Thank you for your replies sahd and Shane. I am so new to this that I'm just stumbling through the details and its good to have questions asked because then I can gather the right info to help me solve the problem.
Its LPG, and as I haven't got my first bill I don't know how much I'm being charge per M3. (I always had oil up to now and understood that system much better) As I run a tight budget, I wondered how much it was costing me so thats why I rang with a meter reading.
The Duplex is 900 sq ft.
The Boiler is a Baxi which the engineer told me is a top model (if thats true)
I don't know if he checked for leaks, I didn't ask him to, so perhaps not.
Regarding insulation, I'm concerned its not as good as I had expected it to be. I have one big window, an external door and a smaller window in the living room and I feel they are not air tight. I'm looking at doing attitional insulation in this room.
I'm also going to put a curtain at front door even though I can't detect a draught there and also there is a very high stairwell, so am also going to put a curtain there at bottom of stairs.
Sorry it was 2.25 euro not cent. When I did the reading over 24 hours, I only had the gas on for 4.25 of those and the agent calculated it to be 10 euro, that is 2.25 per hour approx. I see at that it wouln't come to 400 for the month at that rate so there is some anomily there. However I feel that is an awful price for heat. Unfortunately when I was asking people who had gas before I bought, two had natural gas and one had private tank, ours is communal. I didn't know at the time they were nt comparable. I wouldnt have never bought if I knew how expensive it is as its way outside my present budget, never mind when I retire. I don't know others in this community yet to ask about their experiences.
If anyone lives in a similar situation to me, a 3 bed apartment or duplex with lpt gas supplied by flo gas, would you mind telling me what your bills are like and how many hours you run it. Thank you.
Again many thanks for your interest.