Gas consumtion

jimjames

14diamondcat said:

They say I will use 22,000 kw of gas! How is this even possible? We only use gas for hot water and heating. I’m terrified! 

First step is to check use. You say "how is that possible" but is it the same amount you used last year? If so then it certainly is possible. If it's not then you need to query why they've chosen that consumption.

markin

How many hrs do you put on the heating and what temp? Is it set to Eco if a combi?

I presume you don't use timers and just twist the dial to 15 when going out and to bed.

Auti

Krakkkers said:

If electricity does hit £1 a kwh surely solar panels are a must, if you can afford them and if you can get a quote.

I would love solar panels but cannot raise any money to purchase and even if I could my council had decided my road is now in a conservation area which means we cannot have solar panels (only Victorian terraces) - it was not conservation area when I moved here. What is even more annoying is that I have a brilliant roof for panels (but faces the road) and their directive seems to contradict their push for everyone to have solar panels! 

macman

Unless your PD rights have been withdrawn via an Article 4 direction, then solar panels are usually permitted with a conservation area. You may need PP though..

Auti

macman said:

Unless your PD rights have been withdrawn via an Article 4 direction, then solar panels are usually permitted with a conservation area. You may need PP though..

We cannot change the windows unless they are approved wooden single glazing exactly the same as original and secondary double glazing. All the facade has to look identical to original even to them trying to insist the bricks had to be sand blasted to remove over a hundred years of ageing. Front walls have to be put back to original with railings and iron gates if they need repair. No security cameras, sky dishes etc etc. Guttering go back to iron and so on. They come round to check periodically and take photos - one nice conservation man said that as long as he could not tell the difference repairs to front wall/gate could be done. A new person moved into the road and had to jump through hoops with many restrictions and expense……….. I think the conservation department would go bang if solar panels were mentioned

QrizB

@14diamondcat if you need any tips about getting your electricity consumption under control, there are some really helpful people here on the forum.

@Auti my commiserations on the conservation zone, it must be like living in a Victorian theme park (complete with frozen orphans, rickets and cholera).

Krakkkers

Rockets or rickets?

QrizB

Krakkkers said:

Rockets or rickets?

Fixed it, thanks.

My phone evidently has its own ideas of what Victorian England was like

Auti

QrizB said:

@14diamondcat if you need any tips about getting your electricity consumption under control, there are some really helpful people here on the forum.

@Auti my commiserations on the conservation zone, it must be like living in a Victorian theme park (complete with frozen orphans, rickets and cholera).

Thank you - you made me smile

Coffeekup

Krakkkers said:

1 unit of gas (11.2kwh) will be for hot water i presume but that should heat the tank twice really.
16 -23 kwh of electricity is a lot, you have to find out where that is going.

We don't know for sure it's one unit on the meter or one unit meaning 1 kWh.