Anyone felt the pinch yet?

Notice a good proportion of my hotels are quiet this week. But with the jubilee round the corner and pride the week after maybe folk are simply saving their trips for that.

Cant help but feel the media are driving a lot of it. They seem hell bent on us heading into a recession. Making people panic and stop spending.

They should be telling everyone its all gravy.

Only area Ive felt it is diesel. £154 to fill my van the other day. That's taking the piss.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-11222053/amp/Falling-gas-price-set-slash-PM-Liz-Truss-bailout-bill.html

Some good news.

25 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-11222053/amp/Falling-gas-price-set-slash-PM-Liz-Truss-bailout-bill.html

Some good news.

That'd be lovely

Things brighten up a bit - cheaper gas and Russia calming down - and Truss will think she dropped a load of acid in August.

I'll take a lucky PM anyday.

20 minutes ago, Spider said:

That'd be lovely

Things brighten up a bit - cheaper gas and Russia calming down - and Truss will think she dropped a load of acid in August.

I'll take a lucky PM anyday.

Just wait until Ukraine accidentally wangs a himar job over the border...

3 hours ago, Spider said:

That'd be lovely

Things brighten up a bit - cheaper gas and Russia calming down - and Truss will think she dropped a load of acid in August.

I'll take a lucky PM anyday.

Don't think luck is involved here.

Some good work by the west in getting alternative supplies set up and distributed.

Also in supplying Ukraine with plenty of support.

Maybe it's starting to pay dividends, especially given the article about Turkey and them saying Putin wants it to end.

Just received an email from my energy supplier with their predictions for my annual spend based on the new discounted rates which start in October. They’re estimating a bargain price of only £4,700 per year

Received email from my energy supplier today.

Been told it'll go up by an average of £3.50/week 

 

Until The Peoples Energy went tits up last year I was paying £40 a month DD for both gas n electric.   British Gas have just predicted £2,456 will be my usage, I live on my own in a two bedroomed bungalow.   

6 hours ago, wiggy said:

Just received an email from my energy supplier with their predictions for my annual spend based on the new discounted rates which start in October. They’re estimating a bargain price of only £4,700 per year

Shell Energy have emailed me to say mine should only be around £2700 per year, which doesn't seem too bad, I suppose 

£10 a day electric & gas at the moment, only have the heating on for couple of hours, that’s 300 a month, when it gets colder expect it’ll be £20 a day, £600 a month.   Add in the interest rate rise for those with mortgages, can’t see anything other than a deep recession. 

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5 hours ago, Breightmet Boy said:

Until The Peoples Energy went tits up last year I was paying £40 a month DD for both gas n electric.   British Gas have just predicted £2,456 will be my usage, I live on my own in a two bedroomed bungalow.   

No way will you use that much - unless you've got a cannabis farm in the spare bedroom

19 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

£10 a day electric & gas at the moment, only have the heating on for couple of hours, that’s 300 a month, when it gets colder expect it’ll be £20 a day, £600 a month.   Add in the interest rate rise for those with mortgages, can’t see anything other than a deep recession. 

the last few days the temperature has taken a noticeable dip , Mrs Sweep has been suggesting we might want to flick the heating on........whilst still leaving the bifold doors open (24 hours a day) for the dog to come and go as he pleases...

My heating went on for the first time last night 

Still paying around £150 per month for both. That includes charging the van.

Bargain.

30 minutes ago, Morizio said:

My heating went on for the first time last night 

Determined that I won't be switching ours on yet, but it's been getting nippy in a morning.

Ours is on a timer that effectively needs to come on three times a day once you turn it on. Does anyone know what the optimum efficiency is on that front and what sort of total time over the day would be considered reasonable? Will help massively when other half moves her office to our box room rather than trying to warm up the conservatory

14 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Determined that I won't be switching ours on yet, but it's been getting nippy in a morning.

