Massive Gas Bill

[andybailey2003]

Hope somebody can offer some advise, i have received large gas bills since moving into a new house about 22 months ago. We have a old gas combi bolier, say about 10/12 years old. We have this on for maybe 6 hours a day maximum. My direct debit has just been put upto £260 per month for gas and electricity, most of this is gas.

I have been on the phone to edf and the girl thought it might be my boiler as its still using alot of gas even in the summer.

I have just left the boiler on for 1 hour and it has used 2.4 units. Is this alot? I work this our at about £1.08 an hour?

The breakdown on my bill say i used 44,119 kwh of gas last year.

I could do with some advise before i complain to my landlord if it sounds faulty, what should be the average per hour with a boiler on full,

Thank you in advance

Andy

 

[Killy Bing]

What is the make and model of the combi?

 

[kirkgas]

What is the make and model of the combi?

Once we have this someone can tell you how much gas it's using per hr, then you can work out the bill, you can take a reading then put the heating on for an hour from cold and this will tell you how much gas it burns in the first hour, but it won't/shouldn't use this much every hour, once the house is hot the heating will go on and off

 

[andybailey2003]

Once we have this someone can tell you how much gas it's using per hr, then you can work out the bill, you can take a reading then put the heating on for an hour from cold and this will tell you how much gas it burns in the first hour, but it won't/shouldn't use this much every hour, once the house is hot the heating will go on and off

Hi i have a baxi combi instant 105e.

the wife has just told me that she has to top the water pressure up every couple of days, so this might explain it?

 

[Howsie]

That won't explain it but does point to another problem.

 

[Howsie]

Can you describe your house please?

 

[andybailey2003]

That won't explain it but does point to another problem.

Hi its a large 3 bedroomed house with all double glazing except 2 bedrooms upstairs. Its an old house about 100 years old. It isnt the most energy efficient house i know but the bills are high even in the summer when we only use the hot water.

 

[Ermintrude]

Is pre heat on? This will eat gas ! Also insulation and a room thermostat would be a good idea . What was the epc when u moved in?

 

[tamz]

Could be about right.
Get onto your landlord and tell him he can get free insulation, double glazing, new boiler etc etc.
Look up Green Deal/Eco

 

[happyflyer]

Hope somebody can offer some advise, i have received large gas bills since moving into a new house about 22 months ago. We have a old gas combi bolier, say about 10/12 years old. We have this on for maybe 6 hours a day maximum. My direct debit has just been put upto £260 per month for gas and electricity, most of this is gas.

I have been on the phone to edf and the girl thought it might be my boiler as its still using alot of gas even in the summer.

I have just left the boiler on for 1 hour and it has used 2.4 units. Is this alot? I work this our at about £1.08 an hour?

The breakdown on my bill say i used 44,119 kwh of gas last year.

I could do with some advise before i complain to my landlord if it sounds faulty, what should be the average per hour with a boiler on full,

Thank you in advance

Andy

Andy,

44,000 kwh per year is a unbelievable amount of gas, I have no idea what you class as 2.4 units, please don't try to explain, here a good idea that may help, take a photo of your gas meter tomorrow and then take another photo the same time Wednesday and I mean the same time, 24 hrs exactly, then take another photo of the meter next Tuesday at the same time as this Tuesday, we will then have 24 hrs reading and one week reading and then none of use will waste posts guessing what is going on. Post us the day reading Wednesday and then the week one next week

Tony

 

[snowhead]

How many females are there in the house?

 

[happyflyer]

Andy,

Just to compare I live in a 4 bed detached gas heating and water, electric cooking and my gas used in the year is 14,000 Kwh, loft 18" deep insulation and every room is controlled
with battery operate TRV, we do still like room to be nice and warm, we could probably reduce it by 30% if we tweaked. House 20 years old. Cavity wall insulated


Tony

 

[happyflyer]

How many females are there in the house?

Why not try and guess, there is probably a formula for it somewhere or a BR

 

[tamz]

Just checked mine for the last year and it was 27214. The forecast for the next 12 months bills is £1296.98.

 

[Ermintrude]

Use imeasure . It's an energy use tracking app from Cambridge energy institute. Very useful. ( it's web based!!

 

[andybailey2003]

How many females are there in the house?

Hi i have just looked aand preheat dial was on full. Us this the priblem then?
I will have a look at the funding as this sounds like ut could help us.

I have a family if 4 with the wife and 1 boy and 1 girl

 

[happyflyer]

Just checked mine for the last year and it was 27214. The forecast for the next 12 months bills is £1296.98.

Look where you live Tamz you are on the latitude has Siberia and you have all the oil, but we have all the shale gas, hope you are oil safe.

 

[tamz]

Chain saw safe Tony :wink:
I'm hopefully getting the roof on the house before the snow comes :wink:

 

[kirkgas]

Just checked mine for the last year and it was 27214. The forecast for the next 12 months bills is £1296.98.

We used 19,710 kW/hrs last year, counted them up as Scottish power are trying to put my monthly payment from £148 to £225 per month, and I'm not having it

 

[Ermintrude]

Pre heat keeps boiler at 45c all the time!!!

 

[tamz]

We used 19,710 kW/hrs last year, counted them up as Scottish power are trying to put my monthly payment from £148 to £225 per month, and I'm not having it

I pay £212/month for mine. The both were overpaid by £300 and odds. They refunded the electric but are leaving the gas.
I used more last year but we had 2ft of snow for 2 1/2 months.

 

[lame plumber]

for the op have you taken a meter reading and sent them to your provider, as they may well be using estimated readings based on your last few months usage which bears no resemblence to actual usage as they aim to cover their costs, and increases over he next 12 months. you need to check acrual usage over 12 months and go fm there

 

[kirkgas]

I pay £212/month for mine. The both were overpaid by £300 and odds. They refunded the electric but are leaving the gas.
I used more last year but we had 2ft of snow for 2 1/2 months.

The boss went on to "uswitch" and we are now paying £120 per month for gas and electric

 

[happyflyer]

Hi i have just looked aand preheat dial was on full. Us this the priblem then?
I will have a look at the funding as this sounds like ut could help us.

I have a family if 4 with the wife and 1 boy and 1 girl

Andy,

If this massive gas usage is all down to preheat, I would be surprised, if you have now turned the preheat off and you do the photos of the meter you will foul up your tests, if you are going to do the photos like I said you should do them with the preheat back on for both day test and week test, that way you can run the test again with the preheat off, do you understand what I am getting at, you never said you would do the test anyway, are you going to, I can't help you if you don't, this is the basis of deep digging for you. At least by letting us see the meter reading you can see what the preheat really cost you.



Tony

 

[Ermintrude]

Pre heat won't be responsible for more than 7 to 20% I would suggest single glazed windows and insulation may be an massive loss!'imeasure will do a lot for you