British Gas - Thieving Bastards.

[nutty]

there is a baby in the house too so I won't get away with that :)

[KalamityKel]

Do u need heating in the WHOLE house all day long?

[SteveT]

The difference between feeling cold and miserable is only a few degrees, just heat the room you use to sit in.

[nutty]

KalamityKel Wrote:

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> Do u need heating in the WHOLE house all day long?

obviously not - do you suggest we turn off radiators as we leave rooms?

[KalamityKel]

no... purchase a small portable heater and use it only in the room ur in at the time...

[nutty]

ok - I wanted a comparison from someone using a similar level of heating to me - not ridiculous suggestions :)

[KalamityKel]

Last weekend, with all the snow and coldness and us not having a roof, we shut all the doors to rooms and only used heating as and where needed.

I do apologise for offering a logical solution!

[Cassius]

Ok - we have a 3/4 bedroomed terrace and I pay ?25/month electricity all year round and about ?150/quarter gas in winter and ?50 in summer but not had bills since the gas went up. However we are both out during the day during the week and tend to have heating on in the whole house for 1 hour in the morning and 3 in the evening and other than that, like other suggestions we heat the room we are in.

Obviously that is not a solution with a small baby but gives you some idea of comparison.

[nutty]

Thanks Cassius - as summer is fast approaching and I've already reduced the amount of time heating is on hopefully I'll see a drastic drop. Otherwise I'll start getting suspicious...

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

My last British Gas Bill for 3 months was ?177, which is high because I only have the hetaqing on for an hour in the morning and about 3 hrs in the evening, so I think they are expensive.

[Keef]

Just saw my mum and she's just had her npower gas bill and it's something like ?280. Gave her a nasty shock!

[Cassius]

mmm since I last posted just got quarterly bill from npower and it is ?250!! about ?100 more than the equivalent quarter last year! I was expecting it to be higher (weren't some areas going to get a 25% hike in prices?) but I am still shocked it is over ?200.

I also noticed that the important information on the bill such as the meter reading etc was now in very very small writing and far harder to understand!