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Average Costs
Hi, I'm new to this forum and unfortunately my first question isn't one with a direct answer. Myself and my partner are looking at renting our first property together and at the moment we're trying to work out our finances. Unfortunately, when it comes down to electricity/water/gas and what have you we literally have no…
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Advice please - not sure how our heating/water system works!
Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie here so please bear with me. We've just recently moved house and we're not quite sure how the new system works. There is a gas boiler in the kitchen with a Honeywell programmer for hot water and heating. There is also a tank in the airing cupboard that has a switch attached to it (I'm assuming…
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Getting gas / electricity / water re-connected - is there a cheap way?
Hi there, looking for some advice about getting utilities re-connected on a house I'm moving into that's been unoccupied. Who do I contact to do the work? Would it be the utility companies? Are there different places to get it done, some cheaper than others, or is there just one expensive way?
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A success story of sorts - 3 years of leccy bills in one day!
Hopefully this will be of use to somebody. I got 7 months of electricity for 65p and a £400 discount on a £1,400 bill just by asking the right questions. We moved into a new conversion (6 flats) in Oct '07. As soon as we moved in we did an energy comparison and tried to switch. Unfortunately, when the building was…
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Heating a porch
This is probably one for those interested in thermodynamics... :) We have a small porch. It used to be a open porch but we installed a double glazed door so it's now a closed one. the double glazed door is on the outside facing the elements which leads into the porch measuring about 3'x6'. There is then a single glazed…
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Solar panels, a thought.
All the info and advice about solar panels is about siting them on a south facing roof. Can they not be sited on a south facing wall or fence instead if there is no obstructions to the sun? Just a thought as satellite dishes are not allowed on the walls of the houses where my sister lives so they are all on the ground in…
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Domestic Standard & Restricted Hours B
Hi all, Hope someone can help me with my electric bills. I am on the tarrif Domestic Standard & Restricted Hours B with Scottish Hydro. Have been for 5 years ever since we moved into this house. I have been paying £166 per month for the past year for my electric which is alot of money. Does anyone know if there are better…
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replace with louvre door?
British gas made us take off the door to the understairs cupboard where our warm air heating unit is so that the cupboard becomes part of the kitchen. It is now no longer classed as a cupboard This has all to do with ensuring that there is adequate ventilation. So now we have a cupboard with no door:eek: in the kitchen. It…
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Help please Price hikes for energy
Hello I wonder if anyone can help me. I read in martins email that companies are hiking prices for electricity and gas. I am on a standard tariff with british gas for gas and electricity. (duel fuel) I understand the the price hikes will apply to standard tarriffs. I am looking for a supplier that will give me a capped…
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HELP! huge gas bill. Whos right Whos wrong
Hi every1 Im new to this but it seems great for advice so i'll give it a go. In Dec 09 i was paying off a debt to N power £250, by May 2010 i had payed it off. To my surprise in May a new bill had come through £600. I was confussed so called N power to find out why the huge bill. They explained even though i had paid off…
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electric meter not been working
got a bill from scottish power saying i was £600 in credit,good news but realised meter hadnt been read so thought i would phone up to give them a proper reading, turns out my electric meter not been working from april 09. so lady said they will fit new meter on friday coming & for next 2weeks they will see how much i use,…
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Thoughts please
whilst attempting to reduce our electricity consumption (we have no gas) via our Economy 7, im of the opinion that we could put timers on the fridge and freezer and "chill/freeze" them down to a max (minimum temps) on nite rate leccy and have them off between 08.30am and 01.30am with no great problem due to temperatures…
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cheapest option
just wondering are my friends corect when they tell me that i should get my gas and elec buy pay as you go meters not direct debit as meters are cheaper
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Prepay Meter Problem
Hi Everyone As I mentioned in another thread have just accepted an offer on my house with an entry date of 24th September. So I decided to get a gas engineer friend of mine to check the gas to make sure everything was working nicely. However have encountered a small problem he said there was no electricity in it and he put…
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Can I have the formula to convert gas units to KWH?
Ive tried looking on my last bill and its not on there. Im having a geeky moment with spreadsheets and working out how much gas ive used since my last meter reads. I have a metric meter so i think the formula is: difference in units used x calorific value x correction factor = whatever then divided by 3.6 could someone…
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Cheapest suppliers for West Sussex ?
Just moved into West Sussex and am looking to setup the utilities with the relevant companies - who are the cheapest for gas, electric and water please ?
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look at switching
In the last 12 months I have consumed - 10,242 kwh Gas 3097 kwh Elec I am currently on British Gas Click Energy 6 Dual Fuel. I pay by monthly fixed dd. I am £ 61.41 in credit on the gas and £51.75 in credit on the elec. My total kwh spend for both last 12 months was 13,339 and the prev year 11,795. Increased consumption…
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Npower agent scams pensioner
[FONT=Comic Sans MS, sans-serif]Npower Agent scam signs pensioner to a 36 month commercial contract on premises with 3 month TAW[/FONT] Manchester licensee re opens city center pub on a temporary 3 monthTAW, in doing so he passes the necessary information to his broker for the Utilities contracts, meanwhile an unrelated…
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How do I find out my yearly gas and elec usage?
I would like to look at some comparison sites but obviously need to input my gas and electric figures for the year. Is there a quick way of finding this out, rather than wading through all the bills and totting up the total? I have SaveOnline with E-On at present. Thanks:)
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Changing Power Supplier
Hi. Having been with N-Power for quite some time now, i feel i can no longer deal with them on account there customer service being so poor and Bull they give out when trying to make a simple enquiry is far ot complicated to figure out. Has anyone had any dealing with ‘EBI CO’ ? I’m on a Pre Payment meter as i prefer to…
