LPG, heating oil, solid & other fuels

Archives for May 2012

Northern Ireland RHPP announcement
Soory not allowed to post links but you get the idea www detini gov uk/deti-energy-index/northern_ireland_renewable_heat_premium_payment_scheme_.htm Technology Voucher Value Air Source Heat Pump £1,700 Biomass boiler £2,500 Ground Source or Water Source Heat Pump £3,500 Solar Thermal Hot Water £320
Intelligent central heating controls?
With some recent press about Nest intelligent thermostats being sold in the USA only, I did a little digging and stumbled across a firm in Bristol which seems to sell something pretty clever. They are called Datatherm Intelligent Central Heating systems, and appear to be have been around for a fair bit. The two areas that…
LPG Tank condition - barrier to changing supplier
When we moved into our house in Feb 2010, we became LPG users for the first time. In all innocence I signed up to the 2-year contract Calor offered. 2 years and a new, £6,000 central heating system later, we are mercifully out of contract. I have been shocked by how expensive LPG is, and particularly how Calor seem to have…
Help Please!!! Baffled by Stoves!
Hi everyone I'm hoping someone out there can help me! For about 3 months now I have been searching the internet for a Multifuel Stove for our kitchen. We currently have an open fireplace so will be getting the chimney lined. My problem is is that we want a Multifuel Stove with an integral boiler. We have about 18 rads in…
Recommend a propane supplier in Nottingham
Anyone able to recommend one? Need an 11kg bottle of propane and a regulator for BBQ.
Rocket stove inside?
Can you use a rocket stove inside a house or flat? I hear if its well designed and you use clean dry wood it is so good that hardly any smoke comes off it. I dont want to set off fire alarm, also consider long term smell or colouring of inside of my flat. I would love a wood burning stove of some king but no way can have a…
Does under flooring heating cost?
I hear people say that under flooring heating is expensive to run. But how expensive. Does anyone know?? I was thinking of having it in hall way and downstairs shower room (still to be built!). Look forward to your responses.
quote for a new boiler stove!
Just had a qoute to replace our stove. Heats 10 rads and does hot water. Was told best stove for the job is a woodwarm 20kw boiler stove. Stove alone is over 3k, plus hearth, plumbing it in( rads etc all already there), liner to be put in. Total cost 6k. Seems so much. If i lived somewhere other than the !!!! end of no…
buyreddiesel web site is scam
buyreddiesel .co.uk web site is a scamI have recently been scammed by this 'company' apparently selling red diesel fuel. It seems to be a similar scam to the one involving domestic heating oil which has been reported by the BBC. They take your money and deliver nothing. It has been reported and West Yorkshire Police are…
why isnt heating oil falling as the world price of oil has fallen dramatically
why isnt heating oil falling as the owrld price of oil is falling, is it due to restriction of stocks from the refinery thus creating supply demand constraints, any comments
What saw
OK, we have a petrol chainsaw but can anyone recommend a saw for cutting up lots of narrower lengths of tree that are not really worth firing the chainsaw up for. I know we could use a handsaw and axe but we have quite a lot and DH has a heart condition so don't want to risk him ending up at A & E with it. He's a beggar as…
Considering a wood burner - any advice?
As above - we are considering installing a wood burner with a vertical flue that will exit near the top of the ground floor ceiling as we do not have a chimney - 1970s property. We have a contact (friend of a friend) who works for a company that sells them and has been pretty helpful so far, but wanted to hear from people…
Quick question on electric heaters?
I have E7 and storage heaters in new house. While I know how how this will be best used in winter, I'm pretty certain using one or two electric heaters as and when needed will be cheaper for spring/summer nights if it's chilly. Overnight, 7 hours at 3.5 kW and 6.97p per unit = £1.70per day Vs. Evenings up to 3 hours at 2kW…
Fireglow or Villager log burner
Hi, I'm trying to find reviews for Fireglow log burners, that they any good or just cheap and nasty? Are Villager stoves any better?
is my night storage faulty?
hello, I have a night storage heater put in by Npower some years ago and I found that to get any reasonable heat I have to turn it up to the highest setting!, I am not sure what effect this will be having on my bills? and why do I have to turn it up to 6 , the highest setting to get any power out of it?., I thought it was…
HETAS Fitters?
Can we use this forum for asking people to PM me with a suitable/reputable HETAS engineer, we want to get a Logburner installed and have had one quote but i want to compare, also after a reputable online company for a 7Kw Burner....? Any ideas M Near to Chelmsford Essex btw
my big issue-heating!
hello, can anyone advise? I have just looked at my usage for this weekend, £1.65 for two days and £10 for the electric storage heater!! :mad: sound familiar!.( I am in the North) it is cold up here. I have only one of these monstrosities, the estate was built in the 1970's with no gas supplied to it, so we have no choice…
No mains gas - which is the best alternative?
Hi, I would appreciate any advice given. I am due to complete on a property with no mains gas supply to the village. At present, the house has a solid fuel boiler, heated by anthracite pellets. This boiler is in need of replacement. So far, I have looked into replacement solid fuel boilers, Rayburns and electric combo…
Flogas Facebook Group
Hi, I'm trying to get Flogas to buck up their ideas, so i'm going to try a Facebook users group, (i have tried dealing with them directly with no success) Anyone who uses flogas please join the group and hopefully we can get enough members that they might listen. We can all but try…
Should you insulate a chimney liner?
We're having our log burner installed by a HETAS engineer in a few weeks. The people that owned the house before us installed the stove but not to building regs, and there is no liner. It's a 1930 chimney so would really benefit from a liner. However, the HETAS engineer who is reinstalling it for us, along with a new…

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