I moved into a rented house earlier this year. It's a 3 bed semi. I have just received my first gas bill (since August) and I almost fell off my chair as it's almost £400. So almost £100 a month.
Now this central heating system looks quite fancy to me, and even though I've read the manual many times (and regard myself as quite intelligent!) I still don't seem to "get it" as the house is always either too hot or too cold. I can't seem to get it right.
On the thermostat it's not like ones that I'm used to. I.e. You can't override it, but you can set the times and the temperature you want. I've read the manual about this bit and tried to set temperatures/ times that I want but again it typically seems too hot/ cold.
On the boiler itself there are two dials one for hot water and one for heating. The manual does provide a suggestion for where the dials should be positioned and again I've tried that for the heating one but seems too hot/ too cold. I've never touched the hot water one just been down and looked and it's set to 59 degrees I turned it down. We have an electric shower so I only need hot water for the kids bath / (and washing machine/ dishwasher??).
The radiators have valves on them in each room. Most are set to the highest level.
At night the radiators seem to be on even though on the thermostat I've set it to 17 degrees or something
Any tips please? I just want a "normally" heated house and to try and avoid these high bills.
I've already done a search on here but none of the threads I've seen quite seem to have the same problem.
Thanks in advance!
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Drayton thermostat, Valiant boiler, huge gas bill in my rented house. Help!
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FinallyGotAnIPhone · 16/12/2013 21:29
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