Gas usage?

fothers365

Hi,

I wasn't sure if this was the right place to post or not but I have recently been tracking our meter readings daily and have discovered we use 10 units of gas a day most days.

We have a detached Victorian house so no opportunity for cavity wall insulation but have double glazing etc and the boiler is only about 3 years old. The heating generally sits at 16 degrees and the house is pretty cold- I wear often 4 layers of tops in the house and a pair of socks, pair of thick socks and slippers etc, fleecey blankets on the sofa at night etc. I have 3 small children so couldn't really have it any colder (and it probably is colder than 16 degress upstairs, the thermostat is kept in the living room).

10 units just seems a lot, I am hoping when we get to warmer weather it will really bottom out or we are in for horrific bills/DD increases.:eek:

Does anyone else know how many gas units they use a day roughly? Is this a ridiculous high number?

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Herongull

What units?

Therms or metric units?

Cardew

It depends if your gas meter is Imperial or Metric.

Older meters are Imperial and a gas unit is 100 cubic feet and equal to approx 33kWh

A gas unit on a Metric meter is 1 cubic metre and approx 11kWh

So 10 units is either 330kWh costing around £13 or 110 kWh costing £4.50.

Certainly 110kWh a day in this weather is not high for the house you describe and being at home all day.

fothers365

I am not sure but guessing metric as the meter was replaced in 2011?

Cardew

Metric will have M3(small '3') on the meter and installed in 2011 would mean metric.

So to repeat, 110kWh a day is not high.

fothers365

Yes it does say M3 I think. Thank you for that, I had a moment of panic thinking that we were going to be a fortune every day as I had read about the conversion of imperial units somewhere but didn't realise it was different from metric.

Phew, panic averted:)

Wywth

fothers365 wrote: »

Hi,

I wasn't sure if this was the right place to post or not but I have recently been tracking our meter readings daily and have discovered we use 10 units of gas a day most days.

We have a detached Victorian house so no opportunity for cavity wall insulation but have double glazing etc and the boiler is only about 3 years old. The heating generally sits at 16 degrees and the house is pretty cold- I wear often 4 layers of tops in the house and a pair of socks, pair of thick socks and slippers etc, fleecey blankets on the sofa at night etc. I have 3 small children so couldn't really have it any colder (and it probably is colder than 16 degress upstairs, the thermostat is kept in the living room).

10 units just seems a lot, I am hoping when we get to warmer weather it will really bottom out or we are in for horrific bills/DD increases.:eek:

Does anyone else know how many gas units they use a day roughly? Is this a ridiculous high number?

There are modern methods available today to insulate walls even if they have no cavity

fothers365

Wywth wrote: »

There are modern methods available today to insulate walls even if they have no cavity

Could you point me in the direction of more information on that please? We really struggle with condensation/mould build up on the outside walls in our rooms in winter as they feel so cold and it drives me crazy.

Wywth

fothers365 wrote: »

Could you point me in the direction of more information on that please? We really struggle with condensation/mould build up on the outside walls in our rooms in winter as they feel so cold and it drives me crazy.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=solid+wall+insulation