I live in a 3 bedroom bungalow, just me and my DS and it's not big by any stretch. I have a Potterton Flamingo boiler which is about 30 years old. Anyway, my combined gas and electric was £97 per month (42 elec and 55 gas) and in September SSE put my gas bill dd payments up to £109 making total payment every month £151. My contract is due to finish in Feb so I took meter readings, phoned them through and SSE are telling me even with paying £109 a month I am now £350 in arrears.
I only have the boiler on during the evenings and weekends and maybe for an hour in the morning before I go to work. I control everything by the thermostat as I thought this was more effective than keep turning it on and off by the controls. My meter measures in cubic feet and apparently I am using 10 cubic feet of gas per day which I have a feeling is quite high.
This has really stressed me out, I'm a single parent, get no support from EXH financially and I just can't afford anymore than the £109 I'm already paying. Does this usage sound a lot? I'm wondering whether the boiler is losing efficiency as it's so old but I can't afford a new one and I don't qualify for any help. I turned the thermostat right down this morning and am going to check when I get home how much the meter has gone up and then tomorrow I am going to turn off the controls altogether to see if that makes a difference. My colleague pays £75 per month gas and electric combined and she lives in a big 3 bedroom house so I'm paying double living in a small bungalow and I really don't understand how this is possible.
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BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 01/02/2017 16:24
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