Hi All & thank you for your patience in considering my question.
We moved house last October & are now using gas for the first time to run central heating off a combi boiler & fuel a 5 ring hob.
Heating is on for a couple of hours in the morning & 4 hours in the evening. We are spending nigh on £257 per month on gas/3500 kWh.
I'm just gobsmacked at the usage & - while I'd love to think there's a fault somewhere - just wanted to ask if that usage is considered normal for 2 people in a medium sized house?
I have a standard gas boiler feeding a hot water cylinder, central heating and a gas hob. My usage last month was over 3600kWh. We are three people in a 4 bed detached. When no gas appliances are being used check that the meter doesn't advance.
I'm an Eon Next dual fuel customer with no particular expertise but have some time on my hands that I am using to try and help out a bit.
Hi @TBox I have a combi which is used for DHW/DCH only. Cooking is all electric. There's 2 of us in a 4 bed detached built in the 1970s. January gas was 2276 KWh.
@JoeSoap Thanks so much. I've checked my meter and there is no display on it at all.
Is it a smart meter? Modern gas meters run on a battery so the display is normally blank and needs waking up. You can try an internet search to see how to read it or you can post a photo here or let us know the make and model and we'll try to help.
OK. Do you have the opening reading from when you moved in? Can you take a reading now? If its a smart meter can you log in to your online account and get some accurate readings.
Because if your bills are being estimated (or your DD has been estimated on the basis of what the previous occupants used) then what you are paying and what you are actually consuming might be totally dislocated. Accurate data is need before all else.
I'm assuming it is a smart meter (because it has a blank screen) and I'm thinking you haven't read it manually before (because you don't know how to do i) No Problem!!. It might be worthwhile using the in home display to monitor consumption and using the Bright app to get access to more data. Having said that we've no evidence the smart meter is fully functional yet -hopefully it will be, because if not you are going to need a lot of help on this one.
Current Eon Next and EDF customer, ex Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless.
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