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Boiler help
Hi all, I'm currently sitting out my 12 weeks garden leave after a traumatic redundancy after 28 years at the same company and now find the coal fire on all day is working out at £42 a week. There is no gas as we live in a old weavers cottage on the moors with spring water. Just wondering if there is any help or grants for…
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British Gas saying elderly parents need new boiler
Hello everyone, I'm new to this site and need some advice re British Gas. My elderly parents are on a service plan with British Gas. They've had it serviced today and the engineer has told them they need a new boiler because it is not very efficient. Apparently it 'needs replacing' and this will also involve new pipe work…
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Storage heater & E7
Hi all👋 I'm currently using a storage heater wired in to the wall that is meant to be running on E7. I noticed this morning that the storage heater didn't switch off at the wall until 8:44AM (Also heard the metre click at the same time) Does this mean I'll be paying higher rate electricity from 7-8:45? Or because the metre…
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Central heating problem
Just put the central heating on to check all ok before the winter arrives. All 4 radiators upstairs are working fine, three of the four downstairs are not working, bled all the rads and got a fair bit of air from one of the bedroom ones but still three of the rads not heating up. Boiler pump etc only three years old.
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Underfloor heating - experiences please
Hi - thinking of buying this https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-97340894.html but have no experience of u/f heating. Expensive? long time to feel the effect? Things to go wrong? Would this be gas/wet, or electric (is there such a thing?). Surely a problem as you have to heat the tiles first, the ground…
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Gas meters
I've just moved into a house with no gas and I need to get a meter put in before I can get connected. How do I get started??
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Supplier Increases price during fixed tarriff
My bulk gas supplier has me on a 2 year fixed contract ending April 2021 but has recently written to tell me that my price is going to go up in October. Does this negate my contract and can i shop around for a better deal now?
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Electricaire R10 vs electric rads
Hi I’ve posted here a couple of times regarding my 70’s Econmy 10 warm air system and have had a quote of £2400 for six modern electric rads with WiFi hub. I would like to update my heating but have no gas and don’t particularly want to go oil/wet system due to space and installation cost. I know electric rads aren’t…
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Issue with my Thermaflow boiler.
Hi all, Wondering if there is any Thermaflow experts on here who can help with a problem I am having with my heating in my home? We inherited a Thermaflow boiler from the person who previously owned the house, apart from the expansion tank going flat it has been running fine for both of us, enough hot waters for showers,…
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solar battery
With a 5 bedroom end of teris with 11 solar panel ( 4 years old in Dec 2020). My electric bill for the last few year's have been around £600 + sc and £160 + sc for gas. ( gas used over summer month is very low ie £1.75 + sanding charge ) A 10kw battery (£3,600 E-Bay) fitted would cost around £6,000 or 9/10 year of my…
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Electric warm air ducted system help needed
Hi Not sure if this is in the correct forum but I have just bought a 3 bed semi detached property that has an old electric warm air system installed (1975). No gas in the area. There!!!8217;s a large storage/fan unit in the hallway cupboard which you manually switch on then this pushes warm air through in wall ducting and…
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Calculating cost of LPG gas used from tank using meter reading
We have a large gas tank in the garden which delivers gas to 4 metres points. Two of the small cottages were new builds and had zero readings. I have a meter reading (new meter, set in m3) which has a reading of 361906. If our gas costs us 46p per litre plus VAT delivered, how on earth do I work out the cost of the…
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New auto compare and switch scheme
My current plan is not on your drop down list of dual fuel plans: e-on Fixed 1 year Exclusive April 2020 How do I therefore sign up for your new scheme?
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Aquair warm air system
Hi I have 1970’s electric warm air heating in my three bed semi detached property, that I’m looking to update. I’ve posted a few times here regarding electric heating options which are limited to storage heaters or electric rads. The radiators could be expensive to run although they won’t all on at the same time. What I’ve…
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24/7 home rescue, stay away, {Edited by Forum Team}, utterly {Edited by Forum Team}
Very disappointed with their services. I moved a couple of properties from British gas over to 24/7 home rescue recently, one of my properties had an issue with the boiler and the last service was about 14 months ago, so I was not covered as they require the boiler services every 12 months, no problem I asked them to…
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Gas capped off since last Friday
I took out a new gas and central heating policy recently and last Friday (23/11/18) an engineer came out to service the boiler to check everything was ok before my policy could start. The engineer discovered a problem, said it was dangerous and capped the gas off. He said he had to bring me paperwork to sign, that he'd be…
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Switching energy supplier without penalty
Hello, lovely people. Just a quick question. I am desperate to switch from E.ON and my current tariff with them ends on 30 October. Is it true that am allowed to switch now without being penalised to the tune of £30 per fuel because I'm within the 49 day period prior to the tariff end date? Many thanks, in advance.
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Bulk LPG Metered Estate - Lost Certification - How to switch?!
Hi all I'm currently on a metered LPG estate, the other property owners are out of their exclusivity period so I have approached another supplier to provide LPG to all of us. Documents have been signed with the incumbent supplier and prospective new supplier to give me authority to negotiate and agree a contract on their…
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Wood prices
Hello all, We have recently had a log burner fitted in our new home and wanted to stock up on fuel before the autumn arrives (and I assume prices increase with demand?) I have found a local supplier who has quoted £85 including delivery per cubic metre of wood. Does that sound about right price wise? And does anyone have…
