Gas bill when you have a log burner

[Johny Walker]

Fair enough I suppose. Wood burners have come on a long way recently. Our stove and Rayburn are fairly low maintenance and produce very little ash (one 20 litre bucket per 3 weeks, for 3 cubic metres burned).

 

Jonathan

 

iv tryed to explain this ,but to no avail,

[mendiplogs]

I have just added up my gas I'll for this year, £1500 ish!

I have a 2 bedroom semi detached and that's with a log fire heating 2 rooms.

I keep meaning to get a log burner installed, I wasn't going to bother with radiators as we have a combi boiler, and have heard that can be tricky to work together. Although I have heard of a centraliser.

Your thoughts please and an idea of your gas bills would be appreciated if you don't mind sharing:001_smile:

 

HI STEPEN MATE our gas 4 years a was £6/700 a year that was far to much as in our house gas is a naughty word mate we now have a EURO HEAT STOVE 16KW and our gas bill is less then £275 a year and i think thats to much get a good wood stove stephen and you save £1200 a year as our house is a large 2 bed house thanks mate jon

[Johny Walker]

Tending a woodburner in the house is a lot of work and mess, we had indoor wood burners for the first 5 or so years of married life, but it was messy and a lot of work, plus the house was alway cold in the morning.

 

An outdoor wood boiler gives you all the convenience of gas central heating without the cost.

 

I no longer have to split logs, no mess in the house and the radiators are too hot too touch, even first thing in the morning.

 

dave

explained al the pros ,only needs loading in a morn ,i will do that ,2000ltrs of constant hot water ,boiler out side ,minimule mess ,that i would be dealing wi ,

then i get what if we move we cant take it with us the the buyer may not want it

[Breezeblock]

our new log boiler is due to come on wednesday we bought it to stop the gas bills we have a 8kw boiler stove plumbed into a combi boiler and we still pay about 4-500 per year for gas.its getting a 30kw log boiler and 1000l accumulator tank so hopefully this should help out

[gensetsteve]

dave

explained al the pros ,only needs loading in a morn ,i will do that ,2000ltrs of constant hot water ,boiler out side ,minimule mess ,that i would be dealing wi ,

then i get what if we move we cant take it with us the the buyer may not want it

 

take it with you leave them a fan heater

[skyhuck]

dave

explained al the pros ,only needs loading in a morn ,i will do that ,2000ltrs of constant hot water ,boiler out side ,minimule mess ,that i would be dealing wi ,

then i get what if we move we cant take it with us the the buyer may not want it

 

Why can't you take it with you??

 

Would the buyer not want it?? you could sell them wood

[Johny Walker]

Why can't you take it with you??

 

Would the buyer not want it?? you could sell them wood

 

as iv said ,iv tryed to explain ,but just cant get thru

[eggsarascal]

as iv said ,iv tryed to explain ,but just cant get thru

 

Now we can see who wears the trousers in your house johny

[daltontrees]

3 bed semidetached victorian sandstone icebox, was taking £2k a year in gas when we moved in, then we insulated attic and put in dovre 7kw stove in main room, can't now stand the heat in there with the door shut, it heats the whole hallway (cavernous) and takes chill off whole upstairs on a 15kg basket of logs a day. Gas bill including cooking and hot water down to £600 a year.

We thought about a back boiler and link into central heating radiators but the cost was terrifying. We now use both systems, stove for real free heat and central heating for occasional boosts or lazy moments and for hot water.

[Woodworks]

I have just added up my gas I'll for this year, £1500 ish!

I have a 2 bedroom semi detached and that's with a log fire heating 2 rooms.

I keep meaning to get a log burner installed, I wasn't going to bother with radiators as we have a combi boiler, and have heard that can be tricky to work together. Although I have heard of a centraliser.

Your thoughts please and an idea of your gas bills would be appreciated if you don't mind sharing:001_smile:

 

 

It,s not very glamorous but try to improve your insulation as it will pay for itself quicker than anything else. Yes some will say logs are free but if you burn them you can't sell them.

 

This our set up

Free standing log burner in large two bedroom barn conversion with no gas or oil. All electric with Ground source heat pump and PV but wood burner does most of the space heating.

 

Electricity used about £500 and 7-8 m3 logs per year