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Bulk LPG - Cheapest suppliers / supply route?
Hi all, Moved into a house in Jan that has a bulk LPG tank, which was previously supplied (and the tank is owned by) Calor. The contract they were really keen for me to sign was quite a restrictive lock in one and after speaking and a bit of negotiating they dropped the standing charge and discounted the pence per litre by…
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Removing an LPG tank
We've recently had our LPG boiler removed and replaced with an ASHP as part of the ECO scheme, as such the LPG tank in the front garden is now redundant and needs to go. We had a contract with Avanti Gas which expired in January and they've quoted me £500 + VAT to take the tank away and an additional £280 + VAT to pump the…
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Bulk LPG Tanker (in)accuracy
Since 2012, I have closely monitored my bulk LPG tank gauge, particularly before and after a tank fill. I have used this data to predict how much LPG should be delivered. Until 2020, the predicted figure was within 1% of the actual delivered volume, sometimes the deviation was positive, others, it was negative. However,…
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Be warned - Value Oils/Watson Fuels
Not sure what's going on with these companies but they are failing to deliver what they say they will. Value Oils has been pushing for pre-Xmas delivery of oil for over a month, so we placed an order 30th November with delivery by 18th Dec. No delivery has arrived and I've chased every day since, being told that it would…
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Cheap Heating Oil guide discussion
This thread is specifically to discuss the Cheap Heating Oil article To discuss or ask a question about this article: click reply
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Door not closing tightly
Newbies to stoves! We have 2 Firemaster stoves. The door on the one in the dining room fits perfectly. Have done the paper test & you cannot pull it through. However we have problems with the lounge one. When alight it burns quickly and you can pull paper through the door when closed. Our first thought was to swap the rope…
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Understanding EPC & heating differences
we had an EPC performed on a flat, and got a rating of C 76 points. Same build ground floor units range from a score of 60 to 76. our aim is to be social responsible landlords and our current rents are between 60 and 75% of the going rate, Affordability therefore to upgrade is going to be hard so we need any help we can…
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Is there any funding remaining for ECO4?
I live in a rural village that has no mains gas. I have oil-fired central heating. My boiler is well over twenty years old and I was anticipating changing it next year as I've had an oil leak. In October a chap came to my door and told me about ECO4. It sounded great and so they sent a surveyor to carry out an EPC survey…
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TANK REMOVAL
Currently with Avanti, and out of contract. Tried to switch but informed that my above tank is non compliant, due to boundaries not being within the required distance. I am considering changing my energy supply to an electric boiler. Can anyone advise if I will need to pay the costs for removing the tank?
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Installing new oil boiler
My house is not suitable for air source heating due to its age and building style. Have had an engineer out to check. I live very rurally and gas will never reach me and I don't like the idea of calor. So, at present my central heating is powered by woodburning stoves. I am getting old and this is becoming quite…
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AvantiGas - Non Compliant illegal in-ground tank
Moving into this property I found myself with an existing non-compliant LPG tank which by being UK non-compliant (it is in the EU), is unsafe and illegal to have on my premises.Because if this, I am unable to transfer to any other LPG supplier. As soon as I mention my current supplier is AvantGas, they automatically refuse…
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Tank removal after contract end with Flogas
My contract with Flogas ends in two weeks. I have given them 42 days notice that I no longer need LPG and requested tank removal. Basically they are saying I have to pay £550 plus vat or continue paying tank rental and keep the tank in the garden. They do have clauses in the small print of there contracts about the uplift…
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Removal of LPG tank at purchased property
Hello, We recently purchased a property that has an LPG tank that we do not use. The LPG supplier is putting pressure on us to enter into a contract with them although we said that we want them to remove the tank from our property. They was to charge us £1000 to remove it, although we do not have a contract with them and…
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Beware Boiler Juice
"You pay £286.25" says the email in bold orange type, echoing the heating oil price quoted on Boiler Juice's website quotation a few minutes before. But wait a minute. The website quotes a price of 52.24 per litre. Now my maths can be shaky at times but 500 x 52.24 doesn't make £286. Is it the extra a VAT charge? No. It's…
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BAXI ECOGEN gas boiler micro chp
Does anyone out there have one of these? I had one installed in 2011. There were problems with it, and it was replaced in 2013. I had a maintenance contract with Baxi, that included an annual service. But when I phoned to make an appointment for this year's service in july, They told me they had cancelled the contract…
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Is this a scam? I keep getting these letters.
Is this letter a scam?
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Can you paint on the reflective foil behind a radiator without materially damaging its effectivenes.
Obviously if you paint on the foil it will no longer reflect light, but will it continue to reflect infrared heat well - even if not quite as well as if it wasn't painted?
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Treated wood and chimney
Now I wouldn't do this given I don't fancy poisoning my neighbours, but people obviously do burn treated wood. Also imo, a wood stove is far more of a lifestyle choice if you didn't have it in the house to begin with and it isn't cheap compared to say a heat pump or even gas half the time Would burning treated wood also…
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Biomass wood pellets - Have you seen the prices??
I'm shocked at the difference in wood pellets already. A year ago I bought a 65 bag pallet for £260 and now the cheapest I can find is £485. An 86% increase.... It's going to be a damn cold winter....
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Multi fuel stove novice Which smokeless coal?
I've just got a Woodford Chadwick 5 installed. The local coal merchant recommended homefire ovals,I'm struggling to get heat from them. Can I burn wood with coal etc? I was going to try anthracite on a bed of wood. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Has anyone got or ever used a paraffin inverter heater
Has anyone got or used a paraffin inverter heater to heat there home. they seem to be very popular in france and japan.
