£300 energy bill!!!!!

Hovismerks

Hello, was just looking for some advice

I'm currently renting in a 2 bedroom basment flat with all electric non economy 7 meter, and no storage heaters. I recently had British gas fit a smart meter for me and with the heating on for around 4 hours a day my daily spend is nearly £8-10 a day!! Which means I'm expecting a bill of around £300
Yes my tarrif is set up currently on the smart meter.

Am I missing something here? Or does it sound like that's normal?

I thought of maybe getting a portable heater just for the living room area but will this crank up my electricy bill more if I use that and substitute the central heating for a couple hours a day instead?

Are there such things as portable storage heaters? Or can anyone recommend a portable storage heaters that has a low energy footprint for price sake.


Any and all advice would be much appreciated as I can't pay £300 a month to stay warm



Thanks



Ben

welshmoneylover

Hovismerks wrote: »

Hello, was just looking for some advice

I'm currently renting in a 2 bedroom basment flat with all electric non economy 7 meter, and no storage heaters. I recently had British gas fit a smart meter for me and with the heating on for around 4 hours a day my daily spend is nearly £8-10 a day!! Which means I'm expecting a bill of around £300
Yes my tarrif is set up currently on the smart meter.

Am I missing something here? Or does it sound like that's normal?

I thought of maybe getting a portable heater just for the living room area but will this crank up my electricy bill more if I use that and substitute the central heating for a couple hours a day instead?

Are there such things as portable storage heaters? Or can anyone recommend a portable storage heaters that has a low energy footprint for price sake.


Any and all advice would be much appreciated as I can't pay £300 a month to stay warm



Thanks



Ben

You don’t have the cheapest heating system.
Portable fan heaters are incredibly expensive .

Hovismerks

welshmoneylover wrote: »

You don’t have the cheapest heating system.
Portable fan heaters are incredibly expensive .

What is the best way to keep my home warm without spending £300 a month on central heating? Does £300 a month sounds normal?

Robin9

A convector heater with a built in thermostat may well help.

Remember this is a heating bill for the winter period and the summer will be considerably less.

Are you on the best tariff ?

Pete99

As long as the fan heaters have each got a thermostat, they give instant heat are 100% efficient and don't run for that long, whereas wet central heating uses power just to heat the water in the radiators before it even starts to heat the room, it depends on the size of the property as to whether it's a cost effective way of heating, but since fan heaters are cheap, why not buy a couple and watch the meter for a few days having first worked out how much electricity you use normally.

cranford

A typical fan heater is rated at 2kwh so 1 hour for one would cost about £0.30 to £0.40 to run depending on your tariff. But you will still need electricity to heat water, lighting and for domestic appiiances. Also does the 4 hours a day include weekends?

HampshireH

Do you have a monitor which shows you what appliance is costing you money.

You mention you have central heating. How is this managed. Is it an air source heat pump providing this or something else?

Also what tariff are you on. Could you be on a cheaper tariff to save on costs?

Are you doing simple household heating things like closing doors to rooms, reflecting heat back into the room from the rads etc, ensuring any gaps under doors have draft excluders (or sausages to stop drafts) Little things which do help keep the heat in once place.