Gas & Electricity

[Saddleworth2]

Do you leave it on 24/7?

Only when it’s cold. Heating on water off through the night.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Wow. And I thought we were using a lot of energy!

I think our last 4 months is about £1500.

Bloody horrendous. It’s not like we are wasteful. It’s a Victorian house with sash and case windows. Because its listed we can’t put in double glazing.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Only when it’s cold. Heating on water off through the night.

Christ!
Ours goes off an hour before we go to bed and doesn’t come on until 7.
House never yet gone be low 14 degrees overnight.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Christ!
Ours goes off an hour before we go to bed and doesn’t come on until 7.
House never yet gone be low 14 degrees overnight.

14 is fucking cold mate.
its -7 overnight as it was last night. Heating was on all night and the internal temp was around 17 when we got up with thermostat set at 20. It will be going off through 5he night as soon as this cold snap is done.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Idont have the radiator on in my bedroom.
Just use an electric blanket.
Have you maxed out the insulation you can fit?

 

[remember arthur mann]

I just got the bill for the last 4 months combined gas and electricity.
5 bedroom victorian semi, thermostat at 20c but internal temp usually only gets to 19c. £2700.

You're not cultivating plants by any chance ?

 

[Blue Maverick]

Bloody horrendous. It’s not like we are wasteful. It’s a Victorian house with sash and case windows. Because its listed we can’t put in double glazing.

Fucking shite that, can you not put something in the inside to help?

 

[Kompany Car]

Martin Lewis says when the help ends it will hit the lowest users the most, 50% more in bills , oh joy

Yeah but that’s what you would expect. The £67 that is being given back for energy cost relief will be a larger percentage of a smaller bill. It makes a great headline using percentages but it hides the actual numbers.

 

[N1985]

Fucking shite that, can you not put something in the inside to help?

Like a coat each?

 

[N1985]

£160 a month for both, ours is working out at before the £67 gets knocked off. Heating on an hour in the morning and an hour at night if its mega chilly.

 

[MikeF]

Bloody horrendous. It’s not like we are wasteful. It’s a Victorian house with sash and case windows. Because its listed we can’t put in double glazing.

It’s a farce that you’re not allowed to put double glazing in. I saw a news feature a while back on a school that had the same issue. Ludicrous.

 

[Kompany Car]

I just got the bill for the last 4 months combined gas and electricity.
5 bedroom victorian semi, thermostat at 20c but internal temp usually only gets to 19c. £2700.

Thats mental, just worked out my 5 bed detached which was built late 60s and over the last 4 months we've used £800 albeit that we are still on a discounted rate from Oct 2021. Temperature is set to 20 deg during day until 10pm and 15 deg on a night until 6am.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Thats mental, just worked out my 5 bed detached which was built late 60s and over the last 4 months we've used £800 albeit that we are still on a discounted rate from Oct 2021. Temperature is set to 20 deg during day until 10pm and 15 deg on a night until 6am.

I was with one of the energy companies that went bust. So my account taken over by British Gas so I have been paying full wack since early last year. Hopefully prices will come down before you have to renew.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Bloody horrendous. It’s not like we are wasteful. It’s a Victorian house with sash and case windows. Because it’s listed we can’t put in double glazing.

Just rip the fuckers out an£ tell them your saving the environment and your wallet.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Just had my winter Gas Bill for over £700. Are they supposed to show the Government deductions on it because I cannot see it and it’s over 100% increase on last year ?

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Bloody horrendous. It’s not like we are wasteful. It’s a Victorian house with sash and case windows. Because its listed we can’t put in double glazing.

You can buy bespoke double glazed timber sash and case windows, but is it another reason you are prevented? Would be costly I would imagine but you could just do the main living areas first.

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[KS55]

Martin Lewis says when the help ends it will hit the lowest users the most, 50% more in bills , oh joy

World gas prices still dropping, so some measure of relief.

 

[KS55]

Just had my winter Gas Bill for over £700. Are they supposed to show the Government deductions on it because I cannot see it and it’s over 100% increase on last year ?

Our winter bill is usually around £500, because at our age we need the heating on constantly. Dreading it…….

 

[KS55]

I just got the bill for the last 4 months combined gas and electricity.
5 bedroom victorian semi, thermostat at 20c but internal temp usually only gets to 19c. £2700.

Horrendous. Stop cooking and wear 5 layers. Move house.

 

[Saddleworth2]

You can buy bespoke double glazed timber sash and case windows, but is it another reason you are prevented? Would be costly I would imagine but you could just do the main living areas first.

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thanks mate. We have a protected yellow glass in the top panels that we cant replace so the best we could do is double glaze the ground floor and half the upstairs windows. We have 30 or so windows, many of them large so its an expensive business for an incomplete solution. We would both be pushing up daisies before we got half our investment back. Hopefully the worst is over and we can reign the heating back. If the energy market settles down a little I'll look to get as far from British Gas as I can.