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Electric Heating Costs
Hi all! I'm looking at moving if I get a job I've applied for and where my partner and I would be moving too doesn't have gas at all and the only heating options are: electric, oil, LPG or solid fuel (coal or peat). We've seen a recently refurbished house which has all electric heating ('Total Control' we were told) and…
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Solar Panels
I have been looking at the installation of solar panels for a month or so and have had 2 companies round for quotes. Both seemed competent and answered my questions well. I have a SW facing roof which is good, live near south coast which is good but have some shade from trees so they knocked off 20%. One quoted for 9x245…
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Meterman Trespass
I made an appointment during the week for my gas and electric meters to be read as there has been some confusion about meter readings due to the height and accesssibility of the electric meter. So I patiently waited inside listening for the doorbell. I had unlocked the cupboard housing the meter (in the porch) as well as…
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Is anyone here an electrical engineer with technical knowledge.
I have had problems getting my metre read following mains installation and after numerous requests for a key from the electric board ( which has resulted in several wrong keys being sent or ignored completely ) we took matters into our own hands and forced the door to take a metre reading. Anyway there is a huge…
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Co-op Energy Raises Prices
Expected I suppose. 18% for Gas & 11% for Electricity. http://www.cooperativeenergy.coop/2011/09/29/co-operative-energy-increases-prices-but-sticks-to-its-competitive-pledge/
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8,000 pound gas bill I did not use
I was wondering if anybody else has had a problem like mine. I have been given a bill for 8,000 pounds which I did not use. I am a landlord and have a house divided into 3 flats. All bills are paid by the tenants as they signed contracts to do this. Also the tenancy has been arranged by an agency which handles the full…
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Moving to new build - Suppliers
Am moving to a new build in November. Currently have British Gas (Gas) and EDF Energy (Electric) at my present property. I am confused as to who to go with in the new property as I won't have any previous data to go on. Has anyone been in this situation and what did they do, just keep with existing suppliers, or cancel at…
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Fischer Storage Heaters
Official MSE insert: Fischer Future Heat has an adjudication against it for a previous promotional campaign. See the ASA Adjudication Back to the original post... Does anyone have any experience of Fischer Storage Heaters? (website is fischer-futureheat.co.uk/fischer-storage-heaters.php They claim these heaters are 40-50%…
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Boiler replacement cylinder + controller - fair quote?
Hi all, I have just been told that I need a new 36 x 18 cylinder and Honeywell Controller due to leakage from cylinder, severe limescale etc. Quote is £600 + VAt for cylinder, £340 + VAt for Honeywell. Is that reasonable for Essex? Many thanks, Patrick
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Frightening DD price increase!!
On opening my bank statements to reconcile my accounts, I find my Gas and Electricity suppliers, British Gas, have raised my monthly direct debit from £74.00 to £202.00 a month, I calculate that at about 270% or an anual increase of £1524.00. They did advise, by my online account, nothing in writing or by email, which I…
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fixed price for 2 years
Is it worth going for this option offered by npower
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£16,000 British Gas bill for 5 years undercharge
We have a limited company and 6 months ago tried to switch supplier for our electricity to obtain a better rate. We have been with British Gas for 3 years and prior to that we were in Bizz Energy (who got bought out by BG when they went bust). For the last five years we have paid roughly £300/month for our electricity but…
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Replacing a boiler
we have a gas boiler which is due for replacement are there any grants or deals which anyone can suggest please.
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Boilers which is the better?
Which is the better boiler to have installed A Worcester Greenstar 28i Combi or A Potterton Promax 28+ Combi. I am having a new boiler installed and cant make up my mind. Any suggestions?
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oil or Electric central heating
does anyone have any idea what if more efficient volume wise and financially?
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Can I switch supplier whilst I have a card meter?
Hi I now have a card meter supplied by E.ON for my Gas. I had racked up a debt with them of about £1k. This happened when I moved into my new home and I simply didn't do anything about the gas, electricity or the water. Thankfully I managed to get the water under control and I paid large chunks of money to my duel-fuel…
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E-On Constantly Changing! Problems
Please bare with the length! Any help is much appreciated. In August, hearing about the price increases... I used uswitch to compare which company would be cheapest for me to change to. E-On it was! Move over Southern Electric and British Gas! SaveOnline8 was the cheapest tariff so thats what I chose! (2% cheaper than the…
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Annuel consumption gas/elec Help Please
hi currently with Eon going onto EON save online 3 tariff and paying about 165 a month for both,now when on price comparisons websites and typing my annual consumption that i worked out e.g 9th OCT 10----82647 ELECT 9th OCT 10----8939 GAS upto latest give or take a week 28th Sept 1188724 ELECT 28th Sept 119606 GAS so we…
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Security Deposit
Hi, Does anybody know anything about security deposits for gas?? I have my electric with utility warehouse and have had for over a year, I know want to move my gas to them, and they have said that's fine, but they want a £100 security deposit for them to hold onto for 12 months, I pay my electric via dd and would be paying…
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Electricity bill query - what to do?
We live in a Victorian house, converted into 3 flats. The hallway electricity has it's own separate meter and the bill is split 3 ways. Our last quarterly bill was 0.75p.... very low usage! Now that EDF have introduced a standing charge our bill has increased by 13.15p per day!!! which equates to approx. £12 per quarter on…
