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Booking British Gas Annual Service
BG are sending me (by mail) reminders that I have not yet booked our annual HomeCare boiler service. It's not for want of trying! Each time I go into my online account and try, it only offers me one 2-hour slot, no option to choose another day or time, and the two I have been offered so far were not suitable as no-one…
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Any help appreciated - energy suppliers Dec 2014 - Oct 15
I've recently found out my supplier failed to send a notification letter at the ending stages of my initial year contract deal (found through here). Things got a little hectic in life, enough so, that I forgot to check myself. There is a responsibility on the company, however, so this falls on them. What I'm looking for…
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Buying Solar Panels from SolarKing with their *get-it-today* discount
Looking for some advice on whether the solar panels company below is trustworthy and quality. They are offering a sizeable discount if I say Yes today but I obviously want to check them out properly. I have work to be doing but will say yes or no in the next couple of hours. Any useful info about them or what to check…
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Fitting mantle near flue pipe
Hi there, Sorry if this has already been discussed but I couldn't see it on this forum. We have recently had a log burner installed in our home and had ensured that we could have a wooden mantle with it as it stated that the distance from the stove to a combustible material must exceed 800mm (which it does). What we failed…
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New Gas Safety Certificate needed?
I am having a new gas boiler fitted tomorrow in a rented property. Will I need a new gas safety certificate? The present gas safety certificate runs out in March 2016. The only other gas appliance in the house is the gas hob. Would a new certificate cost extra on top of the cost of installing the new boiler?
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quarterly meter when not working
i just switched to Ebico who are great! a friend is on sick but wants a normal quarterly meter. How can he get one? Will Ebico change it for him or another company? He is trying to get away from EON rid off merchants. thanks everyone :) Kim
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Moving house while still repaying new boiler and stuff
We have been forced to replace the entire heating system due to a fault. And the only way we could do it was to take a deal with British Gas. We are left with 7k loan still to be repaid and want to move house. But this seems like such a waste to us, to just leave this, now 1.5 year old equipment while we still have to pay…
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Help I need a operating manual
I hope someone can help me on here I have just bought a property that has two EEPC ceramic radiators and I have no instructions, I have found some on line but the part I need is how to unlock I think you press two of the buttons together? But I seem to of tried all and nothing helps, I think they were bought from ideal…
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Oil Fired Hot Water.. Explain?
Hi We have just moved into a new house that has oil fired heating and water and there's no chance of connecting to gas. We've never had oil before and I'm not sure if this is standard or a different type of boiler but I can't work out when we need to put the water on. According to the previous owners the boiler (which is…
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wood burners and asthma
2 out of 4 in our family have mild asthma. Does anyone here have experience of whether a (New, modern) wood burning stove is likely to aggravate asthma? Thank you
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Neighbours smoke coming down my chimney?
Hi Everyone I have a problem that I need advice on please. I live in an older style semi property and share a chimney stack with the adjoining neighbour. Recently they have had a new wood burning stove fitted and their part of the chimney properly lined. I have also just had my part of the chimney swept so all should be…
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Wood burning stove-smoke coming from my chimney
Hi everyone. After having my Firefox 4.5 multi fuel stove installed for 11 months,a couple of days ago I received a letter from the council informing me that a neighbour has seen smoke coming from my chimney.I thought the stove that I bought was smoke exempt so rushed outside to check for myself(i had only just put the…
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Woodburning stove vents
Hi everyone, quick question, so I've been using a wood burner in a house I'm currently renting (so it's not mine) and it tears through everything, far too much draw, and opening and closing the main vent made no difference at all. So I located the problem that the top of the glass wasn't sealed, there was a few mil gap…
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Help with oil heating?
We recently moved home, the house has a Grant Vortex condensing oil heating system. Anyway the damn thing seems to take forever to heat up. Even after an hour OK yes the radiators are warm but you can still hold them so not boiling hot. I have the thermostat in the house set at 25c and on the outside boiler the little dial…
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Storad Storage Heater help
Hi all, Recently moved into a 1 bed flat with some old brown and cream storad storage heaters in and I'm new to the economy 7 style of working. Now my questions are: The heater has a convection dial on the left and then two switches on the right (I'm thinking these are input switches). Am I right? And if so, how do i then…
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Oil/LPG advice req
Stalwart Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 517 Thanked 173 Times in 111 Posts Default LPG/OIL advice req My mother in laws house has no gas supply she has had storage heaters for years which are next to useless we are thinking about going down the Oil or LPG route from the little research ive done it seems LPG is slightly cheaper…
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Oil heating issues?
We recently moved home and the house has oil heating, it has a condensing oil fired boiler but the problem is unless I am doing something wrong takes ages to heat the house. After half an hour half the radiators are still cold, after an hour most are warm but they are not even that warm, you could easily hold your hand on…
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oil combi or system boiler?
Hi, my combi boiler is on its last legs and due replacement. A really strong shower is important to me. The water board tell me mains pressure for my house is good? There is only me but in a four bed house. I understand that a combi makes sense for 1 person but a powerful shower flow is really important to me and I…
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Calor terminating LPG supply - Alternative needed
Calor have telephoned us to say the LPG bulk tank that currently only serves 2 properties on our road will be switched off 'imminently', the reason they have given is "a problem with the pipework". My wife is a chemical engineer and works in the oil and gas industry so was interested in the reasoning behind the decision…
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British Gas Hive Heating Registration for Used Systems
Hi everyone, Has anyone been able to register a hive account for a second hand system that was purchased from new. I understand that you get a registration email with log on when you buy it new but what do you do if you dont buy it new. I was given the hub and receiver unit recently and have just bought an unused…
