Ways to keep the utility bills down when home all day?

Plushchris

If you have an electric kettle and a gas hob you could consider a kettle you boil on the hob, probably not a massive difference in energy cost (if any) but the gas will also help warm the room up as well as boiling the kettle so better use of the energy.

When I boil the kettle first thing in the morning I often put the other burners on too if its cold, warms the room up quicker than any form of heating and saves putting the heating on.

purplesheila

HappyMJ wrote: »

How much does your fuel cost per litre? How much do you get for your £5. Paraffin has 10kWh per litre of energy so you need to divide the per litre rate by 10 to get the cost per kWh. Gas is about 4p/kWh and E7 storage heating costs about 5p/kWh and I have never found any sources of paraffin cheaper than that.

Hello happyMJ

The fuel costs £1.25 per ltr so I get 4 Ltrs for my £5

It is something I am trying - I only have Gas CH and no secondary heating so I am only heating up the room I require rather than the whole house. My gas billis really expensive so I am keeping a record of what I spend and I will see if I save money in the long run. Obviously I don’t use the fire continually just as and when I need a boost. GCH completely turned off so hopefully we will see a difference

Iam not good with Maths and I do get confused with above comparisons - all Iwant to see is savings in my pocket:j