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oil burner heater
I can get waste cooking oil if i can find a heater to use it in? any ideas?
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Cost -Gas vs multifuel burner
Apologies if this questions has been asked many times before For years I have toyed with the idea of having a stove installed I grew up in a house with an open fire although GFCH is so convenient there is nothing more relaxing than heat from a fire I've been quoted £3200 for the supply and fit of a 5kw multifuel burner…
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Do I get £400 energy grant if I use heating oil?
Hi, We are not on mains gas and so we use heating oil. Will I still be eligible for the £400 energy grant? Thanks
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Repositioning Bulk LPG (currently Calorgas) at house we're buying
I want to add a conservatory to the house we are buying . On doing a little research I can see Calor say the bulk tank needs a clearance of 3 m all round. The one corner of the proposed conservatory would only be around 1m from the tank. What are my options? If I switched supplier would they move the tank for free? Any…
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Heating Conservatory & Garden Office. Mix Calor Gas & Electric?
Dear All, we have a small conservatory (~3m x 3m) which we use as dining room (the space of the house doesn't allow to eat in the house) and also a shed converted to a home office during Covid. Both are at the moment heated just with portable electric heaters, which of course was already very expensive last winter, and…
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LPG
The team and Martin do fantastic work on our behalf re energy prices and advice - however for those of us without mains gas we are stuck with LPG (or oil or electric) - there are only a few LPG suppliers and they hold us to ransom increasing prices as and when they feel it necessary. Is there anything we can do to bring…
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Good quality smokeless coal ?
Just wondering what everyone’s recommendations are for a good quality/burn smokeless coal ? We’ve tried a few different ones over the last few years, but stuck with Homeflame Ecoal 50, as it was the only one we found that truly burnt through each ‘nugget’ leaving just ash to clean out. Coal like Brazier we found that…
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Can you hedge Heating Oil price rises using WisdomTree HEAT ETC?
Good morning all, Heating Oil has dropped to about 84-88ppl at current time, but my gut feel is that prices will rise a lot at some point in Winter just when I need a top-up, perhaps through panic buying like in march this year I have some big oil and wind-farm shares and although they have increased a bit, these aren't…
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Gas vs Oil price increase per unit (kWh) with the New Price Cap Increase
Hi, So there's a recent announcement I'm sure you are all aware of that the price cap will go up by 80% by the first quarter of 2023 (70% by october) - https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/what-is-the-energy-price-cap/ They says this is a strong prediction so is likely to be accurate. I can't find any specifics on…
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My air source
Hi im woundering weather or not to take out my air source. With the price if electricity. Lpg would be cheaper
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Oil Boiler Issues
Hi guys, Couple of issues I’m trying to rectify: 1) Optimising flow and return temps for hot water boost. 2) Hot water comes on intermittently by itself. We have a one year old condensing Grant oil boiler in the cellar. For optimising flow and return temps I have purchased two pipe thermometers. I have the boiler temp…
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Smokeless coal, buy NOW
I have just had a pallet of the stuff delivered (1 ton). It turns out that HomeBargain still has last spring's prices, i.e. £4 per 10 kg bag (found out by accident and bought it immediately) Next cheapest was a local coal merchant at £4.40 per 10 Kg. Range is selling the same as HB, but now at £6.50!!! (it used to be 4…
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£400 rebate for homes heated by oil
Am I right in thinking that the rebate cannot be used to purchase heating oil but instead must be credited to an electricity account? I am very careful with all energy usage but in the case of electricity I'm on a good fixed rate and also have solar panels. What I could really benefit from is £400 towards filling my oil…
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Log burner worth it?
Hi looking for some general advice with cost of energy trying to reduce gas usage and considering a log burner next year. Whilst the initial outlay would be steep we are not planning to move I’ve always wanted one for aesthetics and occasional use in winter. Now with energy being what it is I’m wondering if this is worth…
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Heating Oil Consumption
Hi, I have a modern (one year old) Grant condensing oil boiler. Think it goes up to 36kW. I just wondered if anyone with a similar boiler could give me a rough idea of either how many kWh or how many litres of oil would be used for a 30 minute hot water boost. As a comparison when we had our tank changed we were without an…
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Landlord Changing Heating Cost From Meter to Flat Rate
Hi there, We have been living in a flat for over a year now. The heating is provided through an HIU (basically central boiler in the building and a unit that keeps some water ready for us with a meter showing our usage.) We used to get billed 11p / kwH and used to spend around £40 a month just having 2 showers a day and no…
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Solar panels
I live in a converted chapel on Anglesey. I have been seeing a lot of adverts for solar panel schemes offering little or no cost to install because of government help. We are off grid for gas, relying on expensive LPG to heat our house. I'm finding it difficult to find any reliable information. We would like to install…
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£7-£8k for Aircon system
Hi I been given the above estimate for a 10kw Aircon system for my three bed semi detached house. ASHP with 5 or 6 indoor units. Most of the cost is down to labour. Just wondering if anybody has had a similar install and could comment on installation and running costs.
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2kw pv system
I applied earlier in the year for solar grant from my council. Supprised call today saying Ive been accepted and these will be installed in a couple of weeks. I haven't seen the full details of the system yet, as I'm not paying for it I'll have very little input. The system is 2kw 3 panels on East and 3 on West. They say…
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Solar panel meter readings
You are required to give an energy supplier quarterly solar panel readings, contractually, to generate a return on your investment. Until this quarter, despite the best efforts of the energy supplier continually changing their website, making it more and more difficult to find to the appropriate place to return the meter…
