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Advice on buying wood down south
Hi all Multi fuel stove been fitted on Tuesday, just in time for summer:j:j But having read many posts on here I now want to find a decent wood supplier for the winter and get all stocked up. I'm on the outskirts on London near Heathrow. Also I see lots of people selling cheap wood on ebay but I have no idea how you would…
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Countrywide or calor for LPG?
Hi, On a metered estate and just about to change supplier. Flogas just upped our cost to 66p/litre Calor quote 47p and countrywide 46. Calor have the clause that you can leave if they rise by more than 3.5p/litre over 3m (so 28p/litre over 2 years leaving a possible max price of 75p/litre by the end) Countrywide have no…
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Need advice for heating system in my new home
Hello My Wife and I are about to move into our home we have just purchased. The previous owner had never installed any central heating in the house and had run everything off plug in, portable electric heaters. We would like to get central heating installed pretty quickly as well as look towards being energy efficient. I…
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Log Burner with Back Boiler
Hi does anyone know the best place to sell a multifuel stove apart from Ebay we bought it last year have never used it as we did not realise it cant be fitted to this house for lots of reasons, so we are sellling the log burner and the dunsley type neutraliser we are going to lose money as it is (our own fault for not…
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New oil fired boiler or is there a better option?
Hello all, I've been a member of this forum for a couple of years but never posted before. Our Trianco oil boiler is 28+ years old and I'm looking to replace it with something more efficient. I have been looking at most of the options for over a year now and it seems that I'm fairly limited in my choice of heating methods.…
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Need a new oil tank-best outlet to buy from?
I have noticed a few tiny cracks in the top of my oil storage tank, so it's going to need replacing soon (it's eight years old). Can anyone recommend a good and reasonably priced supplier in the Pembrokeshire area?
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Renewable heat incentive
Delayed yet again, originally it was to be launched in 2010 and now 'likely date' is Summer 2013. Forgive the pun but I think the Government are scared of getting their fingers burnt like with FIT. http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/meeting_energy/Renewable_ener/incentive/incentive.aspx Just as well my Ecodan ASHP is…
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how much oil a year if super economical?
I've read many threads on here saying 2000 litres is the average for oil usage, but that seems so high. We are a super economical couple, my gas bill for the last year was £200 ..... we have gas central heating and a gas hob sooooo my question is - is there anyone out there whose super economical who can tell me how much…
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Wood burning stoves and chimney sweep prices
How much do you pay to get your chimney swept ?
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Boiler Replacement
Hi Guys, Just brought a flat and i'm looking to get the boiler replaced. I currently have a Pottertons Kingfisher MF with a ancient looking control panel, i think its a Landis & GYR, there is also a pump connected as its a flat without a gravity system. So we have heating but no hot water at all. The boiler doesn't even…
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how much heating oil will my home use???
Official MSE Insert: If you've arrived from Google, our fully researched Cheap Heating Oil guide may be helpful. Back to the original post... hi guys i need some help! i am looking to rent a 3 bed semi and it uses heating oil the boiler looks fairly modern and the is no arga there is a large green tank in the garden and i…
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Electricity advice (rural location)
Hello, We live in a rural area and we have a 2 bedroom house which has 3 storage heaters and 2 electric heaters which are all about 15 yrs old. Although the first couple of bills seemed to be pretty low with just under £200, I was expecting our next winter bill for around £380 for a two bedroom property, and only using 2…
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Debris fallen into hearth
Morning everyone. Just noticed that i have 2 chunks of debris that have fallen from my chimney into my hearth. Both are around 6 inches across and appear to be either some sort of mortar or clay (?) - these are far too large for a bird to drop down so must be something more sinister. Has anyone got any ideas? should i get…
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MSE News: Certainty for households as Government solar subsidy bid defeated
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The Supreme Court today refused the Government permission to appeal a ruling its solar subsidy cuts were unfair..." Read the full story: Certainty for households as Government solar subsidy bid defeated
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Wood burning stoves and what do you burn ?
I have two stoves,one small and one large and I find whisky staves are great in the small one :D All American White oak soaked in bourbon :beer: and only £6 a bulk bag :T I use a wood charity place for logs for my big stove. I have had the stoves for 4 years and it took a few years of hits and misses before finding the…
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how much to have central heating installed
Can some one give me a rough price on installing gas central heating , will need new boiler , 7 radiators. There are fitting there but rads all been taken away thanks
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Free Solar panels - What's the catch...
Hi, my father (OAP) has been approached by these guys www freepvsolarpanels co uk. Does anyone have any experience of them. It doesn't mention any tie'ins with a particular electricity company or resale of the property etc. Also the person put my father under the impression that he has free electricity during the day and…
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Bought a house and got no hot water!
Hi, Apologies for my jargon - I'm completely hopeless when it comes to stuff like this! I just bought a house and the hot water doesn't work. The timer is a Randall 102 which seems to function OK and moves round as time passes. I enquired with the Estate Agent and they said the previous owner said I should switch it from…
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Multi-fuel stove not really heating the house.
Hi there, all you knowledgeable stove people, I have a problem with my Stovax 7 inset multi-fuel stove. Basically, in the height of the winter, the stove doesn't really throw out as much heat as we were expecting. This became apparent when we recently visited someone with a different stove and the difference was enormous.…
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Really OLD Potterton Oil Boiler
wonder if anyone can help - we ran out of oil, we were away and hadn't realised it was that low, but then there is no guage so can't tell Anyway it was without oil for 5 days now has oil and won't work!!! ARRGGHHH Anyone know how to get it to work????????? Our landlord is gonna go mad if we have broken the old thing.
