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Since having my gas meter changed, consumption seems to have increased by 50%

amistupid · 2016-01-28 17:13:55

I've got a two year old boiler. Last November my utility company npower, changed my gas meter. I have the boiler on the same settings, times on/ times off, as I did last winter. The thermostat setting is also unchanged. By comparing bills, it seems to me that my gas consumption has increased about 50% since the meter was…

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victor2 Posts: 8,104 Ambassador

30 January 2016 at 10:11AM

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Is it possible that when they fitted the meter they caused a gas leak?

I say this as when they fitted a new water meter here they caused a water leak which took some time to manifest itself.

I think you'd notice a leak of that kind of volume. It would have to be after the meter to be recorded, so I'm sure you'd smell it, even if the meter is outside. More so in fact as an outside meter would be in an enclosure.
Easy to check though. With no gas appliances in use, check the meter over a few hours and see if it records anything.

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