On 01/04/2018 12:55, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Whilst our boiler has been inoperative, we have had to make do with just
the living room radiant gas fire. With door closed, it is more than warm
enough on 1/3 of its 3 bars lit, but the rest of the house is cold.
Aside from the heating, the gas boiler provided for all our main hot
water needs too, washing up, cleaning and baths. With an electric
shower. The gas heater has been lit roughly for the same amount of time
as the boiler would be providing heating in the place.

Cooking is via gas, so unaltered.

I log gas, electric and water consumption every week, on a Sunday. The
boiler failed mid- week, so this is the first full week with no boiler.
In the previous two full weeks with boiler in operation, total gas
consumption was £14 per week. In the this full week of no boiler use
consumption was £7 - so about half the cost if we put up with one room
heated, versus the whole house being comfortably warm.


What were you expecting the gas costs to be? A serious question, I am
not taking the ****.

I would have expected it to be less than £7 of gas but last week we had
a couple of cold days and nights. Well South Yorks did and you are not a
million miles away.

On Thursday it was 1 deg C at 8am when I started work in the stables and
the conversation with the apprentice went along the lines of

Apprentice "What are we doing here?"

Me "Putting in power for the second coming"

Apprentice "OK"

End of conversation!!! That was it. He had absolutely no idea what I was
on about and left it at that.


What were your electric costs were for the same period compared to the
second?

Cheers

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Adam