Huge £467 per month gas bill ??

aqua111

pawlala wrote: »

Well done you. But this thread is about a large 5-bed Edwardian house, not a small 2-bed semi detached.

Thank you but even those of us who are not 40%Tax Payers are allowed to give our opinions!!!!!!!!!!!!

pawlala

aqua111 wrote: »

opinions!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quite.

Maybe you would like to give an opinion on how to reduce energy bills for a large 5-bed Edwardian property?

PollySouthend

wow and this is during a very mild winter!

surely the property would have two flues and if these go internally then two stoves would give alot of heat to the house.

My small 4 bed is only costing 150 a month (in the winter), but it faces south with all double glazed glass on that side, so got up to 19 degrees with no heating on a sunny day like yesterday.

jacques_chirac

pawlala wrote: »

Quite.

Maybe you would like to give an opinion on how to reduce energy bills for a large 5-bed Edwardian property?

Perhaps you could stop playing forum police and contribute something helpful yourself?

GwylimT

Clearly a lot of heat is being wasted, you have to remember heat rises, so really you need to get the loft insulated as soon as you can, it is cheap and easy to do yourself if you do it correctly.

Why aren't you using the top floor? As it is the top floor and double glazed it is likely the warmest floor in the house, if you are home for long periods during the day why aren't you turning one of the upstairs rooms into a living room and turning a radiator on?

You can improve your single glazed windows by using heavy curtains and when it is sunny throwing them open.

Is the building insulated? If you are doing works you could use internal insulation and then re-plaster as I'm guessing cavity wall isn't an option.

I think your bill sounds fairly reasonable for temperature you are aiming for, the size of the property and the fact that you have single glazed windows throughout most of the property. To improve it you need better insulation, but at the same still making sure the building can still breathe to prevent condensation.

I_have_spoken

The house is a project...

Rent one of those infra-red cameras to see where there are 'hot spots' losing energy to focus where you spend money on insulation

aqua111

pawlala wrote: »

Quite.

Maybe you would like to give an opinion on how to reduce energy bills for a large 5-bed Edwardian property?

Easy !!!!!
Smaller house!

Cardew

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Rent one of those infra-red cameras to see where there are 'hot spots' losing energy to focus where you spend money on insulation

I read that you can get an 'app' for a smart phone now that does the same thing.


http://www.examiner.com/article/new-smartphone-accessory-is-heat-sensor

matelodave

Cardew wrote: »

I read that you can get an 'app' for a smart phone now that does the same thing.


http://www.examiner.com/article/new-smartphone-accessory-is-heat-sensor

Read it properly, it's not an app it's an adapter that fits onto the rear of your smartphone with it's own built in sensor. It can be got as a kit of bits or ready built


A smartphone camera is not an infrared camera so an app won't work.

oldskoo1

A slightly different angle here. We live in a 5 bed 3 storey detached victorian copy which is 10 years old so therefore relatively modern regulations, cavity, windows and decent boiler.

Our gas at this time of year is £220 sometimes £250 per month so the original without the fancy energy saving construction it does sound about right.

I do love old houses. Cliche but bags of character but the energy bills were very high and this was 10+ years ago at an old Victorian house we used to live in.