What's your daily gas spend - serious survey!
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Sorry bit of a dull post but need to compare as am helping in laws with their bills which they think are too big!
We are currently spending £4 to £5 daily via a 30kW Condensing Combi 07:00 to 23:30 at 22C. Includes hot water. I isolate the whole upstairs via Hive rad valves on a schedule between 09:30 and 17:30.
House is 1930 4 bed semi with cavity wall insulation and pretty good windows and doors.
I suspect we are doing OK? The suspense is killing me - how much
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We are currently spending £4 to £5 daily via a 30kW Condensing Combi 07:00 to 23:30 at 22C. Includes hot water. I isolate the whole upstairs via Hive rad valves on a schedule between 09:30 and 17:30.
House is 1930 4 bed semi with cavity wall insulation and pretty good windows and doors.
I suspect we are doing OK? The suspense is killing me - how much
???Ken Figenus said:
Sorry bit of a dull post but need to compare as am helping in laws with their bills which they think are too big!
We are currently spending £4 to £5 daily via a 30kW Condensing Combi 07:00 to 23:30 at 22C. Includes hot water. I isolate the whole upstairs via Hive rad valves on a schedule between 09:30 and 17:30.
House is 1930 4 bed semi with cavity wall insulation and pretty good windows and doors.
I suspect we are doing OK? The suspense is killing me - how much???
Seems pretty acceptable to meWe are currently spending £4 to £5 daily via a 30kW Condensing Combi 07:00 to 23:30 at 22C. Includes hot water. I isolate the whole upstairs via Hive rad valves on a schedule between 09:30 and 17:30.
House is 1930 4 bed semi with cavity wall insulation and pretty good windows and doors.
I suspect we are doing OK? The suspense is killing me - how much
???£3 a day for Feb so far but it's been pretty stable temp wise
Breaking down my annual gas usage
19% is HW
1% is cooking
80% is CH
Of that 80% - 75 % of it is used between Nov to March.
113 m2 4 bed detached (stupid T shape so several rooms have 3 external walls) SUDG from 1995 and usual CWI and 300 mm of Loft insulation but when the CH goes on it goes on 24/7 with weather comp
Four bed semi, 1930s, well glazed but wall insulation probably minimal.
I was dismayed to see that we spent £217 last month on gas (£7 a day)! We're both retired and don't intend to spend our daytimes wearing fleeces around the house. The thermostat is typically on 18.5-19.5 during the day.
This is with one big bedroom and reception room turned off and doors closed.
I was dismayed to see that we spent £217 last month on gas (£7 a day)! We're both retired and don't intend to spend our daytimes wearing fleeces around the house. The thermostat is typically on 18.5-19.5 during the day.
This is with one big bedroom and reception room turned off and doors closed.
Edited by BoomerPride on Wednesday 4th February 19:03
BoomerPride said:
Four bed semi, 1930s, well glazed but wall insulation probably minimal.
I was dismayed to see that we spent £217 last month on gas (£7 a day)! We're both retired and don't intend to spend our daytimes wearing fleeces around the house. The thermostat is typically on 18.5-19.5 during the day.
This is with one big bedroom and reception room turned off and doors closed.
If you’re at home all day you might find electronic TRVs to turn the bedroom rads off during the day and, if you go to bed early, turn the living space rads off at night might save you a decent bit. Also gives you the option to set an overnight floor temp for the bedrooms so it’s comfortable on the very coldest of nights.I was dismayed to see that we spent £217 last month on gas (£7 a day)! We're both retired and don't intend to spend our daytimes wearing fleeces around the house. The thermostat is typically on 18.5-19.5 during the day.
This is with one big bedroom and reception room turned off and doors closed.
Edited by BoomerPride on Wednesday 4th February 19:03
£2.31 average since we moved in on 14th November 2025.
It's included Christmas and a week visit with elderly family where we turned up thermostat to 20*c from our usual 18*c.
OH is home most days as she is retired and in ill health, so we don't hold back popping heating on.
I'm also still working out how best to run the system - we keep reducing the flow rate 5*c each week to see how low we can go. I've also just reduced how many hours it's on for each day.
Large 4-bed detached new build in Scotland.
It's half the cost of our smaller 1970's semi that we sold.
It's included Christmas and a week visit with elderly family where we turned up thermostat to 20*c from our usual 18*c.
OH is home most days as she is retired and in ill health, so we don't hold back popping heating on.
I'm also still working out how best to run the system - we keep reducing the flow rate 5*c each week to see how low we can go. I've also just reduced how many hours it's on for each day.
Large 4-bed detached new build in Scotland.
It's half the cost of our smaller 1970's semi that we sold.
Our daily average is between is between £4.00 and £5.50. This is having the heating on 1.15h in the morning, 3h at night and includes running the boiler for 1.5h per day for hot water.
40kw conventional boiler, down rated to 24kw and a flow temp of 70c.
4 bed detached house, solid walls, no floor insulation, little loft insulation and a mix of 35 year old and 10 year old upvc windows.
Luckily we have got a multi fuel stove in the open living/dining room otherwise we would be spending a lot more on gas.
40kw conventional boiler, down rated to 24kw and a flow temp of 70c.
4 bed detached house, solid walls, no floor insulation, little loft insulation and a mix of 35 year old and 10 year old upvc windows.
Luckily we have got a multi fuel stove in the open living/dining room otherwise we would be spending a lot more on gas.
4-bed 1930s semi, had a wrap-around extension in 2012 - old part has no under-floor insulation, cavity walls (not filled) and now has decent loft insulation; new part is well insulated. Used 3,000kWh in January keeping the house at constant 17 with 3 blasts up to 19 morning, midday and evening. Feels comfortable but about £6/day average.
Our gas usage was £6.45 per day in January. We have a 1950’s 4 bed detached house with cavity wall insulation and fairly old double glazing. Loft insulation is pretty good but we have a flat roof kitchen extension with minimal roof insulation. Heating is on 4 hours in the morning and 6 hours in the evening set at 21 degrees. On a few very cold weekend days it was on all day.
£8-13/day for January in our 5 bed 1930 s detached.
20C all day and 21C evening but interestingly usage is almost the same with a larger setback overnight as takes hours to warm up.
10+yr old condensing system boiler with UFH all downstairs and in 4 bathrooms with rads in all bedrooms.
Combined gas & elec bill £240/month on DD across the year which whilst I d love it to be cheaper I don t actually think is that bad given energy prices.
20C all day and 21C evening but interestingly usage is almost the same with a larger setback overnight as takes hours to warm up.
10+yr old condensing system boiler with UFH all downstairs and in 4 bathrooms with rads in all bedrooms.
Combined gas & elec bill £240/month on DD across the year which whilst I d love it to be cheaper I don t actually think is that bad given energy prices.
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