How much money are you putting in your pre pay gas meter a week?

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Literally have my heating on for a hour (sometimes 2) in the morning before I go out, it then goes back on at 4pm so it’s warm when dd gets home, off again by 9.30pm. If I’m home alone I don’t put it on as I can’t afford too, so I’m sat wearing thermals and gloves until dd gets home. I have a bath every other day (don’t have a shower), dd baths every 2-3 days, I wash up twice a day so I’m not using a huge amount of hot water.

My smart meters saying I’m spending almost £5 a days on gas so I’m putting £35 in a week. We are in a small 3 bed housing association house which has a lot of draught’s and we don’t have carpet downstairs (can’t afford to get it fitted right now but would like too).

I am being switched over to another provider on the 15th and will hopefully save a little.

How much gas are you using each day/week?

Yeah I’d say about the same. I’m less careful than you are, though.

Bit more than that I think but I'm on a credit meter/direct debit so not so aware day to day. Larger house but recent enough to be draught free.

Can you access energy advice, Citizens Advice would be good for a start, and/or help from your HA with the draught issue?

I would say I spend between 30 to 35 per week on gas but the massive difference is my heating is on 20 degress and is on and has been on constantly since about October.

I used to do what you did and the house was either too hot or freezing and one year I took it off the timer and just put it on constantly and the price I was using weekly was just the same, and the house was a nice steady temperature all the time. It only boosts its self on when the house falls below 20 degrees and if it's really cold I just turn up the thermostat to 22 for an hour and then turn it back down.

You could always give that a try for a day or two and see what you spend.

I have had HA out so many times, they repaired the back door (patio door) but refused to replace it, since then it’s been worse, doesn’t shut properly. Similar with front door, they sent someone out to realign it, they spent 2 hours trying to do it and ended up leaving it with a visible gap. I have tried to block the gap. I also have a chimney that was boarded up, I had to inboard it as a bird fell down the chimney (they didn’t block the top) so now the board needs putting back. I got them out to block the chimney from the roof and was told they couldn’t do it as they didn’t have a ladder long enough. So my living room is pretty chilly and having the heating on continuously will probably cost me more as it’s not getting up to temperature?

Also I have have an issue with the boiler where the heating won’t come in unless the hot water is on. Google tells me that it’s a switch problem (easy fix) but HA come out and tell me there’s nothing wrong with the boiler 😬.

£30 ish a week in a 2 bed private rent flat, no insulation and drafty windows. I have the heating on 20 for an hour in the morning and 2 hours max in the evening, we try go out for the morning then the afternoon my kids nap in their beds then have a bit of tv time on the sofa with blankets. I accidently left the heating on all day whilst out all day and it cost £30 I cried as things are very tight and that's a whole week heat in 1 day and we weren't even in to enjoy it!