[dazmond]

im spending around £4 per day on gas.this is working with the heater a little bit more than minimum.so if i use it every day all year round it will cost me around £900 a year.

ive tried it on minimum temperature but i might as well work with cold for the difference it makes.i work with a high flow so i need it higher to get good warm supple hoses and warm water at brush end.

im putting my prices up in april so that alone will bring in an extra £3,000 a year.

ive nearly used up my 13kg gas bottle that i changed last wednesday.ive had 6 days use out of it so works out at £4 a day.

im thinking of using the heater til the end of march and then switching to cold for the summer months but i might be tempted to use it all year round.

if it allows me to work just one good extra week a year where i couldnt with a cold system it will pay for the gas for the whole year.

decisions!decisions!

so how much do you guys spend on gas?


very best wishes



dazmond

[steven ainger]

I dont spend £4 per day, i would say mines more like £2 - £2.50 per day.
Its all down to,
how hot, you may be a few degrees higher than others.
 how many hours worked, your day may be longer than others.
Gas cost, you may pay more for your gas

It should be how much you earn per £1 of gas

[dazmond]

steven my boiler is running for about 5 to 6 hours a day as i trad some ground floor work.not much though.

£24-50 for a 13kg refill.

my days vary but today i worked 930am-330pm and earned £220.i had half hour for lunch and  a tea break so with a little bit of driving 5 hours "on the glass" time.

[bobplum]

19 kg bottle nearer to 4 weeks!!!!

[jarvy]

I don't use mine all day every day, only when I feel it is cold enough. I know some use it all the time, but I don't see the need to. I did when I 1st got the heater, but the novelty soon wore off when I was constantly changing the gas bottle!

[steven ainger]

I think roughly 1 kg of lpg equates to 2 litres, so your paying " roughly "  £1 per litre.
Where as im paying 72p per litre, its roughly 1/4 less, which works out to alot closer as a daily usage.
Hope this makes sense???

[Dave Willis]

Put a new cylinder on on the 12th so must be running out soon. 13kg

[jarvy]

Just worked mine out as £3.26 per l  
6kg for £19.60

[dannymack]

Daz your not going to beable to use it as hot as you do when it gets really cold unles you want loads of cracked glass and then it will cost you loadsamoney lol !!!!

[Frankybadboy]

cheaper to buy a diesel heater in the long run

[SeanK]

Don't forget gas prices are going up by at least 10% a year and how many hours will
you get before the boiler needs replaced.

[Dave Willis]

Gaz, £220 a day and you're worried about spending £4?

I spend that on Sandwiches

[ARWindows]

Cheaper in the long run to buy a concept 20 system 600 litres at 60 centigrade costs about £2 a day. Tank for lpg is underneath van 72pence a litre.

[Nick_Thompson]

my days vary but today i worked 930am-330pm and earned £220.i had half hour for lunch and  a tea break so with a little bit of driving 5 hours "on the glass" time.

I love how overtly veracious you are dazmond; to hell with not disclosing your earnings. 

[ben M]

Just worked mine out as £3.26 per l  
6kg for £19.60

where do you buy your propane? bloody expensive!

[dazmond]

sean i think some guys on here have had their l5 heaters for over 3 years so i know they last well if you make sure you drain them properly after each use esp if its gonna freeze overnight.

as for gas price increases.everything goes up mate including my window cleaning prices!im happy to earn an extra £3,000+ year on year which ive been doing for 4 years now.

im not worried dave about spending £4 a day on gas just wondered how much you guys are using.

do you all run your heaters on the bare minimum with a lower flow? as on minimum its barely lukewarm?and hoses dont feel that different to cold unless i turn the heat up a bit!!

[PoleKing]

13kg of gas heats approx 6,000l of water for me.
£25.
Cost per£ earned is minuscule.

[steven ainger]

I only run my heater on min when working on the coldest of days,
At the moment the heater is about 1/2" of min

[dazmond]

darren you have the same heater as me and 13kg of gas heats up approx 1800L of water at present for me.how the hell are you getting 6000L per 13kg of gas?is yours always on min temperature?

[PoleKing]

darren you have the same heater as me and 13kg of gas heats up approx 1800L of water at present for me.how the hell are you getting 6000L per 13kg of gas?is yours always on min temperature?

I've had it a bit longer than you bud, longer to play around with it.
When I first got it I was getting about half what I do now.
I have the heat dial not much above minimum, the water dial fully open.
Control the flow with my analogue flow controller on just under 2/6 (I know that's about a third before anyone tells me but my controller is out of 6)
Heater is on the wall behind the door that stays closed in my Trafic. Unflued.
Heat at the brush I don't actually know but just about steaming and temperatures here have been c. 5• here.

You've used, what, 5 bottles Daz?
Took me a few more than that to get mine what I'm on now.
Keep at it, you'll be happy with your use soon enough.