Doing a spot of househunting and found one we like. It's got oil fired central heating for which I've found loads of info dotted around the web and whilst the cost ain't as cheap I'm happy that I've quantified the cost well enough.
What I can't find out is how much gas a home uses for cooking alone - anyone care to share their bills info and for how many persons and an indication of how much cooking they actually do? Will be asking the sellers but so far have only viewed via the agent.
I have a five ring hob including a 4kw wok burner and we get a year out of 13 kg of propane, but we do have Rayburn (oil) for baking/roasting/simmering so this may not help you?
We run a gas hob off bottles and get about 9 months out of 7Kg (~£20) doing proper cooking every night for two adults. Oven is electric.
We have a gas oven/hob and a bottle lasts 3/4 months,Thats cooking every night for 3 people.
I brought a gas cooker because if we have a power cut we have no heating,so we can still cook and have some hot water and run the oven on a very low setting to provide some heat.
Thanks for those bits of info, I need to double check if its gas oven or not - I don't think it is.'Digimaps' seems to be managing on not much, owners at the moment have 2x47kg sitting outside which suggests a higher usage. Cheers
We have a 5 hob gas range (electric oven) that is fed by 2 x 47kg cylinders on an automatic changeover switch thing (not really required I think). Been using it for 8 years and we've been through exactly 3 cylinders (just about to buy another this week @ £49.00) and it gets used plenty with a family of 5.
I'm amazed at how little they use - really cheap to run.
It's helpful to have 2 cylinders connected as you can then forget about it for a very long time.
We get through a 19kg bottle of Calor gas every 14 months or so, costs £25 at present. This is for our 4 burner hob only (cooker is electric) We cook for 3 every day. We prefer gas to electric because it is immediate heat.
A 19kg cylinder lasted us 18 months of cooking, every day for 2 adults. It powered a 5 ring range with wok burner (electric oven) very nicely. I do a LOT of cooking using fresh ingredients, so tend to spend more time at the hob than if I was using jars of ready to use sauce etc. Approx.£32 for a 19kg. Initial purchase of the cylinder cost £60, followed by the lower amount to exchange empty for full.HTH
Averaging all the responses it looks like you'll be fairly close reckoning on about...
10-15kg gas for hob per year
+ 10-15kg gas for oven per year
Worth pointing out that the correct way to do this is with a pair of bottles with a changeover valve chained to an outside wall (as sharkbait). The bigger cylinders don't cost much more to exchange than the smaller ones so reduce the bills. Morrisons service stations are cheap for calor.
Um I use this stuff..not sure of capacity (4ft tall cylinder) but on 3rd in 12 yrs so I'm not in a rush to get back on mains gas 😉
So I guess bottled gas at home is bit like "pay as you go"?
How much cheaper? Anyone compare the cost?
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The cooker in the chalet uses bottled gas for the hob. Cooking for as many as 14 people a night, we get through 2-3 bottles (at about 20€ each) per winter season.
So I guess bottled gas at home is bit like "pay as you go"?How much cheaper? Anyone compare the cost?
Think of it more like a gas bbq! Never bothered comparing prices as we're not on mains gas and the cost is frankly so low it's barely worth bothering about!
It's not your gas you want to worry about but your heating oil! It's stupid money at the moment and not as efficient as gas. Make sure you shop around and play one supplier off against the other, you'll be amazed how much the prices fluctuate and how much they'll drop to get your custom.
"not as efficient as gas"
in what way?
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To run a hob - pretty cheap
To run a house - very expensive. We used to go through a 47kg cylinder every week to heat our 2 bed end of terrace.
the-muffin-man - MemberHow much cheaper? Anyone compare the cost?
To run a hob - pretty cheap
To run a house - very expensive. We used to go through a 47kg cylinder every week to heat our 2 bed end of terrace.
Bottle gas for hob(s) it will be.
Now ... let's see what's the cheapest way to heat a house ... hhhmmm ...
Just planning for the future.
Cheers
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We use 2x47kg LPG bottles to run our hot water (on a Rheem Infinity) and a 6 burner gas stove (leccy oven). Generally we get 3 1/2 months out of a cylinder with 2 people showering, washing and cooking inc hot water for the washing machine which is a luxury in NZ trust me. Works out quite cheaply as our leccy bill has been cut by 2/3 since we took out the hot water tank.