Hi
Had an oil boiler installed beginning of October...
-Worcester Greenstar Heatslave II external oil combi.
-1200l oil tank, Kingspan Titan
-4 bed detached house North Wales, walls fairly well insulated, double glazed, some areas where heat is escaping though (open loft hatch)
Had 500l of oil put in for the first fill. Currently I'm living alone and only there about 10 days a month. Central heating is set to maintain 12°c when I'm away and 15°c when I'm home. In that 10 days I shower once a day and use hot water in kitchen for washing up etc. Heating is running for around 3 hours a day.
My Watchman tank monitor is now telling me the tank is almost empty, it started on 4 bars and is now down to 1. I dipped the tank, there's about 14cm deep of oil in there, not sure how much that is in litres though, maybe 100l left?
400l in 2 months when I live alone and am not here 2/3 of the time? Seems a lot. That's about £250 of oil. Am I worrying about nothing, is this about right?
I've checked for leaks, can't see anything obvious. Just ordered another 500l, so will dip it regular to check consumption.
Had an oil boiler installed beginning of October...
-Worcester Greenstar Heatslave II external oil combi.
-1200l oil tank, Kingspan Titan
-4 bed detached house North Wales, walls fairly well insulated, double glazed, some areas where heat is escaping though (open loft hatch)
Had 500l of oil put in for the first fill. Currently I'm living alone and only there about 10 days a month. Central heating is set to maintain 12°c when I'm away and 15°c when I'm home. In that 10 days I shower once a day and use hot water in kitchen for washing up etc. Heating is running for around 3 hours a day.
My Watchman tank monitor is now telling me the tank is almost empty, it started on 4 bars and is now down to 1. I dipped the tank, there's about 14cm deep of oil in there, not sure how much that is in litres though, maybe 100l left?
400l in 2 months when I live alone and am not here 2/3 of the time? Seems a lot. That's about £250 of oil. Am I worrying about nothing, is this about right?
I've checked for leaks, can't see anything obvious. Just ordered another 500l, so will dip it regular to check consumption.