Energy bill impossibly high - and we have tried the basic solutions!

lovesgshp

The carpets will insulate. What temperature is the heating set at?

becky1234

Robin9 wrote: »

It doesn't use any energy when its switched off.

The kitchen /diner is the more expensive area - I would expect that area to have a thermostat set at about 20 deg with the bedrooms at 16/17

Your hot water tank will have two heaters - the one at the bottom should be on at all times and will heat the tank 0130 - 0830 at this time of year; 0030 - 0730 during BST. The top element should be switched OFF unless you run out of hot water.

This is very helpful. I believe this is similar to what we are doing but tomorrow I plan on running som etests to make sure the system is doing what we actually think it is. It would be great if this fixes it!

becky1234

lovesgshp wrote: »

The carpets will insulate. What temperature is the heating set at?

We are set to 23!

Robin9

becky1234 wrote: »

We are set to 23!

You must be cooking at night ! Turn it down !

lovesgshp

Ideal temperature for UFH is 19-20C. Mine here is 20C and have lovely warm feet. Is your kitchen tiled floor, as that will hold the heat for longer?

becky1234

We only have it on for 2 hours at a time twice a day - we would never dream of having it on all the time

becky1234

Ah I didn't realise there was an optimal temp for underfloor. Unfortunately the floor is laminate though.

lovesgshp

That is probably where a lot of your energy is going. With UFH it needs to be fairly balanced all the time to keep a constant heat. Cut down to 20C and see if that helps, as you are trying to reheat a floor mass all the time.

jk0

Is the underfloor heating set in the slab? (Is it not meant to act as a storage heater?)


If so, then you should set it to come on every night, on a thermostat, and just put on a fire later in the day if you get cold.

lovesgshp

Sorry, did not realise it was laminate as that is also a insulator as well