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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…
Calor Bulk LPG - major issues?
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the apparent issues at Calor? I've had a search round a few consumer sites and can't find anything but there seems to be major problems. We ran out of gas on Saturday morning (despite being on auto top-up). Phoned Calor 5/6 times over the weekend, always told the same message…
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,…
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…
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
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
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 ?
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…
Fuel prices
It appears that UK is the only European country where the fuel prices are not related/ connected with the world market price, at least when it comes to reducing the price! It is very sad watching fuel prices only rising. I believe that people have the power to act and oppose to this one-way policies as well as boycott the…
Using wood pellets in a log burner??
Has anybody tried using wood pellets in a log burner? As pellets are quite a bit cheaper, I was wondering if it's possible/OK? I know on a few sites they say they burn too hot! On others they try selling you an insert. I normally use heat logs so just as dense as pellets, just produced by elephants not mice! Many thanks in…
Calor Gas Contract
Does the energy price cap apply to LPG gas that is delivered in bulk to a tank? If so, is it possible to work out a pence/litre rate under the cap to compare with a contract? Thanks in advance.
Multifuel stove, but missing the "coal bit"
Hi, I have a Stovax multifuel stove which works fine. When we had installed we (stupidly) didn't get the grid to burn coal because I thought I would never use it. Now that we have been on holiday somewhere with a stove running "coal" (the smokeless ovals) I was surprised by how warm it was and how long it lasted. So I…
Gas AGA fan noise
I have been looking at a house with a gas AGA but find the noise of the venting(?) fan a problem.This may seem stupid (I know!) but my wife says we could always replace it with an electric AGA. However I would think an electric one would also have some sort of fan.noise. Any comments welcome. (I know it would cost loads…
Getting Advice on the Best Heating/Hot Water System For Our House
My family and I recently moved to the Isle of Anglesey. Our new home was built in 2005. It doesn't have a traditional Central Heating system. Instead it has a combination of alternatives that were installed when the house was built. We have a wood/coal Rayburn (Cooking, some heating and hot water), a wood/coal stove (Some…
Wood Burner — Need Some Advice
Hi all, We’ve got a beautiful little multi fuel stove – the Clearview Pioneer 400. But, I’m struggling to maintain a “lazy flame” (slow, maintenance flame) over a long period of time. After starting the fire, with both the primary and secondary vents fully open, I can get the burnt up to the optimal operating temperature…
Ecogen Micro CHP Fit Payments
When I had my Baxi Ecogen MCHP boiler installed in 2011 I received a FiT plan from NPower to say that FiT payments would continue for 25 years. However it now turns out that was incorrect - 10 years is it, for micro CHP generation. So now, payments have ceased.I am wondering if it is worth applying for SEG payments. It…
Two-year-old LPG tank - Flogas say it's not compliant to switch to them from Calor
House was built in 2019 and Calor installed the LPG tank for the housebuilder, and have supplied us since. We had the 9p price rise letter from Calor and can break contract. Calor gave us a new contract quote but Flogas gave us a much better one. We started the process to switch to Flogas. Sent Flogas pics of…
New boiler - Air source heat pump vs mains gas - future proofing
We need to replace our hopelessly inefficient old gas boiler - it's probably about 50 years old. We are on mains gas, so I know that it would likely be cheaper to get a new condensing boiler, but with gas prices rising and pressure on the government to meet environmental targets I'm wondering whether it makes sense to put…
Can someone help me?: Elnur HHR storage
Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me understand these heaters. Apologies in advance I have mild autism and I can also get confused easily amongst other things. I'm renting a private property 13 yrs now. On E7 and the landlady (through estate agents) had new storage heaters put in April just gone on the government grant…
Stovemaster smokeless coal
Afternoon all, Anybody used this stuff? Is it anygood. I've contacted house fuel and they say it's the best they got so solid fuel heating system via a log burner. Just wanting to know if anybody has used it, what size are the coals as 3"x2" seem to be easier to light and keep going in my log burner. I tried some…

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