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notbritishgas

Nicky321 wrote: »

Northwest (WN4) postcode area
Electricity Kwh annual 7748
Gas Kwh annual 7154

Currently on Npower dual fuel Go Fix 8

Thankyou in advance for any replies.

just tried energy helpline again with figures as above and it shows Scottish
power Online Fixed Price Energy November 2013 as a saving of £193 (£5 down on last nights)

You annual gas usage is still unbelievably low considering you have gas CH and water.
Check that you are being billed for the correct type of meter, it could be that you have an imperial meter and are being billed for a metric one.

Nicky321

notbritishgas wrote: »

You annual gas usage is still unbelievably low considering you have gas CH and water.
Check that you are being billed for the correct type of meter, it could be that you have an imperial meter and are being billed for a metric one.

My meter is metric.
My gas usage from 13/10/11 to 18/04/12 was 4569Kwh and cost me £214.54 based on actual meter readings.

macman

Is the house hardly being heated in winter? Or only occupied part of the time?
Your winter usage is absurdly low.

Nicky321

macman wrote: »

Is the house hardly being heated in winter? Or only occupied part of the time?
Your winter usage is absurdly low.

We live in a 1970's Semi, with cavity wall insulation and double glazing. There are 3 bedrooms, and converted loft room. We usually have the CH (7 radiators all with TRV's) on for 1-2 hours and same at night, unless it is extremely cold, using a Living flame (flueless with catalytic converter) if more heat is required.

macman

What temp 'on' though?
The average 70's semi will not have been that well insulated from scratch.

Nicky321

macman wrote: »

What temp 'on' though?
The average 70's semi will not have been that well insulated from scratch.

Between 18 - 20 roughly, the loft was insulated under the floor and between the ceiling and roof tiles.

currently paying £21 for gas and £69 for electric a month and my gas usually ends up in credit

macman

That may explain your very low bills, the 'average' is around 21C. It's said that a 1C reduction can reduce your heating bills by 10%.

Nicky321

macman wrote: »

That may explain your very low bills, the 'average' is around 21C. It's said that a 1C reduction can reduce your heating bills by 10%.

We find the temperature pleasant, and even end up turning the heating off at times. The rooms are probably on the smaller size and there is generally 6 people in the house at night & weekends