Average usage 141 per day

[ukellie]

Please could someone advise - just received our bill and our daily average gas usage over 80 days (12th dec 2010 until 1st of March 2011) 141 KW i have compared this with our neighbour who is home all day and as a 4 bed bed bungalow her average over the same period is 56KW (we have a 2 bed bungalow) i had the heating on constant during the bad weather thermostat at 15 deg at night and when we are out at work 7am - 17.00hrs and stat at approx 20 deg when we are at home
Please could anyone advise if this seems high could we have a leak!!

 

[tamz]

we have been told its more economic to leave heating on constant and just adjust the thermostat ie down to 15 deg at night and while home is unoccupied - anyone agree

Definitely not unless you have first rate insulation and even then it is arguable.
Try it for yourself. Take a meter reading and set it to a set back temperature for week then take another reading and set it to off/on times for a another week and compare the two. If the outside temperatures and weather conditions have been similar it will be pretty accurate.

 

[Bartdude]

Depends where you live. It has been a bad winter for some. Mines was on constantly set at 22deg from last week in November through to start of February.

Have you taken the bypass out and put the meter back now Tamz?

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Winter ain't over yet !

 

[tamz]

Certainly aint. Have you seen the forecast for Scotland for tonight? Up to 6". It is blowing a gale atm too.
Where's my hot water bottle

 

[Bartdude]

It's been lovely down here. The daffodils are out now too. I'll be needing the air con soon

 

[tamz]

It won't be long until our rain is a bit warmer lol

 

[GQuigley67]

hurricane hector is doing my head in at the moment