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Oil £100 payment info
Got this info from my local oil club today. Update on the extra £100 support for heating oil users: As with the wider Energy Bills Support Scheme model, the Government has now announced the £100 for oil users will be credited via your electricity provider against your electricity account. However, we dont know when this…
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Solar install without MCS registered installer
I've recently had solar panels installed with a battery for storage. However, there are times when the solar panels are generating more than the battery can store, so some power is going back to the grid. I'd like to sign up for a feed in tariff to get paid for the excess power I'm generating, but it seems that an MCS…
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How much (kg) and what type of fuel do you use in your multifuel stove?
I have just bought a multifuel stove 5kw size, i have done my research given the fuel crisis and such but my research gives me many different results. I know thre's many factors such as; House size to heat - 2 bed semi, will mainly be using the fire to warm our open plan front room diner, nothing massive. How often will it…
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LPG Boiler Service Contract
I've just had our renewal come through for our Worcester Bosch (Domestic & General) Service Contract and it'd increased £10 to a ridiculous £38 per month. Does anyone know any alternative providers who cover LPG boilers which are over 10 years old? The other option is to service it independently and self-insure.
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Figuring out temperature on Glowworm Economy Plus Boiler
Hi all, as probably many people are doing, I'm trying to figure out what my temperature is on my Glowworm Economy Plus Boiler. It has a dial, 1 - 4, but no where in the manual does it state what numbers these represent in form of temperature. Anyone got an idea as it would be handy to know. Thanks!
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Blanking Plate Rusted off Back of Multi Fuel Stove
Hi All, I live in a rural property with no gas mains, I rely on a Hunter multi-fuel stove that's always been relatively trouble free. The other night I heard a metallic thud, assumed it was the cat knocking something over and thought nothing of it. A week or so later I was giving my stove its annual fettle before the…
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Cheapest supplier of smokeless coal/briquettes this year?
Does anyone have the best prices for smokeless bags of 'coal' this year please? I normally buy from a local chandlery, and it's gone from £12.50 for 25kg to £16.50 for 25kg this year. This might be the best price I can get it, but I just wondered what other people are paying for this kind of fuel, and if I can get it any…
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Home heating oil help. We cannot wait for the 'detail'. Can help come retrospectively? Need oil NOW
Can someone please convey to Martin Lewis the unintended cosequences of not having an announcement urgently that help will be back-dated for those of us that need to buy our oil for the year NOW so that he can lobby for retrospective help. We don't need the detail, just please announce that we won't miss out if we buy the…
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LPG user, elderly parent, how to minimise cost
I understand that LPG supply of gas via large tank in the garden does not come under the governments energy price cap. My elderly mother (78) is worried as she has a gas boiler linked to a large tank for hot water and her heating. She is of the mind short term to buy some electric radiators for heating, but other than…
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Villager Flatmate - do I fill these gaps?
Just scraped out literally kgs of rust from the inside, especially from the underside of the top plate. Was starting to think there would be little metal left, but actually it's pretty solid. And cleaned out a ~10mm gap between the rear firebricks and the back panel - see photo. Also, due to the square shape of the floor…
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Oil Boiler doesn't want to stay on.
We have a Grant Vortex Oil Boiler around 15 years old and it will fire up for around 30 seconds and then switch off. Plenty of oil in the tank. Pressure is fine, know its getting a signal and recently serviced. I have tried the overheat button and the reset button but this is hit and miss. Automatic valves changed recently…
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Oil or off peak electricty for domestic hot water?
I normally use off peak electricity to heat my hot water via the immersion heater. Now that electricity is so expensive, I wondered whther I should use my oil boiler to heat the water (I only use that for heating the house).I've tried to calculate this: I've just bought some oil - price is 90.2 pence per litre. Off peak…
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FIT Issues
I need help/advice please, having just read your article about solar panels. We have solar panels on our roof, that were installed as part of house when it was built by Keepmoat homes in 2017. I have since queried how much we get repaid by British Gas (our provider since moving in) as I noticed we are getting 0.42p per KW.…
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Infrared to Assist Underfloor Heating
Last year we converted our double garage to a double height vaulted ceiling living room with underfloor heating. We've exhausted all options and the underfloor isn't sufficient to heat the room on the coldest winter days. I'm looking at solutions ahead of this winter and am interested in Infrared Heating to provide the…
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Wood burning stove 'wash' and stuff...
Hi. About to collect a gas-burning stove - a 'Yeoman Exe' - bought cheaply (that's me) on t'Bay, with a view to converting it to 'solid'. No idea yet how the current model is air-supplied - eg from underneath, or front or whatevs - but it has a conventional flue like most of the models in the range, regardless of fuel…
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Flogas rip off standing charges
We took out a new contract with Flogas for the supply of LPG
in December 2020. We had agreed a fixed price for LPG for the first 12 months
and a maximum price for the year after. A standing charge was also agreed at
22.18p per day. That standing charge was increased to 27.65p per day last
September. We have just received a…
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wood burners
Any thoughts on whether wood burners are a cheaper way of heating than gas or electric?
