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butane prices 13kg & 15kg
I now used two butane heater to heat my home which works well and far cheaper than the expensive to run exhaust air source heat pump that my landlord has installed in my the home which I no long use But since last time i brought the cylinder the price has gone up I get calor and flogas and countrywide gas here but they…
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Powerflush of combi boiler and Homeserve
Hi all, First ever post so if I contravene any rules, apologies! Our boiler has been playing up for ages, cutting out when we start using hot water. After forking out over £700 the week before Christmas to have it fixed (unsuccessfully), I bought contents insurance from the Cooperative which came with a maintenance package…
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Cheaper to use electric immersion heater ?
With the current high price of heating oil I'm wondering if it would now be cheaper to use electricity to heat water using the immersion heater ? Wouldn't know where to start to get the numbers required to work it out though
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oil heating quotes
help please ..just to ask is my quote correct..6,ooo..for oil to be installed .....pipe work existing....radiators existing ...work to be done ..install oil tank ..oil boiler.. and run pipes to join up with existing pipe work to connect up hot and cold and the radiators ..total flush of system .....standard three bed house…
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Another Calor price rise!!!
My Calor went up by 3.5ppl in December and just rec'd another letter this morning saying do to supply prob's from Middle East/North Africa it's going up again in April by another 4ppl. :mad::mad::mad: Going to write in as it is in breach of my contract which states they can only put up the price by 3.5ppl once every six…
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wood pellet help
Hi we have a charnwood multi fuel stove that we burn coal or logs in at present we have a three bedroom house, which heats up quite nicely when you get the fire going, can any one tell me whether we can use these wood pellets in them as they are relativity cheap (2.63 for a 15kg bag) they look like the cat litter that we…
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100% Electric on low incomming supply options?
I would be interested in people’s opinion in my situation to improve my heating comfort and efficiency of a property I have purchased. The property is probably about 250 years old in rural France. It has no Gas, LPG or Oil and therefore no existing installed wet radiator system. It is fed via three phase power with a…
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combi v mains pressure system
Thoughts and opinions most welcome...... Am wanting to install a central heating/hot water system to my house. House is currently a bungalow with a very big loft soon to become a second floor. Will have a downstairs shower room/toilet and one 4 piece bathroom on second floor. Problem is, which system to go for - space is…
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Worcester 18/25 external oil boiler problems
Hi, hoping someone on here may be able to give us a bit of help before monday when worcester send out another repair man. As title, we have a worcester 18/25 external oil fired combi boiler which is 18mnths old. Before christmas we had problems with the heating, hot water would work fine, but boiler wouldnt fire for…
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open fires and back boilers
Hi just wondering if we are still allowed to use back boilers with an open fire. I recently had the government scheme to give me a new boiler, and radiators. I was told this would save me money. Now this has been done, I took my back boiler out and they told me i could not use it with my open fire, so i had to pay for some…
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Ravenheat boiler RSF 84ET or 100ET
Not sure which one ours is - has anyone ever got one of these combi boilers to work properly for longer than about a couple of months without some repair or other? Were they ever fit for purpose?
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Help - No hot water or heating - ongoing problems with boiler for 4 months! Compensat
Hi Everyone, I would really like some advice here as I am in a very confusing situation, I have gotten to the end of my tether and I just don't know what to do now. I gave birth to my daughter on the 19th of November 2010, if you remember it was freezing cold weather at this time. Unfortunately I was in hopsital for 2…
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lpg heating - keep it or ditch it?
Hi, We have moved into a large stone detached house with an old lpg boiler. The house is as insulated as possible and we have 2 woodburning stoves as well. Since moving here last year, we have seen 3 price rises in the coast of lpg and now face a dilemma. My suggestion is to replace all the radiators with electric wall…
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Using 47KG LPG cylinders - advice sought from existing users
Hello and thanks for looking - I'm after a bit of advice from folks who use 47KG LPG cylinders for cooking/central heating. To cut a long story short we are going to do away with our bulk LPG tank as part of a switch from LPG to oil for our central heating. However, we are retaining the existing Rayburn (which currently…
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Slate Hearth Homemade Oil
Hello Our black slate hearth as expected gets lots of small scratches in it from day to day use. The guys that made our hearth make their own slate oil and it was great stuff as they gave me some when I had the hearth made. I recently bought some online as theirs had run out and it turned out to be pretty poor. Its very…
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Cheapest place for coal
Hello guys, My dad currently has a coal aga and multifuel central heating system. He's looking to buy coal in bulk to burn in both systems. It's anthracite coal on the aga and either on the boiler. he's in the south east of England but looking at bulk delivery Can anyone recommend the cheapest way to source bulk coal?…
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Multifuel Stove Madness!
Hi all, We've just bought a house, and are trying to work out the heating arrangements so that we can plan any alterations. There are two wood burners in the living room. One is just for heat, whilst the other has a back boiler which heats 5 radiators and the hot water systems. There are no labels on the smaller one, but…
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Economy 7 and My Bills
Hi, I have question regarding Economy 7 meter reading and billing. I am currently with Scottish Power and switched from EDF. Last week I received bill for more than £660, which is around £125 p/m. I live in 2 bed room flat powered by electricity only. They give me following reading: Read 1 034289 Night Read Read 2 054674…
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Best way to get hot water pressure?
We currently live in a 3 bedroom house that has a conventional boiler with a cylinder that is quite old but is still working. Now the hot water from all taps is relatively slow but the cold water has alot of pressure but we mainly want hot water pressure from the bath tap so we can fit a mixer shower head to the taps. We…
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Combi or stored hot water
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