Gas bill when you have a log burner

[Stephen Blair]

Just had Decembers gas bill in £195!!

Since the last bill and this thread, we have hardly had the heating on, covered all the drafts and the house has been cold!!

[Crazy Cutter]

I hesitated about cavity wall insulation for the reason you've given here, plus the cavity is there for a purpose is it not. When you say there are more effective ways of insulating, what do you have in mind. Apart from loft insulation, double glazing and curtains what else?

 

Celatex is top do not cavity fill, put celatex straight onto wall then plasterboard etc. If non cavity wall then tile spline to leave air gap then celatex. Everyone seems to forget they can't remove all damp from older properties and if they did they would fall down! Yes you will lose 2 inch of room space with celatex but you will save that in heating bills. I've also dug the floors out and put it under 8 inch of concete toasty:thumbup:

[mendiplogs]

Just had Decembers gas bill in £195!!

Since the last bill and this thread, we have hardly had the heating on, covered all the drafts and the house has been cold!!

 

HI STEPHEN is that just for decembers so 31 days £195 im sorry but you need a new boiler and more roof insulation but then what do i no our is a large 2 bed barn and its only £250/350 a year so that ok with me our stove saves us money jon

[blackjack]

Last year i spent about £1200 on oil plus a £500 service/repair bill on a Efel Harmony oil burner.

This year i binned it and got a Stovax 15kw boiler stove I fitted it (Under Building Regs) and my mate plumbed it to the existing central heating ,We did it in a weekend my 5 bed cottage is toasty it cost me about £2k including buying the Stove and i have burnt about 3 ton of cord wood and about 1ton of demolition timber (I am a building contractor) Cant help buying chainsaws though :001_rolleyes:got 4 now:thumbup:

[Big J]

HI STEPHEN is that just for decembers so 31 days £195 im sorry but you need a new boiler and more roof insulation but then what do i no our is a large 2 bed barn and its only £250/350 a year so that ok with me our stove saves us money jon

 

You're forgetting Jon that Steve is in Scotland's West, where a day's sunshine is measured in minutes, not hours! It's no small wonder that his gas bill is high with the perpetual drizzle and cloud!

[Crazy Cutter]

You're forgetting Jon that Steve is in Scotland's West, where a day's sunshine is measured in minutes, not hours! It's no small wonder that his gas bill is high with the perpetual drizzle and cloud!

 

Norfolk 2012:001_tt2:

[mendiplogs]

You're forgetting Jon that Steve is in Scotland's West, where a day's sunshine is measured in minutes, not hours! It's no small wonder that his gas bill is high with the perpetual drizzle and cloud!

 

HI JON it cold here too but £195 in 31 day get a large stove fitted i had the same here as ours is a old barn a nice 15kw plus stove just the job :thumbup1:i say to sonia no no no gas on i can spend that cash on other things like a new a ms880 or watch but not to british gas i was £200/300 up not now they were taking to much jon

[felixthelogchopper]

You're forgetting Jon that Steve is in Scotland's West, where a day's sunshine is measured in minutes, not hours! It's no small wonder that his gas bill is high with the perpetual drizzle and cloud!

 

Jon lives in Somerset, aka Atlantis.

[Riggerbear]

Fitted a 5kw woodburner last year to heat living room and with the doors open the hallway and kitchen a little.

I reckon Ive saved about 1/3 on my oil cost over the year, approx. £300. The wood I burn costs me nothing but if I had to buy it I think it would work out move expensive than oil. Plus to spread the cost of the woodburner, flue and building fireplace etc I sometimes wonder why people who have to buy wood bother having new burners fitted ?

[Big J]

Jon lives in Somerset, aka Atlantis.

 

True! Rain doesn't even count until it's reached an inch in a day, eh?!