I've recently bought my first house, which has LPG central heating, and is reasonably modern build at 1979 end trerrace. The LPG is something all new to me as i've only ever had electrical heating in anywhere i have lived...
When we first moved in, i found the thought of LPG fairly scary, so we got in an approved heating guy to check the system, which was more or less fine, only needing a thermocouple replacing, which was all ok.
The system we have runs on 4 orange 47kg bottles, on a 2 on, 2 queued system, and we pay about £37 a bottle.
Recently (just before xmas, with the weather coming colder), we found we've been going through two bottles every 2 weeks, which to me seems lots!
We have tried running the system on the timer, coming on the morning, switching off, then coming on again in the evening, and if we need extra heat in the lounge, there is a (hideous as it is ) glow worm real flame gas fire, the hot water is also heated in the same way, also on the timer.
After the first initial shock of using 4 bottles in 4 weeks, we altered the heating to be on all the time at 18 degrees, and the water still on the timer, and keeping well away from the glow worm fire! But we are still using it at the same rate! 2 weeks have passed, and the 2 bottles in service have indicated they are about empty, and the queued bottles are now in service too.
Is this basically what this kind of LPG system costs to heat a 3 bedroom house? My parents house costs about £100 a month to be electrically heated, including the normal electric usage, where i'm paying £148 for the gas alone!
Should i just shut it and deal with it?
Any help would be much appreciated! As i'm so lost with this, and i don't know anyone with a similar system!
Mike.....
When we first moved in, i found the thought of LPG fairly scary, so we got in an approved heating guy to check the system, which was more or less fine, only needing a thermocouple replacing, which was all ok.
The system we have runs on 4 orange 47kg bottles, on a 2 on, 2 queued system, and we pay about £37 a bottle.
Recently (just before xmas, with the weather coming colder), we found we've been going through two bottles every 2 weeks, which to me seems lots!
We have tried running the system on the timer, coming on the morning, switching off, then coming on again in the evening, and if we need extra heat in the lounge, there is a (hideous as it is ) glow worm real flame gas fire, the hot water is also heated in the same way, also on the timer.
After the first initial shock of using 4 bottles in 4 weeks, we altered the heating to be on all the time at 18 degrees, and the water still on the timer, and keeping well away from the glow worm fire! But we are still using it at the same rate! 2 weeks have passed, and the 2 bottles in service have indicated they are about empty, and the queued bottles are now in service too.
Is this basically what this kind of LPG system costs to heat a 3 bedroom house? My parents house costs about £100 a month to be electrically heated, including the normal electric usage, where i'm paying £148 for the gas alone!
Should i just shut it and deal with it?
Any help would be much appreciated! As i'm so lost with this, and i don't know anyone with a similar system!
Mike.....