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afsjesse · Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Location: Kickin' it in 'Kato town.

Ok so I know its winter and gas prices go up,... but seriously my gas bill is almost 100000 won and I cant figure out why. My shower doesnt work, so I shower at the gym, I rarely cook, and I only do 2 loads of laundry per week. I live in an older apartment so Im not sure if my floor heating is gas or electric, but im assuming gas???? Why is this thing so high? Also my utility bill was 60000 Won,.... why???? Is this the norm in winter. Last month gas was only 30000.

Any thoughts are welcome.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Stop bragging. Sad

(I bet that thought wasn't welcome)

Zaria32 · Joined: 04 Dec 2007

I'm paying 200,000-220,000 won a month for heating oil...and about 7000 won a month for electricity.

guido · Joined: 13 Sep 2006

my bill was 7200won...elec was 64000....and my floor is always on and I have a shower twice a day and I live with my gf who thanfully also showers..

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

I haven't done the floor-on-24/7 thing yet this year.

It really depends what the climate is like on your part of the peninsula. I'm in an area which hasn't received any snow yet. Yay!

I use an electric blanket at night and my apartment seems warm enough during the day. I use an electric floor heater after sunset. Only heat the floor on below 0 nights which happen every so often down here.

You might wanna have ur boss call the phone number on your boiler. Could be a bad part. Expect to pay anywhere from 20,000-50,000.

I run 50,000 for electric due to computer use per month. 40-50,000 for gas.

cheeseface · Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi

Our gas bill was 82.890 this month, not bad for a 24 pyong apartment, and the wife is always taking hot baths!! Cool

thiophene · Joined: 15 Sep 2007

my gas bill this month is w136,000, electric is somethign around w12,ooo. my heating is never above 21degrees, on relly really cold days it mechanically can't go above 17, don't know if this is normal, i maintain a normal amount of hygiene, and i rarely cook. apartment is maybe 22 pyong in seoul.

Hanson · Joined: 20 Oct 2004

My Gas this month = 144,000won. Shocked

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

mine 400.000 Surprised

Atavistic · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:20 am Post subject:

Mine was super high last month, over 230,000 because the gay guy majorly screwed it up when he was "fixing" it. He somehow opened up the valve too much? I ended up finding out when the ajosshi came into my apartment, screaming at me. I got my boyfriend to call and talk them down, knocking off 30%.

Now that the valve is fixed, my apartment is WARMER at a lesser price. Go figure.

Could there be something wrong with your settings?

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

My last gas bill was around 140,000. That's for having the the heat on at 23 for an average of about 20 hrs/day. My bill this month will be higher. My 2nd last bill was around 80,000. It won't budge any next month and will start going down in March.

My electric bills this time of year are around 15 to 18,000/month.