Having been a user of Oil Fired CH etc for the past 15 years, my move to a 'normal sized' 2 bedroom bungalow with gas fired installation is giving me some concerns regarding costs. Having just had a completely new CH system, 31KW combi (Ferolli HE31) fitted I'm staggered by the apparent gas consumption.
The house is unoccupied at the moment, we're only there at wekends whilst doing the renovation work. The heating is 'set back' to 10 C for Monday to Friday and set at 15 C for the weekend whilst we are working.
Having had the system running for about I month now, I've checked the meter and find that we have used 202 cubic meters (at a cost of £160 !!) - that surely can't be right, god knows what it would be if we actually lived there. We haven't started using the hot water yet either.
My first thoughts are that the meter could be at fault ?? Checking the web, it seems that there is a process for testing but I may incur costs esp if the meter is found to be OK but of course, this is only a one off. Does anyone know if it is possible to find a secondary 'own meter' on the house side of the BG one, to act as 'check and balance' ??
My thinking is that his would give me not only an emmediate comparison for this particular issue but also some ability to compare readings into the longer term.
Is this idea a non-starter ?? Should I cart myself off to the funny farm ??
Steve
The house is unoccupied at the moment, we're only there at wekends whilst doing the renovation work. The heating is 'set back' to 10 C for Monday to Friday and set at 15 C for the weekend whilst we are working.
Having had the system running for about I month now, I've checked the meter and find that we have used 202 cubic meters (at a cost of £160 !!) - that surely can't be right, god knows what it would be if we actually lived there. We haven't started using the hot water yet either.
My first thoughts are that the meter could be at fault ?? Checking the web, it seems that there is a process for testing but I may incur costs esp if the meter is found to be OK but of course, this is only a one off. Does anyone know if it is possible to find a secondary 'own meter' on the house side of the BG one, to act as 'check and balance' ??
My thinking is that his would give me not only an emmediate comparison for this particular issue but also some ability to compare readings into the longer term.
Is this idea a non-starter ?? Should I cart myself off to the funny farm ??
Steve