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Title: gas supply
Post by: Richie London on 29 November 2010, 20:32:43
i put £20 on the card last tuesday, ive just had to put the emergency fiver on. thats very expensive, i am with southern electric on gas and elecric and my leccy is never more than a £6 a week. gas is on for about hr in morning and 3 at night didnt use it from about april till october so just used emertion heater for hot water.
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 29 November 2010, 20:42:24
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i put £20 on the card last tuesday, ive just had to put the emergency fiver on. thats very expensive, i am with southern electric on gas and elecric and my leccy is never more than a £6 a week. gas is on for about hr in morning and 3 at night didnt use it from about april till october so just used emertion heater for hot water.


We only have bottled gas ...Richie....a 47kg bottle costs about £40 (if you shop around)....and lasts roughly 100 hours.....about 40p an hour.....expensive... :-/ :-/ ;)
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 29 November 2010, 20:45:18
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i put £20 on the card last tuesday, ive just had to put the emergency fiver on. thats very expensive, i am with southern electric on gas and elecric and my leccy is never more than a £6 a week. gas is on for about hr in morning and 3 at night didnt use it from about april till october so just used emertion heater for hot water.


We only have bottled gas ...Richie....a 47kg bottle costs about £40 (if you shop around)....and lasts roughly 100 hours.....about 40p an hour.....expensive... :-/ :-/ ;)

You are indeed fortunate Opti, a 47kg bottle refill cost me £71 last Saturday.
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 29 November 2010, 20:51:19
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i put £20 on the card last tuesday, ive just had to put the emergency fiver on. thats very expensive, i am with southern electric on gas and elecric and my leccy is never more than a £6 a week. gas is on for about hr in morning and 3 at night didnt use it from about april till october so just used emertion heater for hot water.


We only have bottled gas ...Richie....a 47kg bottle costs about £40 (if you shop around)....and lasts roughly 100 hours.....about 40p an hour.....expensive... :-/ :-/ ;)

You are indeed fortunate Opti, a 47kg bottle refill cost me £71 last Saturday.


That is crazy money Zulu  :o :o :o....prices ranged from £47 to £53.....I paid £200 for 5 refills so quite a sizeable discount really.... :y :y 
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: skyblue on 29 November 2010, 20:53:58
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i put £20 on the card last tuesday, ive just had to put the emergency fiver on. thats very expensive, i am with southern electric on gas and elecric and my leccy is never more than a £6 a week. gas is on for about hr in morning and 3 at night didnt use it from about april till october so just used emertion heater for hot water.


We found this lot very expensive so we switched to BGas and we noticed a change straight away in what we were paying out for the both of em
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Richie London on 29 November 2010, 20:55:36
i might shop around, ive been with southern electric for the last 9 yrs now.
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: aaronjb on 29 November 2010, 20:57:35
I think it costs me about £50 a month to heat this house - 4 bed detached so no shared walls, no cavity wall insulation and bugger all loft insulation.. the latter two things being things that I really need to sort out. If only I could fit through the tiny little loft hatch  :-[ :-[ :-[

I thought mine was quite expensive, but I'll consider myself lucky now!

With Scottish Power for gas & elect incidentally, though on an older tariff that's cheaper than the ones currently available it seems .. but I do like their online account management.
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Richie London on 29 November 2010, 21:03:26
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I think it costs me about £50 a month to heat this house - 4 bed detached so no shared walls, no cavity wall insulation and bugger all loft insulation.. the latter two things being things that I really need to sort out. If only I could fit through the tiny little loft hatch  :-[ :-[ :-[

I thought mine was quite expensive, but I'll consider myself lucky now!

With Scottish Power for gas & elect incidentally, though on an older tariff that's cheaper than the ones currently available it seems .. but I do like their online account management.


mine is a 1 bed flat, top floor. shouldnt be that dear i think
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: redelitev6 on 29 November 2010, 21:20:00
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I think it costs me about £50 a month to heat this house - 4 bed detached so no shared walls, no cavity wall insulation and bugger all loft insulation.. the latter two things being things that I really need to sort out. If only I could fit through the tiny little loft hatch  :-[ :-[ :-[

I thought mine was quite expensive, but I'll consider myself lucky now!

With Scottish Power for gas & elect incidentally, though on an older tariff that's cheaper than the ones currently available it seems .. but I do like their online account management.


mine is a 1 bed flat, top floor. shouldnt be that dear i think
Depends on the level of insulation you have above you,any way you can check?
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: aaronjb on 29 November 2010, 21:47:32
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I think it costs me about £50 a month to heat this house - 4 bed detached so no shared walls, no cavity wall insulation and bugger all loft insulation.. the latter two things being things that I really need to sort out. If only I could fit through the tiny little loft hatch  :-[ :-[ :-[

I thought mine was quite expensive, but I'll consider myself lucky now!

With Scottish Power for gas & elect incidentally, though on an older tariff that's cheaper than the ones currently available it seems .. but I do like their online account management.


mine is a 1 bed flat, top floor. shouldnt be that dear i think

Suppose it also depends how warm you keep the place, too - but based on how long you had the heating on for (mine is on for three hours in the morning, and 4.30-10.30pm at night!) I can't imagine it being overly warm in there.

I do know pre-pay meters are usually a lot more expensive than regular accounts, though..
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Vamps on 29 November 2010, 22:36:18
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i put £20 on the card last tuesday, ive just had to put the emergency fiver on. thats very expensive, i am with southern electric on gas and elecric and my leccy is never more than a £6 a week. gas is on for about hr in morning and 3 at night didnt use it from about april till october so just used emertion heater for hot water.


We only have bottled gas ...Richie....a 47kg bottle costs about £40 (if you shop around)....and lasts roughly 100 hours.....about 40p an hour.....expensive... :-/ :-/ ;)

You are indeed fortunate Opti, a 47kg bottle refill cost me £71 last Saturday.


That is crazy money Zulu  :o :o :o....prices ranged from £47 to £53.....I paid £200 for 5 refills so quite a sizeable discount really.... :y :y 

 :o :o :o Sure I paid £39 for one for the caravan (Static) a few weeks ago, use about 4 a year.....
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Richie London on 29 November 2010, 22:54:15
loft is insulated between the floor joists only, but its like a freezer up there in the winter, my flat roasts once its warmed up though but gets cold very quick, my other flat i left it on 24hrs a day and it didnt cost much as the heating just cut in now and then, perhaps i should do that here set the temp and leave it on.
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Elite Pete on 29 November 2010, 23:05:02
I've got my very own gas supply tonight  ::)
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Richie London on 29 November 2010, 23:07:55
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I've got my very own gas supply tonight  ::)


 :y ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: 2woody on 29 November 2010, 23:11:21
nearest gas main is 25 miles from me.

Hell, I'm not even on mains water.
Title: Re: gas supply
Post by: Kevin Wood on 30 November 2010, 08:55:44
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nearest gas main is 25 miles from me.

Hell, I'm not even on mains water.

<Pictures 2woody huddled around a couple of V8s for warmth>

 ;)

Kevin