gas bill help!!

lil_jen_83

hiya, i am posting on here looking for help. i have recently moved into a 1930s semi detached house and had a worcester greenstar 28i junior combi boiler installed. i have 3 bedrooms and 2 reception rooms. i have the heating on on average about 1.5 hours a day and use the hob for cooking approx 3 times a week (prob for about 20 mins at a time)

i just got a bill from british gas for 5 weeks and it was £80 - is this right? surely if i am using an a rated combi boiler and the heating is hardly on i shouldn't be paying this much? it said i had used about 170 units in that time but i'm wondering if my gas meter could be faulty?

any help would be greatly appreciated!!

penrhyn

Is the start meter reading accurate, i.e the value when you moved in?
Is the other reading estimated?
170 units or around 1870 Kwh seems about right considering you are using gas for cooking, heating and hot water.
Keep an eye on your readings now you have probably turned the heating off.

I would not put great store by an A rated boiler, they rarely meet their quoted efficiency value.

jalexa

lil_jen_83 wrote: »

i just got a bill from british gas for 5 weeks and it was £80 - is this right?

Well if it is billed between 2 actual readings then almost certainly it is right. 170 units in 5 weeks (I assume metric units) or 54kWhrs per day is not exceptional and well within range for a combi and 5 rooms.

First of all you need to get a handle on your usage. Take daily readings for a week, then weekly readings for the rest of the month. When next winter arrives repeat the excercise.

There is one really important thing you didn't mention at all, what temperature is the roomstat set to and where it is situated. Also how do you control the temperature in the other rooms.

Secondly how much has the insulation in a 1930's house been improved?

Answer these questions and you will get more meaningful help.

HappyMJ

lil_jen_83 wrote: »

hiya, i am posting on here looking for help. i have recently moved into a 1930s semi detached house and had a worcester greenstar 28i junior combi boiler installed. i have 3 bedrooms and 2 reception rooms. i have the heating on on average about 1.5 hours a day and use the hob for cooking approx 3 times a week (prob for about 20 mins at a time)

i just got a bill from british gas for 5 weeks and it was £80 - is this right? surely if i am using an a rated combi boiler and the heating is hardly on i shouldn't be paying this much? it said i had used about 170 units in that time but i'm wondering if my gas meter could be faulty?

any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Just out of interest how much did you think that the gas bill would be?

By changing boilers you save kWh but those kWh are the cheap secondary kWh so the savings don't seem to be as large as they could be. You still have to pay the standing charges.

julie_of_northwest

hi please can some one help,,,
my daughter moved into a 2 bed flat 2nd feb this year, changed from britsish gas to scotish power 13th march, she recieved a bill for 87.00 odd pence,, anyway i am sure this is so way out, she had a 6 bar gas leek 3weeks after moving in, rung transco, they came out had a look and said yes its a gas leek,told us to tell the engineer it was a 6 bar leek,, also he didnt leave any paper work,he told us, he cant do anything only capp it off, you have to get the landlord to sort it, the flat is rented through an estate agent,, rung their emergency service, a gas engineer came out spent at least an hour looking here there and every where, all the pipes and bioler ect, he said he had found the fault , the pipes handnt been screwed onto the meter properly,, okkkkk right,, he told us he had to leave us with a 1 bar leek as you cantnot fully stop it,, again okkkkkk right,, sorted , or so we thought, within a few days the flat was full of fumes again,, again we rung transco out, straight away he found a fault on the meter, said the first transco fell should of found and dealt with it,, he told us its against the law to leave ANY smell of gas at all,, my husband rung the estate agents and finally spoke to their service man who suposdly fixed the problem,, he is now denying saying anything about leaving the 1 bar leek,, anywayyyy leek finally sorted all honkey dorey,, not, she got the bill for 87.00 odd pence,, i rung britsh gas for her, told them the meter readings from the day she moved in to the day she swapped , they are adament she owes that much, i said about the 2 gas leeks and they told me to contact national grid for comensation as the fault turned out to be the meter,, rung national grid, all it says is press 1 for ect 2 for ect ,, what ever option you choose it just keeps saying you need to speek to your gas supplier, good bye... so infuriating,, i rung scotish power and spoke to them about it they gave me some advice and also gave me a price of 6.76 from 13th march to 20th march, the day i rung up,, she said that is under avarage of what they would expcet 2 people in a 2 bed flat,, now they wasnt using the heating willy nilly as they was to scared to half the time , not knowing how much is was going to cost them,,, soooo what iv done is averaged the bill out,, 6.76 for a week, bare in mind it was winter moth so iv upted it to 7.50 a month, i recon they owe on avarege about 52.50 for 6/7 weeks,, ANYWAYYYYYYY sorry for the long story, but can anyone advice me on what to do now, i have told my daughter to just pay the 52.50 and we will sort it , we not saying she isnt going to pay anything but someone some where owes something, also my daughter became very ill as a result of the 2 gas leeks, any advice please help im at my witts trying to help her,, thanks for taking the time to read this,,