How much energy does this oft quoted "average household consume"?

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Coffeekup said:

gj373 said:

Alnat1 said:

There aren't really any averages as each household has different needs and expectations.

If it's becoming a problem, get the family together, have a chat about cost cutting and get them all on board to help. Heating the house/water, cooking and washing/drying are the main culprits for high use so read up on how to save in these areas. 

Thanks currently on a 2 year fix till September next year so have time to get this right/ usage down before the tsunami hits us.

I have an old combi boiler (20 years). Anyone any idea how I could work out of it will be worth replacing? Still works fine

I have a 10 year old biasi 24kw boiler replaced 4 years ago (which ran at 94% efficiency 7), with an ideal 24kw (which runs at 98.2 efficiency), it made no difference to my annual usage at all.

The only reason I replaced it was every winter (3winters) I had to call out an engineer to fix it. By the time I decided to replace it, it was practical a new boiler.

Best things to bring down your usage is you manually controlling it when you want it on.

Having the thermostat in the room you and or all your family are in the most. As having it in a cold draughty hallway will mean the boiler will be on 24/7 as it may never get the desired temperature it's set at.

Acclimatize come September October when most people start to have their heating on and wear a jumper or sweater instead.

That's "up to 94% efficiency" & "up to 98,2% efficiency". Chances are that your system is achieving neither & quite possibly both ran at the same efficiency.
Even if they did, going from 94% to 98% was never going to see a big difference in consumption for a typical domestic user.

I am a big fan of good controls & using them properly though (plus I wear an extra layer & keep the room temp low).