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LPG Government support
Contacted my LPG gas supplier (flogas) looking for info on when I would receive my £200 help toward costs, now colder weather is coming in and costs a fortune to heat my home. Anyways, got told that this £200 will be transfer towards my electricity!!!! Anyone else has this info? I would really prefer it on my LPG, can they…
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Calor Bulk LPG - major issues?
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the apparent issues at Calor? I've had a search round a few consumer sites and can't find anything but there seems to be major problems. We ran out of gas on Saturday morning (despite being on auto top-up). Phoned Calor 5/6 times over the weekend, always told the same message…
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How do I claim?
Hi All. I pay for 47kg lpg gas bottles online with Flogas to heat my home, as there is no mains gas supplied in my area. How do I claim for the £200 help in February 2023 as it is not supplied through my electricity supplier?
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Heating Oil or Mains Gas?
We are currently renovating a property and are in the position of having the choice of either a mains gas or kerosene boiler. Mains gas is obviously much more convenient but is there a way of comparing the cost of the different fuels? I have seen various figures for the energy content of kerosene in kilowatt hours but are…
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Government grant pellet boiler
We receive an annual grant from the government for the pellet boiler that we installed. We had it replaced and had our engineer sign off the paperwork. However, it was discovered that the engineer had let his accreditation expire he provided a further membership number, which was false. The government rejected our grant.…
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£200 heating oil allowance
So where is it? Octopus know nothing about it. Still haven't received it. Where was it when I needed to order oil and had to borrow money? Rural pensioners off grid need it now
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Help! Does anyone have experience of pursuing an LPG supplier (e.g. Calor Gas) through the courts?
Hi there I'm hoping someone here can help. We've just heard from CDRL that our complaint again Calor Gas has been rejected. They are charging us for a full tank of LPG following their gas leak caused by a faulty sensor that they replaced in July 2022 and acknowledged was an overdue repair. Their defence is that they claim…
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Diesel Heater, emergency use & costs vs gas combi boiler + electric supply for it?
Hi. I'm really thinking of every option at the minute. Background: I live in a 1 bed ground floor flat, fairly well insulated, currently havnt had to turn the heating on and temperatures havnt dropped below 19.5c. No chimney, have a garden. The combi boiler is rated 5.1 - 25.6kwh. Last year it ran for 5 hours on the…
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Can't switch supplier
We have a below ground tank which is stamped to operate down to -20 We tried recently to switch supplier but each supplier we approached refused to accept the switch because the tank isn't tested to -40 The tank was only installed by Avantigas in 2018 Has anyone else had this problem?
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Alternative Fuel Payments
Hello. I wondered of anyone knew any more about this scheme because I can't find any detailed information about it. I bought this house 3years ago, complete with a big log burning stove (installed about 20 years before) which heats up the radiators (if I put the pump on) and the hot water. There is no gas supply to the…
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downrate oil boiler?
I have a 1 year old grant vortex boiler which can be set up with 15, 21 or 26kw nozzles. It currently has the 21, 3 bedroom 1.5 storey house with 11 rads, 200L invented cylinder. Oil consumption over winter was around 11L/day which I'm a bit disappointed with as it's the same as the old non condensing combi it replaced…
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Logburner with back boiler and oil as a supplement.
We live in a 4 bed1980s bungalow in the Scottish Highlands. Currently we have a 25year old oil boiler on a pressurised system with a logburner in the living room. We’re looking to upgrade our heating and I don’t think the walls of the house have sufficient insulation for air source, plus the running costs horrify me. What…
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Measuring oil deliveries
Hi all,I've been trying to make an accurate measuring stick for my new oil tank, and have a question about oil deliveries. Previously, my local oil supplier would always write the before and after readings from the dispensing delivery tanker on my invoice showing exactly how many litres had been delivered. My recent…
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First time oil user
Hi Everyone, So we are currently purchasing a house and it has an oil heating system. It's in a little village with no gas mains, that's no different to the village we live in now but currently we have an air source heat pump. So it will be our first time using oil. The oil tank was replaced about 7 years ago so should be…
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Multi Fuel Stove - Smoke
Hi I've just swapped out my 14 year old Tiger for an eco design (Defra 2022 compliant) Flavel Arundel XL stove. Lovely looking stove and seems more efficient (even though I've not used it that much). However, this is where my love for this stove ends. Despite getting a good kindling fire going and following the…
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Cheaper Oil Prices
Hi guys, For anyone on oil, last night was the cheapest I have seen oil for a long while. We buy through NRG. Thought I would post this in case people having looked at prices for a while. With gas at 10p per unit (+daily standing charges) I think oil isn't too bad at the moment.
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Rising heating oil prices
With wholesale prices continuing to fall, why are retail prices to consumers continuing to rise? There seems to be no Government Regulator or control over this area of the energy market. I've obtained quotations from all my local suppliers in order to check prices, and without exception they've all increased I have tried…
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MODERN CONDENSING BOILERS HAVE A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW
Here's the problem: Modern Condesing boilers work perfectly in the summer when the weather is warm, and you don't need any heat, and then fail when its cold and you do need heat....Due to an apparently common and obvious design flaw. I recently bought a brand new boiler made by a very popular manufacturer, and installed by…
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How much electricity does an oil boiler use?
I'd really appreciate some help with this question (sorry if it's been asked before, I tried searching the posts but couldn't find the answer). I have a Grant Vortex condensing combi 26 oil boiler and I'd like to work out how much electricity the boiler uses. Can anyone tell me - or explain where to look to find out - how…
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LPG tank non-compliant after 8 years, can't change suppliers
We had an LPG tank installed in 2014 by Countrywide (now taken over by Flogas). It was positioned 90cm from a garden wall and should have been 1 metre away. We were able to change to Calor in 2016 (Calor carried out work on the tank so saw the installation) and AvantiGas in 2018 (didn't see the tank and their questionnaire…
