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Boiler house condensing boiler-any advice as regards brands?
Hi folks, Was told that this post is more suitable for this forum, rather than "In my Home" forum I'm in the initial stages of researching an oil filled boiler house condensing boiler to replace an old 30 year cast iron boiler (burner was replaced about 20 years ago) all working well at the moment, but as I understand it,…
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Ecovisionsystems solar panels
We have solar panels owned by the above who rent the roof space giving us partial free electricity , we were contacted by them before last Christmas regarding the panels not working , they sent an engineer last month who found they stopped working in wet weather and wouldn't start working again until the connections had…
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Should I order heating oil now or in two months?
Help?! We have oil fired central heating and hot water, so no Government price cap! When I ordered my last lot of oil in October last year it was 62p a litre, now its £1.20 a litre and rising. I have to order a minimum of 500 litres, £600!!! I can’t only just about afford that as a one off cost. However, in addition I…
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cheap coal link
hi,ibought a pallet for £314 tuesday and had delivered today price has just gone up to £350 from$314 might be useful to somebody i now have enough till Aurumn 2023,i also use some wood https://www.housefuel.co.uk/products/housecoal/traditional-doubles
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RHI Payments Application
Hi, We had a air-source heat pump fitted last year (May 2021) and were advised we would get around £700 annually as RHI payment. We were having some building work done at the time, so they couldn't finish the work (two radiators to be fitted in the new extension) but were told it would be finished by the end of the year,…
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Heating oil price doesn't add up?
I'm suddenly seeing heating oil quotes of 130p to 180p. If petrol is 155p including roughly 57p of duty plus 20% vat then; heating oil with 10p duty and 5% vat should be about 87p a litre. Am I working this out wrong? Or is something going on. Presumably either panic buying or is there a genuine shortage? Or are sellers…
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Bulk LPG Surcharge
I get my gas from ExtraGas (who source it from Avanti and the other main suppliers). I signed a 2 year contract with them last year which stated that the price could only increase by a maximum on 3.5p per litre every 6 months. Now when I look at my account settings, I see that they applying a 22p per litre surcharge. When…
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Solar Panels
Hi Team We have solar panels and we feed in to the tariff. The amount is around 5p per unit! How can we get more from the tariff? It seems unfair that companies can put their charges up but we can't! Keep up the good work. Regards
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No heating at the property for 5 days
Hi All, I hope you are doing well.I have a question: What in your opinion be a correct way of escalating this issue?A company called Switch2 is responsible for the heating system in the building - it's a communal heating system so there is no boilers at the property just some valves allowing the flow.I had no issues with…
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Heat pump is using far too much electricity at the moment
I think I may need to change some settings to make savings. I have hot water peak on every day. Does anyone know often should it be on to comply with legionella regulations? It is a holiday cottage. We decided to live in the cottage for a week or two to see why the pump is on so often. It hasn't always been like this. The…
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Oil heating financial help
Hello I done a house swap last July to a rural house that has a oil boiler, I have half filled the tank up twice so far costing me 250 a time it needs doing again which I did not anticipate I have rang my oil man up & he said for half a tank it is £350 as its gone up I really don't know what to do as I only get money once…
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Damp smokeless coal
Hi, new to coal, so I am trying to learn. I just got my multi fuel addition to my existing stove. So far so good. I went to buy a bag of coal from Range and found it is very wet inside. Upon searching on google I have discovered this is NOT an uncommon occurrence. What do do in these cases? Tomorrow I am going to try a…
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Heaters on eco gov scheme
Hello everyone In April I had my old storage heaters took out on the eco gov grant scheme in my rental property. This winter was the first time trying it out. They replaced the storage heaters in bedroom with 1 khw heaters and they took the two storage heaters out the living room and replaced with one elnur hhr20 (I was…
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Biomass
Hello, Our house currently relies on a couple of storage heaters and a large log burner, we are hoping to have a heating system installed in the next few months. We already got quotes for oil (we have no gas here and heat pumps are unsuitable) but I've got a few companies coming in to quote for biomass in the next few…
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carbonneutralteam scams
Had a call from carbonneutral rep on doorstep who spent half an hour persuading me that I could have solar panels for free on the latest govmt scheme. I didn't believe him but booked a survey for 3 days later. No one turned up and a phone call to his office says she'll investigate and call me back. Ha Ha Just a bunch of…
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Oil heating in rental property
I'm in the process of looking for somewhere to rent and found quite a nice bungalow, but noticed it has oil-fired central heating (no mains gas). I have no experience of that at all, but my understanding was that running costs are generally higher than for gas CH. However, given the recent energy price hikes I'm wondering…
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Flogas Delivery Issues
As a Flogas customer using a bulk LPG (I live in a rural location without a gas main option and have a giant tank buried in my front garden). Flogas own the tank and automatically top-up it up when it gets low (at least that's the theory). I have run out of gas and Flogas are failing in their obligation to deliver more gas…
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Aim: To install greenest and cheapest heating system
I'm having some building work done on my 3 bed house later this year. I can use this opportunity to replace my Potterton gas CH boiler which is over 15 years old - even though it works it probably isn't energy efficient. I haven't been able to find the Gov grant of £5000 for air source heat pumps which was mentioned last…
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Oil filled radiator only heating
Can anyone tell me if turning down the (plug in at socket) oil filled type will save me money. We are pensioners, heat only one room when in it, have only economy seven which is useless and looking to save £?
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Removal of LPG Bulk Tank
My dad installed an LPG tank approx 13 years ago. He was using it to fuel his car. He passed away and my mum has an electric car so doesn’t need/ want the tank. We want it removed but have no idea where to start. We can’t find any information on the tank and I think he may have even bought it off eBay. Can’t be 100% sure.…
