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"faints"

Well, we discussed mine the other week, so lets now discuss yours Stray,LOL
Julia in Derbyshire

ill tell u what, from now on, if im cold ill be putting theextra layers on even more so than i have been,
£252, ""sobs""

its me forst big bill lol, im soooooooooo not looking forward to be electric bill lol xxx

Why dont' you put it on Direct Debit and spread the cost through the year Stray. It's the only way I can afford to run any heating here.

Stray Babes, but mine was only £10 more than yours, and mine has never been off all winter. Some nights I have had it on through the night.
Maybe we should have a whip round for you. All donations gratefully received.LOL
Julia in Derbyshire

That's another good point. It's more economical to turn it down to about 18, and run it all day. That way it's not fighting to heat from cold twice a day.

Turn it down, not off.

I used to do that when I had my first central heating, but it didn't cost any more to run it lower all day.

i do TW, I pay so much a week, now they have decided i have to pay £46 a fortnight!!!! they have got no chance lol, obv, my next bill wont be half as bad, as it should start warming up

Oh Stray don't mine is due to drop this week

I try not to put it on during the day if i can as its only me here so i wear my dressing gown lol..Then put it on at about 3 when my 2 come home from school

Teresa

I did that last year & had a near £400. bill

Agree with TW. I keep telling me Dad this, but he will keep turning off when he goes out, then on when he comes in. This takes more power to get to optimum temperature. But these old Dad's, you can't tell them nowt.
Julia in Derbyshire

yeah i never have the heating on during the day lol, it comes on on a mornign for littlman getting up, then just before hes due in from school,

id rather put another layer on,well from now on its 2 layers lmaooo, x

OMG Julie, you sure there wasn't something wrong?

I ran 7 radiators, and had it on twice a day at 20, and my first bill was around £150 (i'm talking 20 years ago)

I kept them on but turned the thermo down to 18, only going off last thing at night, back on 6.00am, and the next winter quarter bill was about £155. It really didn't make much difference but we were warmer with a steady temp in the house.
If we were out for the day, then I would turn it right down to 16, just enough to take the chill off the air, but not so much the heating wouldhave to work really hard to warm the place up when I got back in.

I did wonder at 1st Teresa but there wasn't, my Cousin lives 4 door away from me & hers was the same

This was this time last year when the price of gas had shot up, and i must admit to being a bit scared of doing that again in case the same thing happens as i really can afford it

We have ours going off for about 4 hours in the day and off all night. Our combined gas and electric bill with N Power is £69 a month and this is a four bedroomed detached house. That does seem high Stray. what temperature do you run the thermostat at?

im only in a small 2 bedroom house lol, i duno what temp i run on ill hav to get me dad over n look, im useless lol xxx

I'll make you feel better! We are on bottled gas and our winter bill for three months was £479. Roll on the summer!

Seriously, the government says keep warm and don't worry about the bill, what planet are they on?

Stray, tell them you have a little one and make an offer to pay what you can afford, they can't really refuse.

Sue xx

yea im gona have to lol, i will up me weekly card payments but not to as much as they want, i think it was jst a shock my first bill was so small, and this is my first big bill, iv never been one for beign good with money, lol x

Just opened my electric bill £295.00! OH going around turning anything off he can......son of, has a 42 inch telly in his bedroom and all the trappings that go with it....so at 27 OH says it is time he moved out!

Annx

omg!!!! my eltric bill shouldnt be to bad, i turn everything of by the sockets even the kettle, and i go up to bed early, to save me money, as i have less things on when sat upstairs

and havent really use much more than i did the first quarter, so im hoping it isnt to high,

altho knowing my luck lately haha xxx

We just installed an Electricity Monitor (free from British Gas) so we can see what we're using. Suprising to see the usage drop when the TV/microwave/deep freeze is switched off.
We have a massive Koi pond that runs pumps and stuff and when we switched them all all, our kWh usage dropped by half!! We can't switch them off this time of year tho incase any pipes freeze, but come the summer, it's all going on timers!!

Just ordered 500ltrs of heating oil, £263.00 should last a couple of months if we're careful.....yes, roll on the warmer weather I say:)