How much is your gas /electric bill...???
23-02-2010, 05:19 PM
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How much is your gas /electric bill...???
As above, how much do you pay a month for your gas and electric?
Would be good to give the size of the house and the average daily use.
Cheers.
Would be good to give the size of the house and the average daily use.
Cheers.
23-02-2010, 06:20 PM
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a 2 bedroomed semi, the heeting comes on 3 1/2 hrs 2 times a day, gas & electric costs around £50 - £60 a week im changing the flooring from laminate to carpets cos it is baltic in the living room/dining
costing me about 30-40 a week
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23-02-2010, 07:01 PM
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no my house is freezing i only have the kids heaters come on for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours at night and 1 heater down stairs on thats it
23-02-2010, 07:05 PM
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We had our quarterly bill in yesterday, 3 bed semi detached, heatings on from 7am untill 11pm @ 20-25 (misses is at home all day with our daughter)
Electric £126
Gas £151
Electric £126
Gas £151
23-02-2010, 07:11 PM
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2 Bed 2 floor flat, Heating on for 2 hours in the morning, Comes on again at 4.30pm to 10pm.
Quarterly bill just come through for gas £322
Electric for same period £80.
Its a joke how much i pay compared to other people!
Quarterly bill just come through for gas £322
Electric for same period £80.
Its a joke how much i pay compared to other people!
23-02-2010, 07:13 PM
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Sure your not paying the gas bill for the whole block mate?!
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Pay around £94 a month for gas and electric.
As far as the central heating goes, it's been on constantly since November on low but enough to keep the house warm (three bed mid terrace). Running the boiler in this way is the most efficient way. Having the heating comin on twice a day for a few hours costs more as the house goes cold and takes longer to heat up. As they say........ Simples
As far as the central heating goes, it's been on constantly since November on low but enough to keep the house warm (three bed mid terrace). Running the boiler in this way is the most efficient way. Having the heating comin on twice a day for a few hours costs more as the house goes cold and takes longer to heat up. As they say........ Simples
23-02-2010, 07:27 PM
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3 bed extended semi, lots of halogen lights costs me bout 120 squids a month for gas and elec, currently in process of putting energy efficient halogens in to save some pennies
23-02-2010, 07:30 PM
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for a 3 bed semi , me and the missus
for the last quarter ..(for this quarter bill is due any day now)
Gas was £57 (for the quarter)
elec this quarter £117
we have a log burner and the heating is very rarely on .
for the last quarter ..(for this quarter bill is due any day now)
Gas was £57 (for the quarter)
elec this quarter £117
we have a log burner and the heating is very rarely on .
23-02-2010, 07:41 PM
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i get a bill every 6 months (march-sept) and my gas bill was £15
23-02-2010, 07:47 PM
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http://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/
The above site is very good for comparision on gas and electric prices in the area.
I work for Southern Electric if anyone needs any help.
The above site is very good for comparision on gas and electric prices in the area.
I work for Southern Electric if anyone needs any help.
23-02-2010, 07:48 PM
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1 bedroom flat with me and the mrs.
Gas £90 per every three months
Electric was £130 last quarter thou
I guess thats what I get for having a 42" plasma tv with Play TV on the PS3, surround sound system, a mac and a washer dryer chewing up electricity!
Gas £90 per every three months
Electric was £130 last quarter thou
I guess thats what I get for having a 42" plasma tv with Play TV on the PS3, surround sound system, a mac and a washer dryer chewing up electricity!
23-02-2010, 07:55 PM
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3 bed semi. Gas was £270, electric 190 for the last quater. The missus is a child minder so central heating is on most of the day. She claims some of it back on her tax
23-02-2010, 07:57 PM
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we have 2 bed, 2 reception rooms, paying £40 a mnth for electric only.
can i just add, i work for EDF Energy. some of the info yous have put above doesnt seem right. yeh its been the coldest winter for a while but for what yous seem to be using it sounds alot.
main tips for being billed right -
give an accurate reading 5-12 days before your billing cycle (when your bills going to be produced)
do a consumption checklist your self, make a list of the appliances you use in ever room, asking yourself "is it ever on when we dont use it?"
check your thermostat, average temp in the house to be ok is 18 degrees. anymore and thats when it gets expensive.
if you have storage heaters, is your time switch set correct, most come on at 11pm-6am then in summer 12am-7am, and are you being billed for a higher (through the day) and lower (through the night) rate?
underfloor heating is freat but the bills not so good. this is getting popular but the watts it uses knocks uo them units and knocks up your bill - unless used very sensible.
some companies charge a daily standing charge for both fuels, chk what this is and maybe compare with other companies who dont - EDF dont for gas prepayment, but do for electric - nothing on credit/billing meters.
There will be nothing wrong with your meter like it being plugged into the guys electric next door or for the whole block of flats. what you pay for is what you have used. compare your usage for this year to last year and it maybe higher, but has the ompany your with had price increase? has your tarrif changed?
Moral is, check the tarrifs and all the small print when you change companies.
