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Direct air feed wood burning stove , couldn't go back to room fed.
After a full winter burning to heat the whole house & approaching our 2nd burning season we couldn't be happier with the performance of the 7kw stove. We've burned much less wood than with the pevious15yr old stove & had a more even heat. ( 3 large ceiling fans to distribute warm air) Been able to fully draught proof our…
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Best value coal
With the energy crisis we are looking to have a stove over the winter. what is the best value coal per kilo?
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Confused about Stove air intake requirements/instalation
I am looking at getting a stove and wanted to get a 5Kw one so that I did not need the added complication of having air vents installed (1970's house). I am busy choosing a stove, and one that I like states it is an air-tight stove, compatible with low consumption houses and that it is compatible with RT2012 standards…
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Heatrae Sadia Amtec c600 help needed
This is my first time on this forum so my knowledge is very limited. We have just moved into a house with an external home office that is heated with a wet radiator system and a heatrae sadia amtec c600. The electricity bill for the first month is huge. Our immediate concern is just to switch off the boiler until we work…
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air source heat pump help!
We moved into a 4 bed new build in April that is all electric with piped underfloor heating and radiator upstairs all supplied by an Air source heat pump. I am having great difficulty trying to set the heating and hot water to run efficiently and economically. Some sources say leave the ashp running 24/7 and control with…
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Optimumtemperature settings for Gas boiler
Hi, I had a WB Greenstar 30i installed last spring which the installer set the CH temp at 74 and the Hot water at 55. This is a 3 bed semi. I found there is an adjustment on the boiler settings that allows it to set its ideal temps. Using this it set the CH to 61 and HW to 50. Is the an actual recommended temp for optimum…
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Boiler replacement grants
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows if there are boiler grants available to replace an oil heating system. There is no gas supply as the house is not near a main line, but all I can see on line is to replace gas boilers. Also there are so many websites I don't know if they are genuine, don't want to put details in and get…
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Switch Oil to LPG?
Hi All I appreciate there are lots of threads talking about this but most seem quite old now, but apologies if I have missed a more current one. I recently moved into a house and have oil for the first time. It does seem to be expensive and the price fluctuates enormously, especially in the winter. I am therefore exploring…
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Storage heater bricks
Hi I have an automatic .85kw storage heater in a bedroom and its making the room too hot. It has 8 bricks, 4 one side of the elemts and 4 behind If we removed a couple of bricks to reduce the heat storage would it have any negative impact on its operation? Thanks.
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Oil boiler in new build, do I have to have solar panels for an EPC
We planned our new house with solar panels on the garage roof. We changed our minds about the solar panels but now we are told that we have to have them to get an EPC rating as we have an oil fired boiler. The house has been built to the highest standard of efficiency in all other ways. Are we forced to have these panels?
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Air Source heat Pump & Electric Car
I have just bought a new property that has an air source pump, quickly followed by and electric car. I am after advice regarding tariffs , any pitfalls to avoid and any general advice as I've never run either. I was wondering if it would be worth installing solar panels keeping in mind the usage of the electric car and…
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Non Delivery
I am trying to get an idea how many households have been left without Calor gas this Christmas. We have no hot water,heating or hob for 6 days now.
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UK grants for central heating, loft insulation and cavity
Good afternoon, Basically as the title says, we have moved into a 300yr old cottage with solid fuel central heating. The house is always cold and the topping up fuel is becoming a ballache. Wonder if there is any government grants or anything?. We have spoken to a few companies and they say you can't claim anything but we…
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Oil Central Heating Install
Sorry for the duplicate post, originally posted in the 'Is this quote fair?' forum but it might be a better fit here... Recently moved into a property with storage heaters and want to make the move to oil central heating. It will be a full install from scratch. First quote was received yesterday... £13,500. I'll be honest,…
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Advice on Ombudsman
Hi Just wondering if anyone knew of any way that I can log a complaint against Vokera re their boiler which my dad uses with LPG? I have got no where with the company themselves and wondering if they are regulated. Many thanks
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LPG above ground bulk tank removal (Flogas)
Looking for advice on timing our notice to Flogas for removal of our above ground bulk LPG tank. We're shifting to a gasification boiler system and will want the tank gone when construction begins in probably 2nd half September, but ideally not too far in advance of that. We don't expect Flogas will be especially reliable…
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Oil Consumption Query Please
Hi, We recently from a medium size modern house with a combi boiler to a much older house (200 years old) with oil boiler which the previous owners replaced brand new prior to us moving in. We had 600L delivered on 5th October and it has gone already! Just wondering if that is normal for a large old house. It's 5 bedrooms…
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Low sulphur coal
Just started using low sulphur coal as in eggs in the stove but they don't seem to burn like before is anyone else finding this or is it just me
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Lpg switch to bottles
Hi, just after some help really. We have an underground LPG tank, which unfortunately can only be filled by accessing neighbours land, yes we have the legal rights to access land but he will lock gates and put a digger in front so we can’t access. Down to not much left now and it’s stressful. Yes he is vile and we could go…
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Storage Heaters
New house has what I think are combination storage heaters. As moved from gas central heating I`m baffled. Is it worth changing them to more up to date electric radiators for efficiency and cost ?
