Gas

[Mental121]

Hi we have a standard three bedroom house with full central heating run from a boiler to an emersion heater and a gas cooker, the problem is if we use the gas fire in the living room and the cooker it costs �20 every 2 weeks on the card meter if we switch the central heating on and don't use the fire it jumps to �60 every 2 weeks. Surely this can't be right, can it??

[bednobs]

What can i say, fuel is expensive!
You will also pay more for using a card

[daffy654]

For a 3 bedroomed house �60.00 per fortnight is very expensive,I used to use half that when I had my card meter.The heating was on for the whole day(from 6am to 11pm)in the winter.

[LoftyLottie]

Don't forget though Daffy that fuel prices have rocketed this year, so your �20.00 might be nearer �40-�50 now!!

�60.00 sounds about right if you have the heating on most of the time. I am afraid we all have to go back to wearing two jumpers in the house these days.

[theonlyone]

Why do you have a card meter ? You can have a card to pay in the post office which is for a ordinary meter , a lot cheaper than what you are using . Also change suppliers , get a quote on line .

[gucciman]

something doesn't sound quite right there to me, that works out to about 1400 pounds a year, i would have said an average price for your size house would be about 600 a year.

i have heard a lot of people complain that they have been overcharged when using card meters and have had real problems getting the money refunded. if its possible i would switch to a normal gas meter and pay by direct debit which is cheaper. look at changing to a cheper gas supplier. perhaps get your gas appliances serviced as they could be set to the wrong burner pressure and using too much gas. if you've not got a room thermostat for your heating then get one installed and then turn the heating down as low as is still comfortable. its often cheaper to leave the heating on all day at a slightly lower temp as the boiler uses most gas when heating up from cold rather than just maintaining a constant temp.