household enery saving advice?

Originally Posted by hovis

yes, but what happens if you light the fire, and forget about the pillow

it gets a bit smokey in the house!

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by hovis

+100000000
WOW

i just turned the shower on, and had a look at the meter, the dial looked like it had just done a gram of powder*, it was spinning like a good, un

* or like your best L.P going at 78 for the oldies

OH YES, leccy showers cost a bomb. When I first moved into this house I was convinced something was wrong with the electrics cos the bill was so much higher than previous house. Checked the meter while teenage child was in shower - YIKES!

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

Legionellia (leigonairres disease) mainly.

which breeds at something like 20- 45 Degrees so 50degress should be fine.

the "Safe " hot water temp to avoid scalding is 43 degrees, so 50 is about right and saves you cooling down the hot water with cold.

oh Dont replace old fridge freezers to reduce ur co2 footprint, just think about the co2 require to dispose of the old one and build a new one! will it save you £400 in bills?

[Skip]

Last weekend I put more insulation in my loft as some areas the original insulation had gone a bit "flat" - went up there yesterday and beejeez it was cold! Good insulation is a must I think.

Cant think of anything other than what you have already suggested...

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by 454697819

combi boilers (gas ones) modulate, and so can use smaller amounts of gas to top up the heat in the system, .....

It is not just combis that can modulate the burn, or limited to gas only. Modern boilers should modulate the flame to try to keep the boiler in condensing mode (the most efficient) but obviously the ones that do this successfully are also the most expensive to buy.

[dizzyblonde]

turn the radiators down in each room etc......and put on more clothes. Can't understand these folk that say my gas bills enormous, and they're walking around in a tshirt in winter, with all the radiators on full blast and the gas fire on too. I'm sat here oop norf at the moment with no heating on, a thin v neck jumper and a cardigan on. I'm not cold, but then I'm a stingy git too

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Skip

Last weekend I put more insulation in my loft as some areas the original insulation had gone a bit "flat" - went up there yesterday and beejeez it was cold! Good insulation is a must I think.

Cant think of anything other than what you have already suggested...

my loft insulation was free as was my cavity wall stuff.....I recommend folk try and find these schemes that can offer free or discounted insulation. My upstairs is so hot I have the rads on their lowest settings, but then theres a foot or two thick insultion in the loft that won't let it escape

[Skip]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

my loft insulation was free as was my cavity wall stuff.....I recommend folk try and find these schemes that can offer free or discounted insulation. My upstairs is so hot I have the rads on their lowest settings, but then theres a foot or two thick insultion in the loft that won't let it escape

Very true - my sister had a grant to help them with the cavity wall insulation and loft insulation - helped warm their house up loads.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

It is not just combis that can modulate the burn, or limited to gas only. Modern boilers should modulate the flame to try to keep the boiler in condensing mode (the most efficient) but obviously the ones that do this successfully are also the most expensive to buy.

Modern oil boilers can condense but they cannot modulate as such by turning down the flame like gas boilers.

IIRC ..

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

turn the radiators down in each room etc......and put on more clothes. Can't understand these folk that say my gas bills enormous, and they're walking around in a tshirt in winter, with all the radiators on full blast and the gas fire on too. I'm sat here oop norf at the moment with no heating on, a thin v neck jumper and a cardigan on. I'm not cold, but then I'm a stingy git too

My Mrs is a nightmare for this. Although to be fair she does get cold a lot easier than me. At the moment our flat is so hot I'm walking round in t-shirt and shorts, sometimes just me pants

We don't have gas but our electric bill is stupidly big IMO