Hi,
I’ve recently noticed (after living here 7 years!) that our gas usage seems high vs similar properties on the OVO app.
We live in a 4 bedroom 1920s extended bungalow - 2 upstairs loft bedrooms - 2 on the ground floor with 2 sitting rooms and a conservatory, we have unfilled cavity walls in the original part of the house (we had a quote for cavity wall insulation which suggested that since we had 3 walls containing chimneys in the older part of the house it wouldn’t be worth filling them) underfloor insulation and some loft insulation.
In terms of cost I accepted our energy bills would be higher than our previous house but when I’ve looked at the actual use we seem to be roughly double average for ”similar” houses. I noticed even when we were on holiday - in the summer and there was no heating or hot water being used - that we seemed to be using kWh - about 2 or 3 per day.
Could this be a sign of an issue with the boiler? It’s about 8 years old and a Worcester combi boiler. Or are we just losing a lot of heat/hot water in an old house??
Any advice would be welcome.
Our gas use last year was about 29000kWh vs 17000kWh for similar homes. Our electricity use is actually less than average and I wouldn’t say we are heavy users in the sense that we have the heating on a thermostat and it’s at a max of 19 degrees even in winter for a few hours/day - we are mainly out during the day so only when in - and 16 degrees overnight which rarely comes on unless a really cold night. We have 2 or 3 showers most days but not excessively hot and reasonably short. So I’m not sure can cut back much but it seems to require a lot of gas to achieve this.
