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clothes and accessories swapping/swishing
I'm thinking about having a swishing party to help raise funds for a charity my daughter is involved with. Having looked online, I havent actually found any 'rules' or guidance notes to help, so if anyone has any tips,suggestions or knows of any helpfull websites I should have a look at, I'd be really gratefull to hear…
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An interesting article highlighted on the Economy discussion board.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=60952511&postcount=1 I stumbled across this post on the Economy discussion board and thought I'd bring it to people's attention here (I'm not sure whether people here go any of the other forums). It's nothing we haven't seen before, but it did leave me with a sense of…
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crown jakarta management capital environmental scams refer Earth Day is an Oil Scam?
One of its fascinating revelations is that those people thought Earth Day was a crock – and were highly suspicious of the fact that the mainstream, establishment media was eagerly promoting it. An Editorial included near the front of the book is worth quoting at length: The environment may well be the gut issue that can…
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Solar
Hi all, We have been considering getting solar for a while now, mainly for financial reasons (with 4 kids the bills just seem to be ever rising) and partly for ethical reasons. I have to admit to not knowing a great deal about it - I have been looking at some of the threads and I can follow most of it, just not all the…
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Ecover free samples
Was anyone offered free samples from Ecover late last year which were delayed due to slow bottle production. If so have they arrived recently. I've received a "fee to pay" card for underpaid postage and I'm wondering if its the samples. If you have received them, are they worth more than the £1.50 fee?
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This Old House
For anyone living in or thinking of purchasing an old house built before 1900s check out this very informative website.http://www.heritage-house.org/
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pv questions before i buy
hi all am wondering about p.v but i would like to know about the real life installs.. ive a few questions about them 1) do they work 2) what sort of saving's have you made on your bills 3) what size system do you have 4) what output are you getting on average 5) how much do you get on the feed back tariff any input will be…
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PowerSpout microhydro
After an hour of casual, directionless surfing I stumbled across the PowerSpout : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXwvQfIL-M The Grid Enabled version is £999 and according to the calculator, I could produce 120w. I chuckled to myself when I saw this figure, but then I did a bit of maths and realised it would be running…
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Solar PV to power "Traditional Central Heating"
Hi I may be completely off the wall but after reading about the multiple systems to "divert unused" power to an immersion heater would it be possible to heat the central heating water using similar technology e g using an electrical element inside a radiator and pumping a system as normal. In theory this would enable…
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Purchase solar pv or pay off mortgage?
Not sure if I should purchase panels either by end of April or June? Quoted 7795 for Sun power for 4khw or main roof or 6795 with ? galliant? With two on garage as they say that cheaper ones won't all fit on main roof. Have young baby and only had time to get one quote from eco energy warehouse. I understand that fit maybe…
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Solar panels for dummies :)
Hi all, have been giving solar panels a thought for a while now and as time is going on I becoming more and more interested ... Have read the FAQ and like dreaming found most of it easy enough but some bits confusing. Like dreaming our main aim in getting the panels would be to reduce outgoings for our retirement ( ok…
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Ethical fashion
Hi everyone I am doing a project on ethical fashion and have a survey to find out peoples views of ethical fashion. If you are female and either 18-25 or 35-45 and you have the time, I would much appreciate if you post your answers in this thread Thank you in advance. In which age group do you fit into? 18-25 35-45 How…
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Solar Immersions and Megaflow CL tank
Hi all, Have had the Solar Immersions device connected to my Megaflow tank via the fusebox in the garage and it appears to be useless! The Megaflow it is fired up on the gas boiler at 5am for an hour and this normally stores all the hot water we need for the day. The Megaflow also has a socket switch next to boiler which…
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Blocked Soakaway
My property has a septic tank that needs emptying more and more frequently. Does this mean the soakaway is blocked? If so, is there any way to unblock it please? Thx
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Meat Standards Website?
Hello all I would like to keep tabs on where my meat (mostly beef, pork and chicken) is coming from, and would like to source it from countries (if I do have to eat produce from outside the UK) that have at least some basic animal welfare standards. For example, I haven't bought pork from Holland for a number of years…
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4 or 4.5 kw system?
Just looking at installing a system, we have the space for an extra couple of panels, and wondered if they would be worth installing, I appreciate the output is capped at 3.68kwp, but on less than perfect days - 90% of the time? presumably I would be generating an extra 12.5%? it would seem the panels are relatively cheap…
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Conergy panels and Aurora invertor, good deal?
We have a large(ish) unshaded roof 15' east of south, angle about 29', so seems pretty ideal? We have received an quote for 16 conergy 250p panels and aurora PVI 3.6 of £6,390which seems quite fair, is this a decent system? I don't want a cheap system, I want a good system cheap! as it will be on my roof for a long time, I…
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genius energy free solar panels
hi can some please tell me if this is a genuine company, sounds to good to be true, should i give it a go , can someone please help me, genius-energy.co.uk
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Has anyone got a Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat?
I'm looking at smart heating controls Here is the BGAS one... http://www.britishgas.co.uk/products-and-services/remote-heating-control.html?bglink_id=imm10035#.UWReYbAq3D2 I quite like this, purely because the website is easy to use, I can see exactly what they offer, I can see exactly how much it's going to cost. I've…
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Instant hot water tap
I'm just about to replace my kitchen and am considering one of these instant hot water taps. I'm interested in anyones experience of them? Thankyou for any thoughts Beauts
