Gas Central Heating - tips?
Have recently moved into a new house with Gas Central Heating. I would welcome any tips on usage. Am currently having the hot water on for an hour in the evening and an hour in the morning, but someone told me that it only takes about 15 mins to heat a tank of water! Can someone help please with any tips on how long the heating should be on for and the hot water. My first bill is working out at a lot more than my previous Oil Heating bills and I know thats not right! Thanks
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We have gas boiler ..
for the central heating which when needed is left on all day/evening but with thermostat set at about 18 degrees i am fairly relaxed that this is the way to run it ...ie the thermostat will keep even temperature automatically....
but with the water ... my lot put it on from first thing .. 6.30 till they go to bed say midnight... and i hear the boiler running a lot of the time and i wonder whether we are just wasting energy ??
it depends on the boiler, I would hazard a guess that you have a combination boiler, not sure how these work. I have a Glow Worm boiler (20 years old) and I have it on for 20 minutes in the morning for a shower and shave and half an hour in the evenings. My gas bill is very low but goes up and down different times of the year. I am convinced this is the cheapest way to use it.
As a point of interest, I had my boiler serviced a few days ago and the gas man warned me that, from next year, new "environmentally friendly" boilers will be the only ones on the market. The one big drawback with these is they may be good for the environment, but will be hard on the pocket (costing up to about £1500) and, more importantly, will only be made to last up to about 8 years.
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troo, may I please have the telephone number of your plumber ... I've never known one who's "great on prices".
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