Hope this has helped abit and sorry to blabber on but not alot of people know this.
cheers, rach
p.s if your with edf gis a shout and i will chk if you paying right. (cant do business' though, just residential)
can i just add, i work for EDF Energy. some of the info yous have put above doesnt seem right. yeh its been the coldest winter for a while but for what yous seem to be using it sounds alot.
main tips for being billed right -
give an accurate reading 5-12 days before your billing cycle (when your bills going to be produced)
do a consumption checklist your self, make a list of the appliances you use in ever room, asking yourself "is it ever on when we dont use it?"
check your thermostat, average temp in the house to be ok is 18 degrees. anymore and thats when it gets expensive.
if you have storage heaters, is your time switch set correct, most come on at 11pm-6am then in summer 12am-7am, and are you being billed for a higher (through the day) and lower (through the night) rate?
underfloor heating is freat but the bills not so good. this is getting popular but the watts it uses knocks uo them units and knocks up your bill - unless used very sensible.
some companies charge a daily standing charge for both fuels, chk what this is and maybe compare with other companies who dont - EDF dont for gas prepayment, but do for electric - nothing on credit/billing meters.
There will be nothing wrong with your meter like it being plugged into the guys electric next door or for the whole block of flats. what you pay for is what you have used. compare your usage for this year to last year and it maybe higher, but has the ompany your with had price increase? has your tarrif changed?
Moral is, check the tarrifs and all the small print when you change companies.
Hope this has helped abit and sorry to blabber on but not alot of people know this.
cheers, rach
p.s if your with edf gis a shout and i will chk if you paying right. (cant do business' though, just residential)
23-02-2010, 08:34 PM
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http://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/
The above site is very good for comparision on gas and electric prices in the area.
I work for Southern Electric if anyone needs any help.
The above site is very good for comparision on gas and electric prices in the area.
I work for Southern Electric if anyone needs any help.
23-02-2010, 09:02 PM
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i work for BG and the advise that the other people who work for energy companys is spot on,
also arga's (Sp?) use loads and loads of gas so if youve got one of them you bill will be high,
day in day out i get people saying the meter is fast in actual fact its only like 1 in 10000 thats wrong and usually they read slow not fast, also be realistic and honest i get people telling me every day the bill is to high to ask them about the property to find out its eitha a mansion or has a swimming pool and they try telling me they sit in 1 room with a candle and nothing on in the house!
23-02-2010, 09:09 PM
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23-02-2010, 09:52 PM
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http://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/
The above site is very good for comparision on gas and electric prices in the area.
I work for Southern Electric if anyone needs any help.
The above site is very good for comparision on gas and electric prices in the area.
I work for Southern Electric if anyone needs any help.
thx rich
23-02-2010, 11:51 PM
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i,ve got a real bad combination( i dont mean boiler
) , gas and electric prepay meters , fairly bad insulated 5 bedroom hse and i,ve left the heating on constantly this winter. I was told by a gasman it,ll be more efficent if left on. I also have a back boiler just to add injury.
estimate £10pw electric
£40 pw Gas , 3 of us live here
) , gas and electric prepay meters , fairly bad insulated 5 bedroom hse and i,ve left the heating on constantly this winter. I was told by a gasman it,ll be more efficent if left on. I also have a back boiler just to add injury. estimate £10pw electric
£40 pw Gas , 3 of us live here
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23-02-2010, 11:53 PM
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No bullshit or salesman shit, but EDF are very good on price and i struggle to compete with them.
No bullshit or salesman shit, but EDF are very good on price and i struggle to compete with them.
23-02-2010, 11:56 PM
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i,ve got a real bad combination( i dont mean boiler) , gas and electric prepay meters , fairly bad insulated 5 bedroom hse and i,ve left the heating on constantly this winter. I was told by a gasman it,ll be more efficent if left on. I also have a back boiler just to add injury.
estimate £10pw electric
£40 pw Gas
) , gas and electric prepay meters , fairly bad insulated 5 bedroom hse and i,ve left the heating on constantly this winter. I was told by a gasman it,ll be more efficent if left on. I also have a back boiler just to add injury. estimate £10pw electric
£40 pw Gas
Im not completly sure if who i work for (Southern Electric) do free meter changes in your area, but we do up in the north west, check it with us and if we do then get yourself signed up with us then after 3months of being in credit on your meter we will swap that meter for a normal non prepay one.
23-02-2010, 11:57 PM
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Depends what angle your looking at tbh, if you mean in a general direct debit point of view, now is a good time to build yourself your winter credit with an energy supplier, if you mean in a general pricing situation there really isnt a good time tbh.
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Some of yours are extortionate!
This quarter of course will be the worst, this time last year Electric was £74 and Gas £207 (for the quarter)
average is about £21 electric pm and £35 pm gas
3 bed semi with two of us out at work all day, gas central heating comes on for about an hour in the mornings, then maybe 4 in the evenings depending how cold. (Gas cooker too)
Sometimes I just put the gas fire in the living room on as no point heating the whole house if the rooms are empty.
This quarter of course will be the worst, this time last year Electric was £74 and Gas £207 (for the quarter)
average is about £21 electric pm and £35 pm gas
3 bed semi with two of us out at work all day, gas central heating comes on for about an hour in the mornings, then maybe 4 in the evenings depending how cold. (Gas cooker too)
Sometimes I just put the gas fire in the living room on as no point heating the whole house if the rooms are empty.
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