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Decommissioning LPG
We recently installed an air source heat pump, solar panels and batteries. We had previously used bulk lpg in an underground tank. The new system works ok although we are spending more than we did before. This may partly because we were not able to get approval for the export of our surplus power generated which was a…
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Peat & Turf - Reconstitute Dust into Briquettes?
As my stores of cut turf dwindle, I am left with a lot of dust and chunks. I have tried to bundle it in tightly wrapped paper or toilet paper cores, but it doesn't seem to burn as long as it does when it's in a briquette form. Has anyone found or heard of a way to take the bits and make them into a briquette again? I'm not…
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Smoking multi fuel stove
Hi and thanks for letting me join. We have a big problem with our stove to the point we can’t use it. This is the problem. It was burning fine then one night it just started to fill the room with smoke to the point where a flame wouldn’t burn long. We had the chimney swept and the problem is still here but when he swept it…
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Bioethanol stove
Hi Does anyone have any experience with Bioethanol stoves in terms of safety, room pollution and ease of use? Many thanks.
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What's the "minimum reasonable amount" you can order of heating oil
I'm aware the "minimum official" is 500L, with the T&C's of getting refunded what can't be delivered. I've just ordered at 63p/L, and I'm aware this might come down. so I need to ideally "time" my usage with the "minimum price" during the next 12 months, or whatever. but supposing the cheap/L price is at "can only fit 350L…
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Home LPG tank price comparison
Hi all – In August, I moved to a house with LPG fuel for heating and cooker hob. In early October we signed up with a company to supply the LPG. It's a smaller company and was the existing supplier to the property. We were also restricted in moving to another (larger) supplier due to the position of the tank. Something…
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Urgent advice needed please
Hello, I have exhausted every avenue i can think of and really need advice from anybody that may be knowledgeable, this has been going on since winter. I'll try and keep it easily readable. I ordered 800l of LPG from Calor - it was all I could afford and calor had me at a criminal rate of 90ppl They delivered a full tank…
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Help with LPG
Hi all, In need of advice with my LPG. Long story short i have been in dispute with Calor since September 2023. It included gas delivered to another property which had a similar address and billed to my account. I refused to pay and multiple hopeless customer service agents said that they would refund. This went on until…
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Flogas contact - we didn't sign, are we tied in?
Hi all, I wonder if you can help me. We recently moved into a rental property with the primary heating/cooking fuel being lpg. There's a buried tank in the garden. We just received a letter from Flogas that basically says there's around 18 months of a 2 year contract to run, presumably signed by the landlords. Agreeing to…
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How much does it cost you per day to heat whatever rooms you are heating
If there are any other threads similar to this, please combine them etc. I've now got some estimates in the new place after a few weeks of "required use", (taken from looking at the level of oil in my boiler tank, and saying "that looks about 1 inch less than it was X days ago"). I think I've been using approx £2 of oil…
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Should I change to LPG from
When we bought the house 42 years ago it was and still is an oil fired boiler system Gas is not available as it’s a rural area The existing boiler a Firebird external boiler about 8 years old Each time there is a problem with the boiler there is a problem getting an engineer Been without heating now for a week and…
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solar quotes...any thoughts?
hi im looking at getting panels fitted..can anyone comment on the below quotes? all include fitting certificates etc. the last quote is 8 panels on se roof and 4 on nw roof Size of system 4.5kW & 7kW of Battery Storage Equipment; 9 x 500w Eurener Nexa Topcon N-Type Bi-Facial Panels 30-year warranty 9 x Solar Edge…
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Help with getting hot water with my e7? None for 5 days...
Hello, I do hope you can help me. I have rummaged around on the boards and have managed to find answers to how to get my storage heating to work...and that the red convector buttons were not about how much stored heat I was using but rather I was using peak! Sorted now... But I simply can't figure out how to get hot water.…
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LPG Tank Removed by Contractor
We had a gas tank in our property when we bought it. I contacted the gas company asking them to remove it. They wanted to charge me to remove the tank. They also wanted me to sign a maintenance contract as part of that process. I declined. We had some groundworks done and as part of that the contractor removed the gas tank…
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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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Propane gas home delivery.
I have had an underground lpg tank for 28 years. The current supplier is Flogas with a now out of contract supply agreement. I still get tank standing charges, but the consumption of gas is now only about 200litres a year. They refuse to supply less than 900 litres per delivery. To get out of the contract they require the…
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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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Free solar panels + birds nesting
Hi my parents had free solar panels done via ashadegreener some 4-5 years ago. The guttering by the panels have accumulated gigantic bird nests + lots of dropped pigeon eggs/dead chicks on the patio as well as a line of bird droppings. Now with the gutter getting blocked its getting quite troublesome. I've wrote to…
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Estate Metered LPG Prices
Hi all LPG Users, we are on a bulk estate metered LPG serviced by Calor, they won’t engage with us regarding prices, we are paying 72pence per litre plus 16.4 pence per day standing charge, just wondered if any of my fellow LPG prisoners can help with current price information. Thanks to all.
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"Standard heating oil + additives" vs "Premium heating oil"
The premium sales text has buzzwords like * Clean & safe for domestic storage * Improved efficiency vs other fuel types * Clean & hot burn for efficient fuel * Reduces tank sludge build up * Cleaner burn, reducing emissions * Longer lasting for optimum economy I've just put some Hydra Vulcan additive into some standard…
