LPG, heating oil, solid & other fuels

We have been a Boilerjuice customer for 13 years and had a mainly positive experience. Today however, we had an oil delivery and were charged £20 as an "under delivery" charge - we had ordered 800 litres but it turned out only needed 590. Delivery was by RDS Fuels Ltd. Has anyone else experienced this kind of charge with…

It's a very long shot but I wonder if anyone knows if there's any way of getting some sort of grant or subsidy for installing affordable heating in social housing properties. I live in a tiny 1 bed bungalow which gets very cold due to strong prevailing winds. It in a pretty rural area so the only heating electric storage…

Hi, any thoughts on which shower to use with ASHP, power shower removed and need to know if a mains shower from bath taps (wii put on mixer taps) will work. Cheaper and more pressure than electric shower? Water supply coming from Mitsubishi unit downstairs. Thanks

Afternoon all, We moved into a 300yr old cottage six months ago and it has as the title says solid fuel heating system. I have a few questions, we have left over ovoid that we are getting through, problem is they don't seem to burn that hot, upstairs doesn't get much warmer than 18-19c, other issue is they don't burn for…

If you are running low on oil.... Unsurprisingly the current energy & transport sector problems are affecting oil deliveries. I had a courtesy call from Conquest Oil this morning (I use them direct occasionally) just to warn me that they were looking at 3 week minimum delivery schedules due to shortage of drivers. I then…

Looking at this through an lpg comparison site, anything i should be aware of, before i switch

Hi All, My first post, but have been avidly reading for ages. So, really grateful for any advice, I've a 19kg British Gas propane cylinder that was in my garage when I bought my house (4 yrs ago) - I want to get rid of it (in case relevant- I'd say either empty or nearly so from memory of lugging Calor gas cylinders). I…

We’ve bought firewood from the Luxury Wood Company for a couple of years now, but when we received our latest crate we noticed that it was smaller than the ones we’ve received previously (which we had cut-up and made into woodstores). We checked the website, which still had the old measurements on it 1.7 x 1.2 x 0.8m, but…

Signed up for new EDF Tariff last week, Fix Total Service Sep24v2. The early exit fee advertised was £35 per fuel and that was also stated on Martins website. Just had confirmation for sign up and the T+Cs now say £100 per fuel. How underhand is that?

So, dilemma on our hands. We are currently in the process of moving our existing LPG tank to a new compliant location. With recent news on gas prices, we are now considering whether moving to oil is the more sensible option. Yes, aware the initial set up cost may be more expensive, and we will need to consider our internal…

Hello, New guy here, looking for advice on heating systems after the reports in the news recently that gas prices are about to go through the roof. We're about to move into an ex-council house in a village, that currently has old storage heaters (the previous owner switched to them after coal many years ago!). I have lined…

Hi I’m having multi split aircon installed for main area heating/cooling next week. Have discussed it in depth with the company and they’ll fit an outdoor Toshiba condenser with three indoor air handlers. The most common position and probably the easiest for the indoor units is high on the wall and that’s what’s been…

My underfloor heating (in the concrete floor) in my first floor flat has failed. The flat is electric only. The heating didn't do the job and I often had to use a oil filled plug-in radiator to top up the heating. I've been doing research for the last week or so while trying to also get quotes for electric heating…

We are having a new gas boiler installed and the fitter recommends Intergas. He says that he has fitted many of these boilers, and recommends highly. We hadn't heard this brand name before, and before deciding would appreciate any comments regarding these boilers or any others which you would recommend. Thank you

looking at a flat to buy - really liked the flat, first floor (of three, purpose built block about 40 years old) - I think they originally boilers + tank in an internal cupboard, now it has this rather dominating combi boiler and its piping. Any ideas what we could do ? the thoughts we have had are: - put the tank back and…

Wonder if some folks on here can help. Property currently supplied by 2 x LPG 47 bottles and looking for a better solution. Currently I have to remember to go and check them in the outhouse regularly then phone for new bottles and they seem very expensive. The heating seems to eat gas so for the last few years we have used…

I absolutely hate being on district heating too many problems, my new problem I have noticed the meter reading goes up even when I'm not using any hot water or heating, I joined a Facebook group of my community and someone said they went away for 6 months and turned off the power and it was still recording usage and eon…

Hi All, Hoping for some sensible advice/wisdom from the informed folks on here. We moved in to our current property 4 years ago now - it’s out in the sticks and only has electricity and a biomass central heating/hot water system. We pay for electricity via direct debit and I’d been submitting meter readings when requested…

We've been in our first house with no mains gas for a bit over 18 months now. We'll come out of our initial two-year LPG contract with Calor in early January. Know it's a way off, but I'm seeing what look like fairly low prices mentioned on here at the minute and I'm just wondering if there's any seasonality to bulk LPG…

Hello, I'm about to move into a new property with an open fireplace in a smoke control area. At my current property I have always used the gas fire rather than the central heating as I've found it much more cost effective (and I find the central heating seems to give me a headache). I have never used smokeless fuel before,…