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With gas boilers potentially being banned in new homes from 2025, should we look at alternatives now
We need to replace our boiler ASAP and I'm wondering if it's worth looking at heat/air pumps? They're very expensive on the up front cost but it looks like in the (very) long run the savings make it worthwhile? I'm a bit concerned about the work involved though, and the physical space it uses. Any thoughts please? Thanks
Replacing boiler, but we have a Solar iBoost - go with combi?
Hi, We're replacing our boiler and everything seems to be pointing towards a combi boiler, especially looking at this list of pros and cons. The problem is we have solar powered hot water at the moment, and in 5 years it's helped us save 1,898kWh in electricity... at our current energy rate with Bulb (12.443p) that's a…
BEVs deals and information
A thread for deals on BEVs This seems very tempting £5,631 for two years brand new EV No road tax £300 No MOT £100 No congestion charge. £xyz Around £2,350 fuel savings over the two years Around £250 electric cost Overall cost of ownership would be circa £5631 - £2,000 fuel - £300 road tax -£100 MOT +£250 electric so about…
Geeky question about solar yield data...
Hi all, We've had our 4.35 kWp solar PV installed since the end of March and I'm trying to work out how we are doing in terms of meeting our yield projections. Just a bit of fun really, I know the future weather is a bit of an unknown. :) I found some historic data from someone local with a similar install to mine and it…
Who benefits financially from exported electricity?
I live in a village, Not many houses here have solar panels so it's fairly likely that any unused electricity that leaves my house is used elsewhere in the village. But my export is not metered so nobody knows how much all the electricity suppliers to the village have saved because of me. If the electricity suppliers don't…
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