Posted 1st Jan 2023
For those that have a heating and hot water schedule, can you help and advice
What's your current set up?
The current water is set for 5am to 8am and then 4pm to 7pm
The heating is also at 19, at those exact same hours.
The above seems very excessive and my bills are very high. Does the above make sense, should they both be on the same time/same schedule?
Is that more economical or should the water come on 30mins earlier?
Thank you
What's your current set up?
The current water is set for 5am to 8am and then 4pm to 7pm
The heating is also at 19, at those exact same hours.
The above seems very excessive and my bills are very high. Does the above make sense, should they both be on the same time/same schedule?
Is that more economical or should the water come on 30mins earlier?
Thank you
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sorted byWe have a combi boiler but we're using approx £11 per day gas and electric to have the heating on 20.5 degrees from 8am-10pm and 4 ppl having showers every day.
As already mentioned above it can be better to keep heating at a constant temperature rather than to have the heating coming on and off for long periods as it takes a long time to heat back up which costs more than short blips through the day to keep the constant temperature set (edited)
My water comes on for 2hr before we wake up , 1hr middle if day and another 2 from 6. I have a heat only boiler.
My heating comes on 30mins before we wake up for 1.5hours , 1hr in middle of day then stays on from 6.30 till 11 but easy to use thermostat to turn off. (edited)
Combi boiler so can't give any details on water.
The December bill was £50 more than November. £11 per day for gas and electric. (edited)
Adjust your heating setup to 2 zones. Upstairs & downstairs. Set thermostats to 18 Switching off downstairs during sleeping hours.
Insulate your loft to knee high.
Buy the most economical oven & hob. Cook when you can in a microwave, slow cooker or air fryer.
Whatever it costs to install no doubt you will save in 18-24 months.
If you haven't got all your recommended improvements already and buy it now it's probably going to be more like seven years plus before you cover the costs - and combi boilers tend to die after ten years
Hot water is on demand as we have a combi
I'm not sure whether the hot water being at the same time as the heating makes any difference. If they're on together the hot water coming from the boiler will (or should) be split between the two so effectively taking twice as long to do each job, whereas if you have them at different times then each will get 100% so I don't think you'd see a massive difference either way. (as long as all the valves are working correctly and diverting to each side as appropriate)
I have it set for 15 minutes at 7 and 15 minutes at 5pm and the water is hot at all times (small family though)
Heating is at 17 degrees fixed, and the boiler kicks in on average 2 hours a day to keep it at 17 minimum, im not a big fan of too warm conditions, even before the energy crisis
Water 30 mins in the morning and On-demand if required in the evening. Tank set to 60c. (edited)
Heating goes on at 07:30 (half an hour before alarms go off) and stays on at 15 degrees until 22:00. Quite often gets turned up a bit more than that in the evenings mind you and sometimes during the day/weekends, but I find it fine for WFH (office is usually a few degrees warmer than the room the thermostat is in)
Peak gas usage according to Flow was £9.31 on the worst day during the cold snap, but closer to £3/£4 recently with the milder weather.