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my gas boiler usage

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  • 01-05-2019 11:13am
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    hago123
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I am living (1 person) in an apartment, where the heating and cooking is powered by natural gas.
    Until Feb 2019, I felt that my bills are quite high and to reduce that,
    i started turning off the boiler manually during night and when I leave to work.
    So basically i end up using it for 2 hrs a day. And now, I find that I am not consuming more gas as expected.

    My questions are:
    1) Is it ok to turn the boiler on and off manually every day? Will it cause any damage to the property or the boiler?
    2) Also, in the past when I left it ON, i see that it runs every few hrs to keep the water warm and in turn consume more gas. Am I right?

    Please clarify.

    Regards
    Hago
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    Force Carrier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Force Carrier


    Try the plumbing forum. Also upload a picture of your boiler.


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    homer911
    Registered Users Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭homer911


    1, Yes, No
    2. Yes

    I'd say most people would run their heating on a timer, or a manual 1 hour boost when needed


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    Atlantic Dawn
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    Are they meter readings or estimates on the bill?


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    dudara
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    Force Carrier wrote: »
    Try the plumbing forum. Also upload a picture of your boiler.

    Please don't tell people to post in another forum. We often end up with duplicate threads as a result. Instead please use the Report Post function to alert a moderator that the thread should be moved.

    Moved to the Plumbing & Heating forum

    dudara


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    hago123
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭hago123


    Force Carrier wrote: »
    Try the plumbing forum. Also upload a picture of your boiler.

    Ok I will.
    my boiler is Immer gas boiler. Will upload a picture tonight.


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    hago123
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭hago123


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Are they meter readings or estimates on the bill?

    Both. I am with Flogas. They do estimates and I submit meter readings once in a while.


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    hago123
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭hago123


    So my boiler looks like this:


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