Very high Gas consumption?

twopenny

What is new? Is it only the HW tank?

Was the cost lower before?

It's all so variable. I was in a 10 radiator huge semi with a 40yr old boiler and my bills were much the same as now with a new small boiler and only 5 small thermostatically controlled radiators. I'm still trying to work that out.

tellme_why

twopenny said:

What is new? Is it only the HW tank?

Was the cost lower before?

It's all so variable. I was in a 10 radiator huge semi with a 40yr old boiler and my bills were much the same as now with a new small boiler and only 5 small thermostatically controlled radiators. I'm still trying to work that out.

HW tank and honeywell valves are bout 2 yrs old whilst the boiler is 20 yrs old. The gas consumption I prompted in my first post is the actual of the last year with the current tank and boiler..

searchlight123

we live in a 5 bedroom detached house built in the mid 80's. two of us living here now and we cook on electric. my wife always feels cold so our heating is on more than it should be. we are both at home during the day. we have a 10 year old Baxi condensing boiler. our annual consumption is around 16,360kWh for gas and 4339kWh for electric. not sure if that's high or low? we are in the south east and pay aound £110pm which just about covers the annual bills.

Slinky

5 hours for your hot water!  Why so long?  We have ours on for 50 minutes in the morning and 40 minutes at night at the moment, and that covers us for 2 showers and whatever hot water we require for handwashing and washing up.  We used 386kwh per month for gas hob and water heating in the last 2 months from a 40+year old Ideal Mexico boiler.

coffeehound

As asked upthread, what is the thermostat on the hot water tank set to?  Is it set to a high level in order to produce enough hot feed to service the power shower?  That would have the boiler working overtime for long periods to keep up with

Rosa_Damascena

tonygold said:

we live in a 5 bedroom detached house built in the mid 80's. two of us living here now and we cook on electric. my wife always feels cold so our heating is on more than it should be. we are both at home during the day. we have a 10 year old Baxi condensing boiler. our annual consumption is around 16,360kWh for gas and 4339kWh for electric. not sure if that's high or low? we are in the south east and pay aound £110pm which just about covers the annual bills.

Faints - that is just too much money! I'd be sticking to short showers and eating food that doesn't require cooking.

My annual dual fuel bill is creeping back up to £700 pa and that feels expensive enough.

Grenage

Households vary so much that direct comparisons are almost meaningless.  Our draughty victorian semi costs us about 1,100 a year with the thermostat set to 18 in the morning and evening.

Rosa_Damascena

Grenage said:

Households vary so much that direct comparisons are almost meaningless.  Our draughty victorian semi costs us about 1,100 a year with the thermostat set to 18 in the morning and evening.

For me its absolute. I am happy to spend with gay abandon in some areas but 2 things I really dislike spending on are groceries and utilities. I want my money to go a long way in these areas.

Grenage

Rosa_Damascena said:

Grenage said:

Households vary so much that direct comparisons are almost meaningless.  Our draughty victorian semi costs us about 1,100 a year with the thermostat set to 18 in the morning and evening.

For me its absolute. I am happy to spend with gay abandon in some areas but 2 things I really dislike spending on are groceries and utilities. I want my money to go a long way in these areas.

I don't blame you; but I'd be dead before I recovered the savings from improving my home's thermal efficiency.

FreeBear

Grenage said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Grenage said:

Households vary so much that direct comparisons are almost meaningless.  Our draughty victorian semi costs us about 1,100 a year with the thermostat set to 18 in the morning and evening.

For me its absolute. I am happy to spend with gay abandon in some areas but 2 things I really dislike spending on are groceries and utilities. I want my money to go a long way in these areas.

I don't blame you; but I'd be dead before I recovered the savings from improving my home's thermal efficiency.

Likewise. I've been spending quite a bit on improving insulation and killing draughts (got another ~£2K budgeted). I doubt I'll make enough savings to make it worthwhile, but it improves the quality of life which can't be quantified in money terms.