Central Heating

Here's one for you all. When do you decide to switch your central heating on? What temperature do you keep your household at?
Personally I don't think its not quite cold enough yet, although my other half thinks it's freezing (Whilst sitting there in a vest). Should just put a jumper on I;m sat in a t-shirt and still think it's fine.

I refuse to switch mine on until 1st October. I don't care if it's -30 outside, it's not coming on until the 1st.

My thermometer says it's currently 19 degrees in the penthouse.

Our gas costs for last month were £9.65. Not had it on much. Easier to wear a jumper.

boltonbonce wrote:Our gas costs for last month were £9.65. Not had it on much. Easier to wear a jumper.

Do you have an electric shower Bonce?

karlypants wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:Our gas costs for last month were £9.65. Not had it on much. Easier to wear a jumper.

Do you have an electric shower Bonce?

Yes. Electric costs for last month were £15.75

boltonbonce wrote:

karlypants wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:Our gas costs for last month were £9.65. Not had it on much. Easier to wear a jumper.

Do you have an electric shower Bonce?

Yes. Electric costs for last month were £15.75

How many people is in your household?

Seems well cheap considering most folk have a laptop on, tv, kettle, oven, lighting, charging of smart devices and electric shower!

2 in our house. I run a tight ship.

I make the candles from saved ear wax.

I think we pay about £60 around every 7 weeks

I’m fact looking at my previous bill which was between the 16th July to the 1st September was £84.46 but that included extra gas and elec for another 2 adults for just over a week so 4 adults and a 2 year old in total.

We are on a shitty standard tariff with the awful BG too and we really need to move.

BoltonTillIDie wrote:Here's one for you all.  When do you decide to switch your central heating on?  What temperature do you keep your household at?
Personally I don't think its not quite cold enough yet, although my other half thinks it's freezing (Whilst sitting there in a vest).  Should just put a jumper on  I;m sat in a t-shirt and still think it's fine.

We haven’t put our central heating on yet either and I am mostly just wearing a t-shirt although around 10pm I can feel the temperature drop so the jumper comes on.

It really isn’t cold enough to get the heating on yet in my opinion.

Last months cost for me was £19.16 Gas & £47.30 for electric. I'm with Pure Planet who were oine of the cheapest quotes for me and claim the folowing:

100% renewable electricity
100% carbon offset gas
Zero markup on the energy you use

I can refer people for a £25 Amazon gift card reward for us both if you like

It is really easy to change and everyone should do it every year.

BoltonTillIDie wrote:Last months cost for me was £19.16 Gas & £47.30 for electric.  I'm with Pure Planet who were oine of the cheapest quotes for me and claim the folowing:

100% renewable electricity
100% carbon offset gas
Zero markup on the energy you use

I can refer people for a £25 Amazon gift card reward for us both if you like

It is really easy to change and everyone should do it every year.

I agree about changing supplier every year.

I'm with Avro Energy at the moment.

We have our thermostat set at 22C.  We have three time periods set during the day, but put boosts on through the day if needed.

We had a new Vaillant boiler fitted in April, so it's not been used much due to the hot summer. i'm interested to see how the costs work out through the next 6 month period.

BoltonTillIDie wrote:Last months cost for me was £19.16 Gas & £47.30 for electric.  I'm with Pure Planet who were oine of the cheapest quotes for me and claim the folowing:

100% renewable electricity
100% carbon offset gas
Zero markup on the energy you use

I can refer people for a £25 Amazon gift card reward for us both if you like

It is really easy to change and everyone should do it every year.

£66.46 for August ? Have I got that right?

Unless you are running a poorly insulated, 4 bedroom detached house, with 4 tenants, I think that's quite high. (or do you have a mansion ?) 

Mind you, that could be an average, paid each monthly, I suppose

The thing that irritates me is that when I went on Uswitch a while back, it asks for a recent bill to show savings.

Why can't a comparison site show the price of kw to get the cheapest price on a like for like basis?

I played around with the search settings and it appeared that I could pay more for the standing charge to get a cheaper kw or vice versa. It doesn't give a true comparison.

Pretty shite tbh as everyone's bills are different month by month.

I'm with Octopus Energy. Pretty happy with them too.

gloswhite wrote:Mind you, that could be an average, paid each monthly, I suppose

Not sure how BTID pays but we always give actual manual meter readings and then pay the bill instead of messing around with the estimated bills.

It seems to me, and I'm on dual fuel with BG, that no matter what I pay, its never bloody right, and needs adjusting every few months. (usually upwards).

gloswhite wrote:It seems to me, and I'm on dual fuel with BG, that no matter what I pay, its never bloody right, and needs adjusting every few months. (usually upwards).

We used to be with BG. Hated them.

gloswhite wrote:It seems to me, and I'm on dual fuel with BG, that no matter what I pay, its never bloody right, and needs adjusting every few months. (usually upwards).

Why not give them actual meter readings every month and then you pay the right figure?

I'm with them (unfortunately) and I use the BG app on my phone to submit the readings and then pay through that.