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Cost of Coal
I currently have a multi fuel stove for both central heating and hot water. In two years the price of coal has gone up from £120 for half tonne, to £160 (Taybrite 10 x 50Kg bags). I was looking at incorporating an oil boiler so that I could run least expensive one. We currently light the fire in the afternoon unless it’s a…
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Underfloor heating help please
Hello everyone! I'm after 2 bits of information please We are in the proccess of buying our "forever" house - a 1920's house which is in a gorgeous location with loads of potential. It needs everything doing to it, re wiring, central heating, walls knocking down, new kitchen, bathroom the works! We are considering putting…
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Logs - storage & price
Just took delivery of a woodburner and now I am looking for seasoned logs. I don't have anywhere per se to store them so I guess I would need to buy a storage shed of somekind that was watertight - is that right? What is the approx price I should be paying for logs , i am in west berkshire.
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Wildfire coal briquette
Hi, has anyone any experiance of burning this fuel on their open fires. http://www.coals2u.co.uk/wildfire-25kg-prepacked Coal is pretty expensive in our area, and with a £32 per tonne discount on 25 kilogram bags this may be our best bulk buy option before the large price rises expected. Provided the fuel live up to the…
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Electric combis vs Gas combis
Hi, I'm considering replacing my gas combi boiler when it dies, which I estimate to be in the next year or two, with an electric combi, and get rid of gas altogether for several reasons, not least the price of it. Does anyone have experience of these boilers? Are they as efficient? and how do they compare costwise running…
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Warm Front Grant for private renting tenants - HELP!
My partner receives DLA at the mo so we thought we'd apply for a warm front grant to get new storage heaters and some loft insulation before winter sets in (with any luck!). We filled in the online application after checking that we met all of the criteria only to find that on the confirmation screen this little sentence:…
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Multi burning stove location ? Help
Hi there, i am buying a stove soon and have a problem with it location, i want to put it in the flat roof extension. This backs onto next doors patio. There is no chimney. First question is, do i take the flew straight up and through the roof or do i go half way up the wall and then out at an angle ? Then when i am outside…
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Baxi or glow worm.
Ive had a couple of quotes for a new central heatng sytem one using a baxi 105HE condensing boiler & the other a glow worm Betacom 24kw. Which of these is the better boiler. Ive read mixed reviews on the baxi on the net but cant seem to find any reviews on the glow worm. Is this because they never go wrong or no one bys…
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Please help - no money, no boiler :(
Our combi boiler had packed in recently so, as we have Homeserve cover, we called out the engineer who diagnosed a leaking heat exchanger. He said he would order the part and arrange to come back. I got a call today from Homeserve saying that the boiler is now beyond economical repair and will not fix it. I have 3…
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underfloor heating dilema
Please help. I am re-doing my bathroom and I don't know what to do about underfloor heating. I want to tile the floor, I don't really like cold tiles.....I could live with them but feel underfloor heating would be a treat..... I just can't seem to get definative answers to some questions I don't think I can have a 'wet…
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MultiFuel Burner - Paper Briquette Maker Review
I am fortunate to have free access to limitless double shredded waste office paper and so decided for this winter to make some paper briquettes to see how they burn. I picked up an Eco-Mania heavy duty briquette maker for a reasonable £15 plus p&p from Ebay and soaked the shreddings in water in an old dustbin with a small…
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Powerflush with Magnaclean Quote from Britsh Gas
As part of our British Gas maintenance agreement they visited our new home yesterday for the initial inspection. They have confirmed that a powerflush is required with a magnaclean to be fitted. For this work they have quoted me £680. I am naturally reluctant to pay such an amount but am aware that this is required. Has…
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Do we need a Magnaclean?
We had a man out from British Gas recently to fix our combi boiler. It turns out the heat exchanger had gone on it after only 4 years. I must say it was an excellent service from British Gas - problem solved within a week for £130 total (after we agreed to sign up for their priority response service at £2 a month). One…
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Don't qualify for Warmfront, other options?
Hi we're in ex council now HA property so as a result we can't apply for Warm Front are there any other options for funding replacement heating. At the moment we have very old storage heaters and our electricity bill ends up at over £150 a month for a 2 bed bungalow (very rural no gas) i'd really like an air source heat…
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Service Contract for 9 year old boiler. Wocester Bosch Direct or alternative company?
Hi, We have just moved into our new home and the previous oweners had a service contract with Wocester Bosch Direct which is approx £12 a month and covers only the boiler and includes am annual service. The boiler is 24CDI model and is around 9 years old. I'm in two mind to either to continue the service contract with…
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Good value boiler replacement - London
Hi, I've just been quoted £3800 by british gas to replace my old boiler with a vaillant combi. The boiler costs around £1000 and so £2800 is the cost for installation and flushing/cleaning the radiators plus some additional costs for a wireless control. This seems extremely high labour costs to me. I was prepared for the…
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Warm Front grants
There is a note in the current 'Unite' magazine (BT ans PO pensioners) that grants for properties not connected to the gas grid are to be increased to £6000 and to £3500 for those that are connected.. Anyone seen an official announcement about this ??
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ASHP/Air Con Installation Costs
Hey folks, I bought 5 ecoair air con/heating units. and am looking for somebody to install them. I have had in 2 quotes so far and 1 is double the price of the other. Does anyone know a typical installation cost of 1 unit. Very straight forward, outdoor unit, indoor unit requiring approx 10m pipe run + extra gas + hole to…
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Conservatory AS Heat Pump
All, We are having an air source heat pump installed in our new conservatory on Tuesday. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SRK63-ZE 6.3 kW indoor unit to be mounted above the doorway into the house and the outside unit just to the front of the conservatory - wall mounted just above the finished garden/decking level. They are…
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Oil filled radiators - any good?
In my flat I currently have an old storage heater, but it uses so much electric even on an economy 7 tariff and has very little in the way of settings to say how much heat it gives out etc. I was thinking about getting an electric oil filled radiator to just take the edge off this winter instead, does anybody use these?…