Hi all,
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, and I'm sure the answer will depends on my property etc...
So I live in a 40 yrs old detached property, with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. We have a Baxi boiler which I'm sure came with the property, uses water tank in the loft and a hot water cylinder. The odd thing about the CH system is that it doesn't conform to any "plans". It only has 1 valve... so it's either HW and CH on or off together. I can't control them individually. So every summer I have to turn all the radiators off to save on central heating bill.
Despite that my gas bill seems to be rather high. Our annual usage for gas is nearly 30000 kWh. Note that I "only" keep the temp around 21C during the winter when we ar at home. so about ~6hrs in the weekdays and ~9 hours at the weekend. We have gas hobs, and don't use our gas fire that much if at all.
With the recent and impending rise in cost of energy, and British Gas (amongst others) advertising interest free boiler installation, I wonder whether it is the time to upgrade. I am hoping a combi boiler will be more efficient, and therefore reduce my gas bill. The boiler hasn't given me any problem in the 11 years we've lived here. It needed some new parts at the last service which didn't exactly cost an arm or a leg. I'm hoping to break even in terms of cost after 3 to 5 years-ish.
Any advice welcomed. Thanks all.
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, and I'm sure the answer will depends on my property etc...
So I live in a 40 yrs old detached property, with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. We have a Baxi boiler which I'm sure came with the property, uses water tank in the loft and a hot water cylinder. The odd thing about the CH system is that it doesn't conform to any "plans". It only has 1 valve... so it's either HW and CH on or off together. I can't control them individually. So every summer I have to turn all the radiators off to save on central heating bill.
Despite that my gas bill seems to be rather high. Our annual usage for gas is nearly 30000 kWh. Note that I "only" keep the temp around 21C during the winter when we ar at home. so about ~6hrs in the weekdays and ~9 hours at the weekend. We have gas hobs, and don't use our gas fire that much if at all.
With the recent and impending rise in cost of energy, and British Gas (amongst others) advertising interest free boiler installation, I wonder whether it is the time to upgrade. I am hoping a combi boiler will be more efficient, and therefore reduce my gas bill. The boiler hasn't given me any problem in the 11 years we've lived here. It needed some new parts at the last service which didn't exactly cost an arm or a leg. I'm hoping to break even in terms of cost after 3 to 5 years-ish.
Any advice welcomed. Thanks all.