Ours is on a timer that effectively needs to come on three times a day once you turn it on. Does anyone know what the optimum efficiency is on that front and what sort of total time over the day would be considered reasonable? Will help massively when other half moves her office to our box room rather than trying to warm up the conservatory

Do you have a gas boiler & water tank or a gas combi?

44 minutes ago, Spider said:

Do you have a gas boiler & water tank or a gas combi?

Gas combi

29 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Gas combi

Ah. Doesn’t give you many options really.

I’d suggest keeping the heating at 19 degrees more or less constantly but a combo would be inefficient doing that.

Buy more jumpers. Soz.

3 hours ago, Sweep said:

No way will you use that much - unless you've got a cannabis farm in the spare bedroom

he Lives in Breightmet 

Its Standard 

3 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said:

£10 a day electric & gas at the moment, only have the heating on for couple of hours, that’s 300 a month, when it gets colder expect it’ll be £20 a day, £600 a month.   Add in the interest rate rise for those with mortgages, can’t see anything other than a deep recession. 

fuck me  

i would Check if the Neighbours are Connected up to you 

my Ele is £25 a month  with a smart meter 

over last winter my Gas was £100 A month 

thats for the thing on 24/7 

39 minutes ago, Spider said:

Ah. Doesn’t give you many options really.

I’d suggest keeping the heating at 19 degrees more or less constantly but a combo would be inefficient doing that.

Buy more jumpers. Soz.

Was just thinking if there was a noticeable benefit to having it on for 15 minutes at a time instead of half an hour etc but we’ll just try and be frugal with it without really suffering

59 minutes ago, Spider said:

Ah. Doesn’t give you many options really.

I’d suggest keeping the heating at 19 degrees more or less constantly but a combo would be inefficient doing that.

Buy more jumpers. Soz.

standard gas with a water tank

no baths, but prob 3 showers a day and at least one washing machine and dishwasher run

most rads have room stats

main stat for heating looks older than me - are they straight swap for a digi?

go

1 hour ago, Casino said:

standard gas with a water tank

no baths, but prob 3 showers a day and at least one washing machine and dishwasher run

most rads have room stats

main stat for heating looks older than me - are they straight swap for a digi?

go

Yes, digital will be doable.

What kind of tank you got?

I'd suggest getting a Hive type system as it's digital and app enabled. Not overly expensive but you'd be in control of what's happening at all times

As for hot water, there's a chance you're heating water you don't use and it cools. That's all adding up.

Hive/digital will help you know when to heat water and when you don't need to.

Turn the temp down on your boiler as well. They are often set to maximum but you don't need 90 degree water.

 

5 hours ago, Sweep said:

No way will you use that much - unless you've got a cannabis farm in the spare bedroom

I used to be a energy adviser for BG, it's a joke.  As I've said on here earlier I'm serious about having a Givenergy Hybrid Solar system put in and going all electric.  With gas getting higher in price per kwh than Octopus Energies Active or Go 12-4am tarriffs, this system should be worth doing.  Means getting a elec combi boiler too, but at £2,500 for a decent one fitted it's making sense now.

1 hour ago, Spider said:

What kind of tank you got?

 

 

ill get a pic

normal, oldish, id say

house is about 40, i think

2 hours ago, Breightmet Boy said:

I used to be a energy adviser for BG, it's a joke.  As I've said on here earlier I'm serious about having a Givenergy Hybrid Solar system put in and going all electric.  With gas getting higher in price per kwh than Octopus Energies Active or Go 12-4am tarriffs, this system should be worth doing.  Means getting a elec combi boiler too, but at £2,500 for a decent one fitted it's making sense now.

Chief at octopus some time ago expressed annoyance that ccl was also applied to green electricity. Don't understand the full detail of how it works so hard to explain.

Ccl has undoubtedly helped push companies towards green energy, but as more comes on stream then maybe they need to be altered slightly and placed onto domestic gas (which has no ccl). That would push more towards renewable. 

I suppose the problem is that at the moment there is insufficient green supply to meet demand if everyone suddenly tried to switch.