Although it appears to take more than twice as long as the kettle to boil water it is cheaper to use the gas hob to boil water. Keep the lid on...

We have 2 rooms that we dont use - is it better to turn the radiators off in those rooms or leave them on so it heats the rest of the house?

Yes turn them off. Not needed. Make sure you air the rooms out regularly. If they have a TRV set them to the frost setting or consider installing them.

I have dials on my radiator 1-9 is it better to have them set to maximum?

Are they TRV's? Put them in the middle then adjust them up or down so that the room is comfortable.

I have a towel rail in the bathroom will that be ok set to maximum? Will any of these things use less gas if they are turned down?

They will use less gas.

Sorry if these are stupid questions but I've never lived in a house with mains gas or even central heating before so this is all new to me!

You say you set the thermostat to 16 that's a bit on the low side how warm are the actual rooms? The gas central heating can be turned off now if you are comfortable at that temperature. Leading into warmer weather you won't need it as much.

HappyMJ

hannylou wrote: »

Hello all

I have had my bill through ( moved to a new house in December, so its all been moved over to our supplier since end of jan)

my Gas bill was - £108.08 for 109 days worth of gas - think we used 34 units which is 1071 KWh

my gas is split into primary and secondary consumption charge - no idea about all this.

I have the heating on from 6.45-8am and then on again at 5.30-9.30pm, i have a bath pretty much every night and some times my OH will have one in the mornings.

Thermostat is on about 16-18C and we use a gas oven/hob

I am sure this is probs correct costings wise
I just wondered what i could do to help reduce the bills

Elec seems ok - £47.87 for 109 days

£1 per day for heating over winter and you want to reduce your bills further. You are doing quite well already. Keep on it.

hannylou

Thank you HappyMJ - I'm trying to save where possible as i am curently 5 months pregnant