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veg oil boiler!!
Does anyone know where I can get a pre-heater for my oil boiler so I can run it on veg oil??? Thanks
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Cost of wood and smokeless fuel
Does anyone know what sort of prices i should be paying for wood and smokeless fuel for my multi fuel burner? Weve only just moved into this house and previous owners had it installed. Ive never had one before so have no idea what is cheap and what is expensive!! A 10kg bag of smokeless in the petrol station set me back…
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Credanet Storage Heaters Not working - Cardiff
Hi Forum I have credanet storage 'heaters' in my flat and again this year they are not working properly. Credanet is supposed to be very efficient but all I've had is grief with them and expensive bills. I've had a guy out but he didn't undersatand it, I really need someone who knows about these heaters to have a look…
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Solid fuel central heating - summer showers, amount of wood for winter etc
Hello, We in the process of buying a house that currently has a multi-fuel burner with a boiler providing central heating and hot water. Hot water tank also has an immersion heater. We (myself and fianc!) have a shower each everyday. Have a number of questions: a) With a well insulated tank, would there be enough hot water…
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Storage heater and electricity charges
I have a one bedroom flat. I did not use my storage heater for a year and still was paying £70 a month all year round on economy 7. I contacted my electricity provider who advised I was on the wrong tarrif and had overpaid by nearly £300 but I cannot have this money back. They would only change my tarrif. I now have one…
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oil or gas heating?
Are oil and gas boilers basically the same, just that they use different fuels and what are the comparable running costs? It is just that I have seen house I would like to buy but it has oil central heating, there is no gas anywhere near.
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Confused - too many choices
Hiya. I recently moved into an old cottage that runs a solid wood burner attached to a back boiler which heats my radiators and water. I rent this property. The landlord wants to put in 4 x 47kg LPG gas cylinders but I am worried that it is going to cost me more than buying wood. A load of wood lasts me 3 weeks and costs…
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The Economy Radiator Company
The above thread was posted about a year ago. I was about to place an order with the company and decided to do some more research before spending that amount of money. I saw the thread posted here and this: freeindex.co.uk/profile(kalirel)_39338.htm. The guy they are talking about is the guy I'm about to order from!! What…
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advice needed
Hi, I wanted to find out how much electicity does one electic storage heater use. I am on Economy 7 tariff. Yesterday, just before going to bed, I took my meter reading which was: Total 01330 Rate4 (day) 00665, at 21.110p Rate1 (night) 00664 at 4.60p Today I checked: Total 01340 Rate 4 (Day) 00674 Rate 1 (Night) 00666 As…
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Baxi Combi Instant 105e hot water works but no heating!
Hi I have a Baxi Combi Instant 105e. The hot water preheat function works, and so does the normal hot water function when you turn on the tap. You can hear the pump starting up, the clicking of the diverter valve, and clicking on the spark and the lighing of the flame. It then heats up the water to the desired temperature…
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Central heating/boiler upgrade, advice please!
I'm in the process of completely renovating a bungalow and the current central heating system is very old so will need upgrading. The bungalow currently only has one bathroom but we are planning to make it into a 4 bed house with 3 bathrooms in the near future. For those reasons I have been told that it makes sense to have…
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What is cheaper to run Vaillant ecotec plus 837 or 937
Hi guys just want to know what is cheaper to run vaillant eco tec plus 837 or 937? Thankss
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coal or wood boilers
I hope someone can help. I currently have oil central heating and hot water,but would like to change to a boiler which I can feed wood and coal into. I only have a 2 up and 2 down house with no utility room so would have to go into the kitchen and be no bigger than a washing machine. I already have a log/coal burning stove…
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Central heating won't go off!
My oil fired heating is set via timer to go off at around 8.15. However it hasn't!! Other than switching off at the mains it won't stop, as soon as I switch the mains back on it fires the boiler up again, even though the timer lights are all off and it's set to the off position. Can anyone point me in the direction of…
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Central Heating - Power Flush
Hi There...any help on this would be much appreciated! Basically I have had trouble with my Boiler for a while, I live in new build flats (2.5 years old) and have a combi boiler, with no radiators as we have under floor heating. In a nut shell when i run hot water it goes hot-cold-hot-cold, or is just mainly cold...also…
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Soggy Coal
This is my 1st winter in a house with a coal fire central heating system. We get our coal delivered open sack straight into the coal bunker. We have an old style concrete bunker and it seems to have got a fair bit of water in it. The coal is very soggy. It does light but it takes a while, once it is going it is normally OK…
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Best Heating for Rented Flat
Hi all, Can't quite find the answer in other posts so thought I would post my own. I live in a top floor rented one-bed flat (the flat below me being unoccupied at the moment), and it's...freezing. Due to some problems with a previous tenant, the flat only has basic plug-in electric (convector) heating on E7 with pre-pay…
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burning smokless fuel and wood
I only burn wood, but a friend of mine burns smokeless fuel and wood at the same time. I'm aware that wood has about half the calorific content of SF. He thinks that the way the heat is radiated from SF, means it heats the stove and therefore the room, better than wood. He thinks this is due to the way SF burns, it…
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Wood burner chimey lining - Help!
Hi all, I am aiming to install a multi fuel stove and have obtained a quote to have my chimey lined. We live in a victorian townhouse and the chimney has failed (smoke leaking in to bedroom above!) so we have no choice about re-lining the chimney. I have received a quote of £100 per metre installed and they are using a…
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Help needed please - CH for someone with dementia
Hi, I have an old age relative who suffers severe dementia. She lives alone but has frequent daily care provided in her own home. The problem is that when she is alone she turns the room thermostat on the gas central heating down but then forgets she's done it and the house ends up getting quite cold until one of the…
