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Need to change heating system
Advice required please. We have old night storage heaters in our 4-bed bungalow which are no longer efficient. We are pensioners with limited capital but need to install a cost effective alternative to keep us warm in our old age without massive bills. Mains gas is not available, we don't want a wood-burner so feel the…
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Metered Estate newbuild queryh
Hi everyone! We are seriously considering a newbuild property. Unfortunately it is on metered flogas. I have established that they are currently paying 35ppl. I am also very aware that this will probably steeply rise having done some research, I have asked to have an air source heat pump installed (I will pay) but they are…
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LPG - how many litres do you use per year
Hi all. We recently moved into a house with LPG, and coming from a house on mains gas, I was prepared for higher bills having been advised that LPG generically costs around 50% more overall. We've been in since 1st November, and have already used 3100 litres. We have the heating on for a total of 8 hours over the morning…
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LPG Prices
Hi, I have LPG at my house. Its delivered to a tank we have on the premise. I received a letter today from my supplier Cam Gas informing me that the price will go up next month. Apparently they have seen a 25% hike in the prices they buy at. Therefore my bulk propane will increase to 41p per litre +VAT. I have to admit I…
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Electricity meter
To cut a long story short I am trying to get new quotes for my electric at my shop and I am trying to understand which type of electricity meter I have E. G. Economy 7. I am away from my premises therefore do not have access to the meter or any bills however I do have the previous meter readings. Each readings have two…
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Solar Assisted Heat pumps
So my parent's had been umming and arghing about these for a while. They've now had one installed and are super happy with it. I can offer some advice to anyone thinking about buying one.
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Boiler help - 65+
Hi I wondered if you could help me, my mum is in need of a new boiler she has been quoted by a independent plumber but is a single women, retired who lives on her own in her own home, her supplier is NPower She thinks she would not be intitled to any support/schemes but the cost of this boiler is huge to her, she is…
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Airbricks, breathable floor, or both?
Hi Folks, Firstly thanks for taking the time to give this some thought. We're just in the process of renovating our Victorian terraced house and are thinking about whether to use underfloor heating or rads on the ground floor. I want to know why we might need a breathable floor if we use ufh, if we have air bricks…
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Does anyone burn to Peat?
Does anyone burn Peat on a logburner? We have been going through quite a number of logs so wanted to try something different.
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Replacing Oil with Ground Source Heat Pump
Hello We have a purchase going through on a 2 bed bungalow. It is rural and currently uses oil central heating, and as I understand was installed c2010 Worcester Bosch boiler, serviced etc. There is also a wood burner, although not connected to a back boiler. We are forward thinking, and know we will be extending (subject…
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Fuels4U
I ordered some New Flame (smokeless solid fuel, low ash, high heat) from the above at the end of 2017. It turned up at the beginning of 2018 but was definitely not New Flame. I complained and despite being told I would receive an uplift I have just had it replaced with more New Flame. This is apparently a new batch they…
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LPG price hikes, what are my rights?
I have just received my third letter from Flogas in the last six months informing me of yet another price increase. Since 2016 the cost per unit has nearly doubled and is now over 202p per cubic metre! My bulk lpg tank is shared with three other houses. Is it possible to change suppliers? Will a new supplier take in the…
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Rayburn heating options
Hi, I currently have a solid fuel Stanley range that provides cooking (well) and hot water and central heating (badly) Its coming to the end of its life, and we are getting sick of lugging buckets of anthracite into the house, so want to change system. My initial idea was to get a rayburn 480K or similar to do everything,…
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Heating efficiency (stove vs open fire)
Hi Folks, I have been researching the potential for investing in a new heating system. I currently have an oil fired boiler and I use my open fire in the winter months if the temp dips to single figures. The open fire has an old back boiler which heats my water tank. My fuel bill is £550 a year for oil, and £220 for wood /…
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Whats the most economically way of using oil heating?
We've rented several house now, all with all heating yet we seem to go through it quite quickly. We always get the boilers serviced once per year so its not an issue with the boiler. For example, we got 500 litres of oil start of November, it's now done. The way we use out heat is it comes on 30 mins in the morning and at…
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Coal for free
We have two tonnes of anthracity grains to basically get rid of, if anyone is interested contact me
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First Utility
After being with them a few year without any issues I now find their customer service is probably one of the worst Ive come across I moved house in August,I had built up a credit of over £200 which they sent to me when I moved.The house I moved to was similar so the agreed to maintain my Monthly DD at £64.I have since…
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Npower problems.
Hi all. Looking for a bit of advice. I'll try to keep it short. I had a previously tenanted house that has stood empty for over 6 years. The tenant had gas and electric pre-paid meters installed without my knowledge. He did an overnight flit and it has stood empty except when squatters got in but they did not stay. I sold…
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Electric, controllable, reasonably priced heat?
Hi all, I have a 2 bedroom maisonette flat (over 2 floors). There is currently Kalirel electric heating installed - like Rointe, as far as I can tell - which has a programmable system with zones and a remote. A few of the radiators no longer work properly, and as Kalirel went into administration years ago, no replacement…
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How to determine the oil type
We moved into our house a few months ago and the oil tank has slowly been going down. It's currently on 3/8ths of a tank so there's no urgency but we wanted to work out what we need to do when it comes to refilling and we realised we don't actually know what type of oil we need to buy. We understand that there are two main…
