Excess Gas Consumption

aola123

Gerry1 said:

aola123 said:

 No Central gas heating system

aola123 said:

Are you suggesting we use Gas to power the cylinder and the radiators?

I'm getting confused.  Perhaps it's our unfamiliar terms !

If you have gas, there's usually a boiler (furnace) which feeds a hot tank (cylinder) and wet radiators.  The hot tank usually has one or two electric immersion heaters inside it, but these are really just for emergency use if the boiler breaks down.  Electricity is about five times the price of gas so you should always use gas for room heating and hot water whenever you can.  Similarly, switch off the gas fire and use the wet radiators if they are heated by gas.

The cylinder in the apartment is not powered by gas, only electricity. As far as am aware the Gas only power the Gas fire and the cooking gas

aola123

Gerry1 said:

aola123 said:

I am new to the UK and this is my first month of staying in an apartment that comes with its own bill.

Do you mean that the heating bill comes from the apartment's managing company, rather than a separate energy company such as British Gas, E.on, SSE etc?

If so, that suggests you are with a building or district heating system (where there just one huge central boiler) and that would be bad news because it's almost entirely unregulated and they can charge what they like.

I actually mean, I have stayed in an apartment that comes with Bills inclusive before now so I don't have knowledge about how bills are being paid before. In this new apartment, I pay Bills and rent differently and I pay the energy bills to the energy provider directly not to the landlord.

Reed_Richards

aola123 said:

Yes, an Immersion heater inside a water cylinder. Are you suggesting we use Gas to power the cylinder and the radiators?

Do you have radiators? 

How many water pipes go to/from the cylinder?  There should be one pipe coming out of the top and 1 or 3 pipes going in to the side

aola123

Reed_Richards said:

aola123 said:

Yes, an Immersion heater inside a water cylinder. Are you suggesting we use Gas to power the cylinder and the radiators?

Do you have radiators? 

How many water pipes go to/from the cylinder?  There should be one pipe coming out of the top and 1 or 3 pipes going in to the side

No radiators, what we have is an electric heater. I really don't know about the pipers that go in and out of the cylinder

macman

Mains gas, whether it feeds a wet CH system or gas fires, is by far the cheapest way of heating your flat. Electric heating will be 3 to 4 times more expensive.
You haven't been in residence for a month yet, so you have no idea of what the annual costs will be. Once the heating goes off in a month or two, your only gas bills will be for cooking and the standing charge.

Reed_Richards

aola123 said:

No radiators, what we have is an electric heater. I really don't know about the pipers that go in and out of the cylinder

If you can see the cylinder then count the pipes.  Or take a picture and post it here.