Reply to: Gas bill

[MPwannadecentincome]

MPwannadecentincome ,

'and the walls are single brick so not even a cavity to fill with insulation. '


are you living in the garage ?


we got -6 outside, been down to -15 three weeks ago, been a long cold winter

Benes house has these bricks:

http://www.wienerberger.com/servlet/...wb_com_home_en


for these reasons:

http://www.wienerberger.com/servlet/...wb_com_home_en


all external walls have the 45cms bricks

then,

the outside of the house is clad in 10cms of polystyrene like this...

http://www.amvicsystem.com/EPSProduc...7/Default.aspx


so exterior walls are about 55cms thick

roof has 30cms of glass fibre under the eves, and then another 30 cms between the loft and the upstairs ceiling

ground level floors have 10 cms of polystyrene between the concrete foundation and the anilhydride underneath the floor boards


double glazing


gas bills are about 1k gbp for the whole year, from november to april we run the gas heating 24/7


water comes from the mains and from the well, using a combination of valves the well water feeds the heating system and the baths showers dishwasher washing machine etc


conservatory has a solar collector

living room has a fire place with vents convecting the warm air to other areas


ahhh


Milan.

No I'm living in a house not a garage.

The bricks and cladding look interesting, something for us to bear in mind if we ever can afford to gut the house and extend - need about £1500 extra per month to afford the additional mortgage!

[Archangel]

How tall are you?

I'm 6' 2" standing up, but could probably crouch into the bedroom, because obviously most time is spent horizontal.

The bath and bog could be treated in the same way, but the shower would have to be a neck down job. Not a real problem, as I'm a slaphead.

Perhaps 4" of insulation and half inch plasterboard is the answer after all.

[gingerjedi]

Height is only 6' 6" in the loft conversion.

How tall are you?

[Archangel]

Could you not just lose a few inches and have a false ceiling?

Height is only 6' 6" in the loft conversion.

[Archangel]

Or just put some TRV's on the rads, it must be cheaper than zoning.

All the rads (except for the heated towel rad) have TRVs, doesn;t help when they are all on 5 all the time (see the stat quote above for the reason).

[milanbenes]

MPwannadecentincome ,

'and the walls are single brick so not even a cavity to fill with insulation. '


are you living in the garage ?


we got -6 outside, been down to -15 three weeks ago, been a long cold winter

Benes house has these bricks:

http://www.wienerberger.com/servlet/...wb_com_home_en


for these reasons:

http://www.wienerberger.com/servlet/...wb_com_home_en


all external walls have the 45cms bricks

then,

the outside of the house is clad in 10cms of polystyrene like this...

http://www.amvicsystem.com/EPSProduc...7/Default.aspx


so exterior walls are about 55cms thick

roof has 30cms of glass fibre under the eves, and then another 30 cms between the loft and the upstairs ceiling

ground level floors have 10 cms of polystyrene between the concrete foundation and the anilhydride underneath the floor boards


double glazing


gas bills are about 1k gbp for the whole year, from november to april we run the gas heating 24/7


water comes from the mains and from the well, using a combination of valves the well water feeds the heating system and the baths showers dishwasher washing machine etc


conservatory has a solar collector

living room has a fire place with vents convecting the warm air to other areas


ahhh


Milan.

[Ruprect]

Checked the settings on the timer this morning and found that heating on for about 13 hours a day. That'll be it then

[Chugnut]

I thought about zoning the house so at least the heating is off in the rooms she doesn't use all day. Maybe after this bill I'll get round to doing it before next autumn. (and if I'm benched it will definitely get done)

Or just put some TRV's on the rads, it must be cheaper than zoning.

[DaveB]

And I thought our bills were steep. Thats more than double what we are paying and we are on LPG

[gingerjedi]

Could you not just lose a few inches and have a false ceiling?

[Archangel]

No criticism, I had something similar myself once. Burning tenners was just the easier option.

We have a wood burning stove in the lounge, perhaps I should get the wife to turn off the heating and just burn tenners!

She is too busy/lazy to light the thing during the day and with a toddler in the house it can't really be used until he's gone to bed, and by then I can't be bothered to light it.

I thought about zoning the house so at least the heating is off in the rooms she doesn't use all day. Maybe after this bill I'll get round to doing it before next autumn. (and if I'm benched it will definitely get done)

[tim123]

I changed my provider to EBICO, a non-profit-making supplier in December. Yet to receive a bill from them but gas and electricity were much much cheaper, about 8p a unit per electric and 4p per gas, if I remember correctly.

They are only cheaper for an average user. Over about 4000 Kw per quater and they are more expensive.

tim

[expat]

Due to the old loft conversion (flat roof) we would have to pull the bedroom and bathroom ceilings down to insulate them, not an option my wife would go for.

No criticism, I had something similar myself once. Burning tenners was just the easier option.

[Pickle2]

I have a mate who just got a £250k golden handshake from Statoil and a £500k golden hello from Gazprom...

Can I do this through uswitch.com ?

[Archangel]

no loft insulation
- aargh! Why not just burn tenners?

Due to the old loft conversion (flat roof) we would have to pull the bedroom and bathroom ceilings down to insulate them, not an option my wife would go for.