Gas Usage? 7 to 8 units a day? Seems high comparatively.

philng

Just checked my mums meters (only a small house) and amazed she has only used 80 units in last 8 weeks. We are using 50 to 60 per week & only have heating on 430pm to 10pm with temp set at 17.5deg. Ours seems a lot & quite a bit higher use than same time last year?
Gas also used for showers say 3 in household per day.

molerat

Firstly are you comparing like for like, metric or imperial units ? Does she have a more efficient boiler, better insulation, semi/terrace as opposed to detached ?

philng

No there is big difference in house type etc but both have fairly new efficient boilers but she has her heating on all day.Just her 80 units over 8 weeks seems v low.

ajbell

You can't keep a house warm on 80 units over 8 weeks.
Your usage seems more normal.

molerat

ajbell wrote: »

You can't keep a house warm on 80 units over 8 weeks.
Your usage seems more normal.

Which is why I suggested imperial units, 4 metric units per day is equivalent to 80 imperial over 8 weeks.

Robin9

My MIL keeps telling me that her heating is set at 16 degrees and that's warm !

reeac

O.P., you need to tell us what units (eg. kWh) you are quoting before anyone can make a sensible comment.

r2015

If it is cu ft then that is 46 kWh a day.


I've been using an average of 60 kWh a day for the past 31 days with the heating on from 7:45 to 23:30 in a 3 bed semi, though 11 kWh a day is for hot water and cooking.