Care to do the maths?, Take away the gas, leccy and coal.............................

[Straight Shooter]

Insulation is KEY .....if you live in a older property there are a few options....internally you can use dry wall with various insulation attached to it from 12mm to 50mm insulation attached to the dry wall or plasterboard you can bond the sheets direct to any internal wall or ceiling using dry wall screws or dry wall adhesive....you can tape and caulk up all joints and paint ....or you can re skim with new plaster....externally you can insulate all the external face using 100-125 mm insulation and fixing into the existing outer skin ....i have done both on the new build and it is totally brilliant , okay its not cheap to do at first ...but i guarantee no matter the cost you will get ALL your money BACK in a few years....you feel the difference immediately...all your normal HIGH bills will go down. We use our Yotul 602 wood burner...we light it when required on the lowest setting 1-2 hours we let it go out this heats up 63 smtrs .....the cost is my time cutting the trees logging / splitting stacking then waiting for it to dry....we have a supply of pallet wood ....SIL s mate owns a pallet yard .....so we use that , which allows us to harvest the trees and dry so we can build up a good supply well seasoned proper firewood...We also have LPG bottled gas for a gas stove and hot water along with central heating...we hardly use !......we are now on with a solar power stand alone set up (not big but enough ) we were going to go for a full system , but many on here have said the store the set up ...and not broadcast the fact they have it .