Hot Water Heating

I’ve just had a combi boiler installed and I will be interested to see what impact this has on our utility bill.
A wood burner is being installed this week so I am very much hoping our bills will reduce although we’re pretty frugal already with heating.

NotAGran55

Experimenting today with 2 hours water heating from 5-7…..
Watch this space….

Callistemon21 you are very close with your guesses about our business ?

Many thanks to those of you who helped - the 2 hour slot seems to be sufficient to last the day ?

That’s good. You might be able to cut it down further, be brave and see if just one hour works.

We have just installed air source heating and have constant hot water at low running costs. It is brilliant, the system is set at 50 degrees and once a week heats to a hotter temperature to protect against legionella bacteria.

Shropshirelass, I'll be seriously looking into just that at my next home - and ground source, solar - in fact, anything that might reduce dependence on mains utilities. I'm sure a lot of people will be doing the same.

I’m afraid the air source system is still dependent on mains electricity Hetty.

We reduced our hot water programme to two hours, 6 - 8 a.m, and don't now have the hot water on again the evening. We have a tank that is well insulated in the airing cupboard, and we haven't noticed any difference. I'm awaiting the readings this month to see if it has helped much; I've also stopped using the tumble dryer and now dry clothes overnight in the spare bedroom and pop them in for twenty minutes to finish off. I really hope this cuts down on our usage as the bills now are frightening.

Incidentally, I understand that using a cold fill dishwasher saves a lot of water; mine seems to swirl a very small amount of water around, and I have read that it is far more econmical than washing up by hand. No doubt there are other factors to consider here, but I do buy 'SMOL' dishwasher tablets to cut down on packaging and only use the dishwasher when it is competely full.

Rosina if your insulated hot water tank is keeping the water really warm, your immersion heater will not come on, even though it is programmed to, because all immersion heaters have thermostatic controls and cycle on and off and if the water hasn't cooled down sufficiently to trigger the thermostat, the heater will not it will not come on.