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Archives for May 2020

Replacing Warm Air Heating with Gas Central Heating
Hi, How much would be the estimated cost to replace an old warm air heating system with gas central heating system? Would it be best to go to the big players like British Gas or the local companies? Ground floor - lounge and kitchen First floor- 3 bedroom and bathroom Location - London Thanks very much in anticipation. JB
New boiler grants
Not sur if this is correct place but I enquired about new boiler grant and was successful. However if I want a like for like boiler I have to pay 500 if I want to convert to combi boiler it is 1000. I cautiously agreed to 1000 combi boiler. Today they rang to book me in and they said I would have to pay 1450. I said no…
Buying a house with an open fire in a smoke control area. What can I burn?
I’ve come across the term authorised fuel. What exactly does that include? I know wood and house coal are not okay. Is all anthracite okay? What about manufactured brockets. Is there an easy way to tell which are fine to use and which aren’t? Does anyone have any recommendations? The fireplace would only be used on cold…
Heating options on 2 properties?
After a relative passing away last year we are in the process of preparing everything for probate. All being well, I will inherit 2 rental properties. Both properties are in poor condition. Neither have working heating. One had storage heaters which no longer work and the other had log burners which have just been…
Comparison of energy price
Hello to all money saving experts , I hope you can help me . I have been switching energy suppliers for more than 10 years using comparing sites , trusting them that they'll do the hard work for me , every time they show me different supplier , claiming they're the cheapest one for me , for the first few months I pay the…
MASSIVE PRICE INCREASE GAS LPG - Public House.
Hi, Can you please advise us. My business, a public house (currently closed covid), in Herefordshire, runs on lpg gas, When i took over the business in 2016 the supplier was Countrywide farmers and we were happy with their prices. Since 2018 Flogas have taken over, at the time they hiked the price up to 38p litre, which we…
Annual Electricity Kwh for heating a 3 bedroom semi detached ?
I have a well insulated 3 bedroom semi-detached house with a 13 year old 24kwh gas combi boiler and 9 radiators. In the winter I keep the temperature at 20.5 and throughout the year I use 14,000kwh of gas. My energy supplier said if the house were heated only using electricity that an estimate of 8000khw of electricity…
Symbio incorrect tariff on website and confirmation email
I am have been a Symbio customer for a while and noticed they had a new tariff with a lower price and switched to another fixed rate. On the call the customer service rep told me there was a cheaper tariff than the one that I had planned to switch to. I checked their website and he was correct. I did query whether the…
Making sense of LPG running costs £/kWh calculation {Merged}
Hi, Was hoping someone could help me understand where I'm calculating this wrong. I'm trying to figure out the £/kWh of LPG. Many references on the internet state around £0.07/kWh (7 pence) for LPG, which sounds reasonable. However, the average cost per litre of LPG is around £0.50/l, which is around what we pay. - 1 litre…
Does anyone know how to get hold of Lumo (if you're not a customer yet)?
Hi all, Moved into a house on 18th March which is supplied by Lumo. Haven't heard anything from them so went online to find contact details. It seems you can only do this if you already have an account with them - everything is an online form. There's a form for filling in your details if you've moved into a Lumo-supplied…
Calor Gas ignore me....
Hi. I moved into my bungalow 4 years ago and recently I had a feeling my bills were getting higher and higher with Calor Gas. When I sent 2 emails and 2 web messages to enquire if there could be a reason for this, I was ignored on all 4 counts. 6 weeks from my initial email I decided to phone them again. (The first time I…
Air source heat pump trouble
hi having been in our HA new build house for a few months now ( really do appreciate it and still cant get over how lucky we are to be here ) ,anyway something still seems amis with the heat pump , i would be going back to the HA but with covid situation we are avoiding all contact so was putting it out there to see if…
Owed credit by eOn, where do I stand?
Hi all - sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I couldn't find it answered already :) I am about to renew my tariff with eOn (I can do this online) and have noticed that there is an £82 credit on my account. I've tried to contact them via phone and live chat and they are saying that they are only fielding emergency…

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