Gas usage survey

Hello

Moved into a new (old!) house and wondering if my gas usage is average or what. I have a 3 bed Victorian detached in an exposed position and draftyish. Loft insulated reasonably well. Still got the leaky but nice looking sash windows. What with shocking energy costs I've insulated as much as poss.

I'm using about 5 imperial units of gas per day in winter very cold days, 4 on milder winter days. So average around 30-35 units per week.

My old gas meter is still imperial and I think most these days are metric so anything posted should state wiether imperial or metric.

Thanks in advance.

 

Hi Fens,

Try this site and start a new thread and ask the same question as they might be able to help you with your query.
Gas & Electricity - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums

PS,forgot to add that you will have to join the site first if you havn't done so already before you can ask the question although members on here might be able to help you as well

 

Thanks Kandy, I'll shuffle off over there.

 

Interesting thread.

I too have a cold house (1970's), it's detached, has a lot of very large windows and doors, and on an exposed hillside which receives easterly blasts at the front and westerly at the back. I have cavity wall insulation to 50% of the house (certain areas unable to be done), have double glazing throughout and a mere 3" max loft insulation (being topped up in Jan).
The period Oct to Jan 2010, when we had minus 12 and snow, my consumption was 6 units per day (metric) and from Jan to March it was 5 units per day.

The way i use my heating is this (recommended by every heating engineer i've spoken to) .....

I have the thermostat placed in the coldest room in the house (Lounge. Wide, floor to ceiling windows front and back) and it's set to 19 degrees in winter.

As soon as the temp in there falls below that the heating's triggered on.
The upstairs radiators have thermostats on them and they're set to 1.5, all downstairs ones are on high (5), this stops the upstairs from getting too hot.

The boiler controls are never ever touched, the system's set to the above method from late autumn until late spring.
Therefore, the boiler's always 'on' but only ever active and 'firing' and burning gas if the lounge goes below 19 - this means the house is never too hot, never too cold and is always at a comfortable ambient temperature.

Letting the rooms go cold and heating them 2 or 3 times a day means you're using far more energy and costs by attempting to achieve that ambient temp from cold.

 

I used to live in a house with sash windows, when the wind blew from the north, the curtains used to billow out at 45 degrees.

During the winter I had single sheets of 4mm glass mounted over the whole frame, edged with a plastic strip and held on with clips so they could be removed in summer.

 

Fens, what's the latest on your usage, have you had your winter bill in yet ?