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LPG, heating oil, solid & other fuels
Archives for November 2016
Discussion List
Storage heater or oil filled radiator during nightime?
I have two storage heaters that come on in the night during E7 times, but they barely heat up the flat. I also have two plug in electric oil radiators that actually heat up the rooms noticably. What I'm wondering is how much of a money difference would it be if I used a timer plug for the oil radiators to come on in place…
Confused about the best water temperature for Radiators
I have a wood pellet stove that heats water for my radiators and I'm wondering what the best water output temperature is. I've read a few items on the subject and the opinions seem to range from about 65 - 70 Deg C. My system is a mix of new and fairly old steel radiators, what I read from looking at EN 442 is that the…
Student house - buying heaters
In a student house our central heating does not work so we are forced to buy heaters, we will only be heating our 4 bedrooms - nowhere else Will this be much more expensive than central heating? Could somebody please give me some information? Maybe show which electric heaters to buy? Budget of around £50 per heater, thanks
Should I go to Gas and Elec ombudsman? Help please!
Hi everyone I'd be really grateful for any help or advice anyone can give me. To cut a long story as short as I can here is a summary of the issues I've had with British Gas: *Bought a flat in May 2015 *Almost immediately received a bill from British Gas billing me for business use *Made countless phone calls from then to…
Changing from bulk LPG to Oil?
We are on bulk LPG at the moment, but whilst looking for a way to heat our very big north facing kitchen with no heating (not looking forward to doing dinner tonight!) and thinking about a solid fuel something I got talking to a local oil installer (who also sometimes has reconditioned solid fuel ranges) and he is trying…
off grid ..wood burner...what would you choose
If you were off grid for gas in an electric only older property and were looking for a multi fuel/wood burner forgetting costs and output ... which one would you choose and why
Green Star Energy
Has any one tried the unlimited gas/elec. deal from this company? It sounds too good to be true...any catch? I will appreciate any feedback
Boiler servicing contracts
Please can I ask all , if any one has had issues with what boiler service contract means from Home Energy Services HSE They claim SERVICE means general monitoring & if problems detected customer is given quote to do any repair if necessary!! Most of us interpret service where item is stripped cleaned & general items are…
PC usage
Hello Can I ask, please, how much roughly - either in money terms or KWh - a PC uses if it is on 24/7? There is no printer or scanner or anything else attached that may use extra energy - just the PC tower and (wide) screen. A rough estimate would be fine, thanks!
Open fire advice
Good morning! Our new place has an open fire, I know the previous occupant used it, as they had a wood store. We had it swept, and the other half was shown the brush sticking out the top of the house - all good. I'll be installing a multifuel stove next summer, but we thought we'd use the open fire this winter for the…
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