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E.on Save Online 4 - prices going up AGAIN
It seems that every time I change onto the best e.on tariff, a couple of months down the line, I get a letter to say that the price is going up. Now, Save Online 4 in being hiked up on 4th February, with gas kWh at: First Unit: 6.08 inc VAT up to 2680 Next unit: 2.68 inc VAT And electric kWh: First unit:18.79 inc VAT up to…
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Warm front grant
Worcester Greenstar Junior 28i, Hi guys, I just has visits from a warm front technical consultant to see if we could get a new boiler on the grant scheme. After checking our house and the condition of the old boiler, which is now 18 years old he said he would put a recommendation in for us for above boiler to be installed.…
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boiler setting
hi just want to know what number i should set my boiler to, its not a combi boiler and dont know the make of it but it has 1-max on it. I have trv rads with no thermostat on the wall. Would it use more gas to have the boiler set at max and the trv's set at say 3 or the boiler on a low setting and trv's ona high setting?…
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Actual cost of daily KW usage ?
Hi, I'm with E-on for Gas & Electricity and they've sent me one of those monitors which is useful. At the moment i'm average about 15Kw electricity consumption per day - does this seem reasonable for a family of 4, out through the day ? Anyway i'm trying to get it down to 12 per day and ideally 10 in the summer. I was…
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Central Heating vs electric fan heaters
Help! I am a student renting in quite a badly insulated house in Manchester. In typical student fashion we have arguments about how long the heating is on for..! etc. However, a couple of my housemates have bought fan heaters to heat up their rooms?!?! I'm saying, well instead of that, we can just turn on the heating a bit…
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Combi boiler including radiator maintenance contract
How do I compare who is the best company to renew a contract for a combi boiler?
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Southern Electric
I moved into my property on 13th July 2007, and set about informing suppliers that i was the new tenant. on the side in the kitchen was a welcome pack from powergen, so i filled out the meter readings and sent it back. powergen contacted me to inform me they where not the current provider but as a new tenant I was welcome…
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B Gas faulty meter valves?
Our meter was changed a couple of years ago by United Utilities on BG's behalf. A year later I questioned the massive increase in units used and asked BG if they would check the new meter as I thought maybe this was faulty and giving a false reading. They said they would, but would charge me £90 just for coming out, so I…
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Most efficient way to use underfloor heating?
Have just moved house to a renovated barn in France. We are renting the property for 3 years and want to try to cut fuel bills as much as possible. The house has solid walls approx 2 foot wide, double glazed windows etc and scored well on the energy performance certificate. We have underfloor heating which is powered by a…
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E.on Dispute - Advice Please!
Hi, First time posting here, I hope I have the correct thread. We are with a Housing Association, and we moved into a new-build in January 2009. It took a while to find out who supplied electricity to the block, and after a while our housing officer informed us that the block was supplied by e.on. We rang e.on and set up…
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British Gas - Corporate Discount
Has anyone ever had a phone call from British Gas telling them they could get a corporate discount? I had one last night telling me because I'd recently switched away from them and because I was in the Midlands, they were doing an offer where they were offering a corporate discount of 4% to me if I switched back and then…
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Noticed a possible issue with my bathroom radiator?
To be short n sweet, the bathroom radiator was piping hot at the bottom and luke warm at the top indicating trapped air. I've released the air and fired on the CH. The issue, I see is that one valve is open (TRV side) and the other is tight closed. Shouldn't both be fully open? Thanks.
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Scottish Power Doorstep Misrepresentation
Scottish Power salesmen went door to door in Poole, Dorset yesterday. They wore grey outfits with yellow trim that made them look like engineers. They also had yellow radiator keys hanging round their necks. The one that came to our door tried to lead me to believe that he was my provider and wanted to check my bill to…
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edf energy or ovo any good
hi all, we have been with scottish power for a couple of years and have had no problems, but looks like now is the time to change suppliers. have used a couple of the comparison sites and edf + ovo have come out on top. our current monthly direct debit is approx £80, ( 40 for both gas and electricity) we are on a standard…
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FEED IN TARIFFS Vs PENSIONS/ ISAs
Having recently been quoted £11,300.00 for a solar P.V. installation at my house, and with estimated savings/ returns of £1000.00 p/a, how does this stack up against investing the cash in an ISA or pension. Can someone provide figures as an example? Can i find a simple site to compare them?:
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help please!!!!!!! can they really do this????!!!
hi, i have quite a problem with Eon!!! i switched to Eon in May 2009 to a dual fuel tariff in a property i was renting i had no problem with them while i was with them. i set up my direct debit for a set amount which i thought was for my gas and electricity!! any way i moved out of the property July 2010. i had my final…
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Confused - SP 24% price rise!!
I've recently signed up to Scottish Power (3 months ago), and I've just received an email saying the price has gone up by 24% as of 2 months ago. Being a bit annoyed by this I've just gone straight to the price comparison sites, but the cheapest deal I can find is showing as £27 a year more expensive than my current one.…
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Scottish Power - can i extend my current contract?
Hello all, Ive been with SP for 4 years and Im on a really good deal. This ends at the end of Feb.. What are my chances of extending this contract or asking for the same again? Thanks
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Scottish Power Rep - can u help? My Energysaver9 contract is ending
Scottish Power rep - can you help? or anybody??? I am on Online Energy Saver 9 Dual Fuel from ScottishPower. I am 10 months into the contract. The contract finishes on 31st March 2011 and I received an email the other day saying that my prices have gone up (backdated from Nov 25) What are my options? I have read that I can…
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Money sitting in Scottish power account - how do I get it back?
Hi, I'm about to switch supplier using this site and checked how much I am in credit with my supplier. I have almost £300 of credit with Scottish Power. What is the best way to get this back? Will my new supplier chase the money for me, or do I do nothing and Scottish Power will credit my account when I leave them? Or do I…
