Vokera Linea 25HE - rooms never reaching desired temp

[Deleted member 99918]

no idea. they all have different owners.

 

[Bogart]

Only asked as you say a tenement block so I wondered if maybe in the past others were kitted out the same.

 

[Deleted member 99918]

i've set it come on a bit earlier now, and it's now getting to 21 by the evening.

it's chewing thru gas though.

 

[Chuck]

it's chewing thru gas though.

One common reason for ridiculously high (apparent) gas consumption is submitting readings in cubic ft to a supplier who thinks they're in cubic meters.) Can you take two measurements of your gas meter reading 24 hours apart, please? Also photograph the meter at the time of each reading and upload the photos.

Another useful check is to switch the heating off for a period of several hours in the early evening and make sure that the meter doesn't change during the period. This checks that you are reading the correct meter and it is supplying only your flat. Obviously, you need to do this at a time when other people are likely to be consuming gas; 24 hours is best, if you can stand the cold that long.

 

[Deleted member 99918]

It's a pre-pay unfortunately, which was here before I moved in (no debt on it), so I can see how much money is being used (as opposed to having to read meter units).

I'm the only person here and the heating is generally completely off during the day when I'm at work (set to come at around 3pm at 18 ramping up to 21 at around 530pm then off again at 10pm).

So from 10pm until 3pm the following day the boiler is off).

 

[dancinplumba]

as said , rads to small, heatloss to large, old double glazing is pants. insulate

 

[Deleted member 99918]

New double glazing recently installed.
Insulate what? It's thick brick walls, it'd need to internal wall insulation which is unrealistic.

 

[Chuck]

It's a pre-pay unfortunately, which was here before I moved in (no debt on it), so I can see how much money is being used (as opposed to having to read meter units).

How much is it charging you (per cubic metre or ft) for the gas? How much does is it costing per day?

If you don't provide actual figures, we can't check that whether they are reasonable or not.

 

[Deleted member 99918]

I'll need to see how to get the meter to tell me the chargeable rate. Pressing button A just shows current debt (£0), meter index, and current balance. Button B doesn't seem to show anything.

It's used over £5 in 36 hours (but it's not been on for all of those 36 hours).

 

[Chuck]

I'll need to see how to get the meter to tell me the chargeable rate. Pressing button A just shows current debt (£0), meter index, and current balance. Button B doesn't seem to show anything.

It's used over £5 in 36 hours (but it's not been on for all of those 36 hours).

You need to find out from the gas supplier what tariff you are on. I suspect you're just being charged a lot per kW hr.