Electric only flat

ParmV

I was wondering if anyone was able to help..

I live in a 2 bed, split level flat with everything running on electric. I was spending about £1,600 a year with Southern Electric but switched over to Eon and they've estimated that I should be spending about £1,200 a year.

I'm not noticing a huge difference, £10/15 a month maybe. I spend £40/50 a week and if it's a cold week, easily £60/70.

I really resent the money I'm spending on it, I turn everything off at the switch, only have one light on at a time, energy saving light bulbs. I'm a single, stay at home mum with 2 kids. We have no heaters in the front room, so I use a small oil heater. I keep the boys bedroom heater on as the baby has heart problems and goes blue with the cold, I've lined all my curtains and have rugs everywhere (laminated floor :mad:).

What else can I do??

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install storage heaters and econ 7 ?

Ecodave

If the house is your own, or if you are in privately rented accommodation, then you might be able to get help via the Energy Company Obligation. The Energy Savings Advice Service should be able to tell you if help is available, call 0300 1231234.

macman

Tell us your actual annual kWh usage and meaningful advice can be given.
What tariff are you on?

sniggings

sorry but £70 a week :eek: with no living room heating and one light? sorry but are you running your street lighting too! not being funny here but you must be using more than that for a bill that big, or your bedroom is massive, try and give more details of what you use and room sizes and tariff you are on, as something sounds wrong here.

fionajbanana

Im paying £48 pcm for electric only in my place which is the same propery as op. Check if the meter is working properly.

Andy_WSM

fionajbanana wrote: »

Im paying £48 pcm for electric only in my place which is the same propery as op. Check if the meter is working properly.

That's a very low figure for an all electric property. A reasonable average is £100 a month, maybe more now with recent price rises.

Torry_Quine

I pay £72 per month for a 2 bed all electric flat.

worried_jim

My elderly (house bound) neighbour had electric only and his 2 bed flat was always warm as toast and he paid about £80 per month. He had storage heaters, although they were new so as efficient as they got- and he loved them.

fionajbanana

Andy_WSM wrote: »

That's a very low figure for an all electric property. A reasonable average is £100 a month, maybe more now with recent price rises.

I have HSP, E7 and small windows. I have the heating for 1.5 hours in the morning, 3.5 hours at night. I may put the heating on for an extra hour or two if I have a day off and staying inside.

My previous energy supplier wanted my dd to increase from £45 to £76 when I was only £10 in debt for the winter! They think I have my heating on 24/7!

Fire_Fox

ParmV wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone was able to help..

I live in a 2 bed, split level flat with everything running on electric. I was spending about £1,600 a year with Southern Electric but switched over to Eon and they've estimated that I should be spending about £1,200 a year.

I'm not noticing a huge difference, £10/15 a month maybe. I spend £40/50 a week and if it's a cold week, easily £60/70.

I really resent the money I'm spending on it, I turn everything off at the switch, only have one light on at a time, energy saving light bulbs. I'm a single, stay at home mum with 2 kids. We have no heaters in the front room, so I use a small oil heater. I keep the boys bedroom heater on as the baby has heart problems and goes blue with the cold, I've lined all my curtains and have rugs everywhere (laminated floor :mad:).

What else can I do??

Lighting and gadgets use little power: your big energy guzzlers are heating, hot water/ power showers, tumble dryer, laundry at higher temperatures. What have you lined the curtains with - blackout/ thermal lining or regular lining fabric?

Split level flat ... is the heat rising and you are spending loads trying to heat the lower areas? Do you have an economy 7 meter or are you on prepayment? If you have E7 any heating you are using in the day will be at very expensive day rate. Are you reading your meter regularly and submitting readings? If so what is your usage in KWH and how is that split with the seasons?

Consider an electric underblanket on your bed and an electric overblanket on your sofa for when the boys are in bed and you don't need the heating on. Share baths or have shallow ones, short showers turning the water off whilst you soap up.

Be sure you are ventilating the flat effectively, three people at home most of the time will produce litres of water every day (breathing, laundry, showers, washing up, cooking), if this stays in the air this can make the place feel colder and harder to heat. If you cannot open windows in winter due to the baby consider an electric dehumidifier, you can also use this to dry laundry cheaper than a tumble dryer.