New house, new huge gas consumption

badmemory

I am probably completely misunderstanding (I came across this thread by accident!) but I would have thought the priorities would be, if at all possible change to a normal meter & get on a much cheaper rate, get your boiler serviced, then get your furniture & interior walls warm. In the same way as a freezer uses less power to keep cold when it is full (of already cold food), a house also takes less power to keep warm when it is full of already warm furniture.

highet

you are paying far too much for your gas - by switching supplier onto a credit tariff you should be able to reduce your costs by approx 60% (£2/day rather than £5+) even allowing for the standing charge - Ebico really only suits those with miniscule gas consumption where the daily standing charge makes up a substantial portion of the bill

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Thinking of another thread - so posted on wrong thread

Wig

Here are the latest figures
Last nights starting point (8pm) was £38.44 / 62.112 m3 (and it had been that amount since yesterday morning)

At 11pm before bedtime, £37.48 / 63.751 m3
I turned down the thermo to 16C for the night, watching TV cost me £1 in gas.

In the morning 8am £36.77 / 64.969 m3 overnight had cost £0.70

At 10am it was £36.77 / 64.969 m3
I turned up the thermo to 20 C

At 2pm it was £35.19 67.683 m3 The morning had cost £1.58
When I turned it right down as I was going out.

The last 24 hours cost £3.25 which is better and more manageable. but I would like the house to be warmer.

Last 24 hours used 5.57 m3 of gas I convert that to 62.3 Kwh
325/62.3 = 5.2p kwh which is correct.


Realised another reason the lounge does not heat up is because the open stairs are on the lounge so all the heat just goes straight upstairs. I told OH this would happen before we bought the place.



Regarding being on wrong tarrif, British gas was 4p Kwh and standing charge about 19p per day or is it 25p (?) that's £90 per year standing charge.
Ebico is 5.2p kwh

take a consumtion of 10,000kwh
Ebico = £520
BG = £490

Obviously consuming more than this, Ebico will be the more expensive
18,000 Kwh
Ebico £936
BG £810

Changing supplier is not going to get me a 60% saving unless you know a supplier who supplies at 2p per Kwh ??

I'm not too bothered about being with Ebico... for the time being, the difference is only going to be £100 - £150

Norman_Castle

Are the rooms carpeted? Do the radiators need bleeding, are they hot at the top?

Wig

Yeah rads are OK, they are hot all over, but I will bleed them when I get a key.

No carpets downstairs, lounge is real wood snap and click (like laminate). and kitchen is floor tiles. The stairs and all upstairs is carpeted.

I think I need a new timer to replace the thermostat, & probably position the thermostat upstairs, because the lounge is a cold spot. but I will put a new thread in the DIY board for this.

And I'd like a gas fire in the lounge.

And I'd like to board up the stairs and put a door, but OH does not want this.

firefox1956

@ Wig
You are paying way over the odds for you gas consumption
My supplier First Utility on their First Fixed Auhust 2017 v2 Direct Tariff.
18 000 Kwh @ 2.759p / Kwh =£496.62 / year incl VAT
plus Daily StandingCharge of 11.83p / day = £43.18 / incl VAT
Unless I am mis reading your posts then you are paying nearly double what you should be paying............
I would be changing supplier PDQ.
HTH

Weewdy

I agree on changing supplier. I am with EDF and i pay 2.41p kw and 15.75p standing charge.

molerat

My bill for 18000 kWh with EDF would be £440 (1.913p/26.25p) !

Cheapest currently available is £538.

None around at 2p anymore but plenty under 3p.

Pincher

EBICO is for low consumption households.

I think you are a size ten trying to squeeze into a size five.

I averaged 106kWh per day for December 2016, including gas hob cooking. I consider that normal.