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LPG or OIL
Starting from scratch renovating an old property...will be installing two multi fuel stoves...ideally one that can cook too...(any suggestions welcome on that.)....main question is we will need back up heating and hot water...so would you go oil or lpg...property is off grid for mains gas....it's a two up two down with…
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Electric Heaters or New boiler
Hi, Wonder if anyone can help we have recently moved into an all electric house and due to expensive electric bills would like some advise on how to proceed. The house has a 12kwh electric boiler which when the heating is on is running around 51ampsh an hour heating the wet radiators downstairs only and hot water, then we…
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LPG price hike, no notice
Hi All Looking for a wee bit advice.....received a letter from my bulk LPG supplier to say price increase of 8.5ppl. Letter arrived Friday and increase affects all deliveries from Monday. Is this legal? Do they not have to give me more notice than that? They certainly didn't inform me of the price increase when I ordered…
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Calor gas delivery problems. Any others??
Hi, is anyone getting problems with getting gas delivered. I'm with calor & have been waiting 13 days for a delivery. The site has a message up with something to do with problems with suppliers. Anyone else getting problems with any supplier. I,m on about 4% left & that will only be a very few days.
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Electricity
Hi Wonder if you can help I have recently moved property in late Jan 2018 to a rural location that has electric supply only. We are on a Eco 20/20 meter and have received a electricity bill for 766.94!! from 27 Jan - 19th March. I have phoned EDF and disputed the bill the first reading was estimated, all they seem bothered…
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Calor - no bulk gas
Apparently Calor have no bulk gas - despite being on an auto top-up contract the 1st we heard of this was when we ran out yesterday. No heating, hot water or cooking facilities for 4 days until they are able to re-stock and deliver. Presumably many others are in the same situation? Calor have said that they have bottles…
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Combi boiler - couple of questions
Hi everyone, I am just a student renting a room in a house with a combi boiler. I tried googling my questions, but I did not find an answer. I hope someone here will be able to provide me with some explanation. Recently we started receiving very high gas bills (British Gas). Last month it was 215 pounds. I think there…
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Npower monthly fees mess up
I have just been informed my monthly fees will be going from £47 to £102 as we have built up a £300 deficit. I have complained to npower and it looks like they reduced my payments to £47 from £71 back in September and never adjusted. them. Npower have admited it was an error on their part and offering me a £50 good will…
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Switching Supplier and Meter Readings
I have recently switched energy supplier and provided them with a meter reading on the day of the switch. When I recently logged on to provide them with another meter reading I noticed they had added a lower meter reading after the date I had provided my initial one. I have queries where they got this reading from and…
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Storage Heaters
I am thinking of replacements for a couple of old 3kw heaters. Fischer have 1.9kw equivalent heaters. Why can't I get a price for these without getting a home visit by the company?. Can anyone tell me the cost of 1.9kw heater fitted. Thanks
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Communal heating...super expensive...
Just moved into a new build where the hot water and heating (underfloor - water based) is supplied centrally by a communal supplier (Loka Energy). As it's a smart meter you can monitor usage and cost at anytime... It seems to be crazy expensive...the standing charge is just shy of £1/day as well as a charge of 7p/kWh but…
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Solar panels
A company has offered to buy my mums solar panels,(about 1/2 of what she paid for them) she will still get her cheaper electric and be payed for the energy she produces . So effectively she has another 18 years on her FIT contract but the warranty is only for another 6 so if she sells them now they will then take over the…
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What am I doing wrong?
Hi, We've recently had a multi fuel stove fitted, and I was looking forward to having a toasty warm room. But this is yet to happen :( I've seen online numerous times people saying they can get their room so warm that it's too warm, but I must say our room is definitely not that warm! We've tried burning just logs, just…
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Switching to Oil...
Hi All, After years of trouble with LPG heating we have decided to switch to oil Central heating (we need a new boiler anyway...) . As we will be new to oil in just wondering what size tank you would recommend and if any brands of tank are better than others? To save costs we will be putting the tank in ourselves ( pouring…
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New to hatched house with open fire - which fuel?
Hi, I think the title about says it all. We are currently burning logs but "worry" about sparks so are playing with "hotties" and wondering if anyone has any thoughts re using a smokeless fuel or other? We have no access to gas and there is already background oil fired central heating installed. Any thoughts will be very…
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Moving from LPG to Oil
Hi, Moved into a property in June with 1400L LPG tank supplying two boilers for different parts of the house. The combi is 15 years old and the standard boiler died boxing day (20+ years old). Looking to stay in the property for 10 years plus so would it be financially beneficial to move to oil? Everyone is telling us so,…
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Log Stove sizes
I am looking for a traditional looking Log stove (with a boiler) that heats a small cottage room and the boiler part to feed into a (not yet purchased) thermal store. I have used the calculation of 1kW for every 14 cubic metres which equals 2.6kW. The room has two doors that are left permanently open so we guess about 5kW…
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What is going on with comparisons?
OK....Martin!:j I need advice. I follow your rules and view comparison sites and get lots of "You can save £336 on fuel" emails.:rotfl: And this is WITH my usage details being logged into the sites. However, I actually followed 2 links through U switch telling me I could save over £300 in two cases, yet when I sat and…
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Boiler not heating rads properly
Hi MSE, The bolier is an old GlowWorm Micro 40FF in a bungalow I moved into a few months ago. Usually what happens is: It comes on but only heats the rads partially - even with thermostat set well up. I turn it off using the thermostat, wait a minute, then turn it back on with the thermostat. It comes on again and heats…
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Help-Link Appalling Service
I have made the error of booking a new boiler with Help-Link I should have used my instinct when the quote was given to me and in the blink of an eye the quote was reduced by 5% Help-Link took my deposit and arranged for the boiler man to come a week later. They called me 3 times to confirm I would be in at the time they…
