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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…
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Gas meter Imperial or metric
I,ve been giving my meter readings online to the supplier today and it got me thinking, how do they know that I have an imperial gas meter for which every unit is 1 cubic foot of gas as opposed to a cubic metre of gas which is considerably more. So as I give the readings in units ie this month it was 819 as opposed to the…
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Location of LPG Bottles
Please can anyone advise on where LPG bottled gas can be sited?. My neighbour has installed LPG central heating using bottled gas. The LPG bottles are located in their garden next to the fence that is the boundary between my garden and theirs. The whole set up doesn't look very stable, the pipe connection from the top of…
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Oil fired boiler in empty house
We viewed a house yesterday which has been unoccupied for a while. The estate agent couldn't give me exact timescales but I think over a year. The house uses an oil fired boiler, which I have never had before. I've always been connected to mains gas. I don't think the boiler was turned on, as there was no hot water. The…
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Electric Heating Help
Hi I’ve recently moved into a new flat and it’s got electric storage heaters (I’m renting so no option to change). By the heaters there are 3 switches (remote spaces to see photo). I’m under the impression that the two on the left are for the day and night power, but does anyone know what the switch on the right does?…
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Electromax efficiency question
Hi all, I own an electromax electric boiler. According to its datasheet It has "99.8% boiler efficiency and integrated economy controller" However further down, in the same document there is: Seasonal space heating energy efficiency class D Seasonal space heating energy efficiency (%) 37 My question is, out of every 1 kwh…
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External oil boiler recommendations
Hi all, Would anyone here recommend a particular external oil boiler and why ? Ta.
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Are we saving oil by not heating upstairs when downstairs is on?
Hello We usually have the oil heating on downstairs and only put it on upstairs a few hours before going to bed. Are we saving oil by not heating upstairs when downstairs is on? (sorry this probably sounds silly question lol) Hope I'm making sense. Joe
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Lack of warm water?
Curious about this folks as never had this issue in any other the previous 4 houses we've lived in. Basically, our heat comes on 1hr in morning, 2 hrs at night, it also heats the water at the same time. Now for example, my son had a bath last night after the heat came on, I went for a shower this morning after the heat…
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Electric heating for small house?
Hello I've just bought a very small one bedroom cottage which I'm planning on doing as a holiday let. There's no central heating but it has a multifuel stove in the living room. I want to put heating in, and was thinking of putting in smart electric radiators. They are very thin so won't take up much space, I can operate…
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controllable heating!
Hi, i live in a 2 bed semi, only have electricity and have storage heaters fitted, however they are over 30yrs old and most of them have stopped working now. I have temporarily replaced some with Dimplex Eco radiators until i can find a electric heating system that is both energy efficient and that i can control remotely,…
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Off Grid Gas/Oil Central Heating
Morning everyone Just after any advice on the installation of a central heating system. It’s for my grandmother who lives in a village with no mains gas. Typically people in the village have either LPG or oil tanks installed to power their central heating systems. Being a fairly old property, and her previous relunctance…
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Economy 7 questions
Hi folks, Hoping some of you's could help me to understand economy 7, as a lot of info online is so far a bit vague. Me and the other half moved into a flat in the Spring which uses economy 7 storage heaters with an immersion heater. Meter is a pay as you go. Tbh I havn't much of a clue as to how this should work, but i'm…
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oil central heating
Looking for advice. My current central heating system consists of oil fired boiler and each radiator fitted with trv themostatic valves. the problem is cost, ie the system heats up and is controlled by the boiler thermostat and the turning up or down each individual rad valve. Recently had a frost stat fitted with a pipe…
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Combi + Delayed Hot Water to Bathroom
Hi, just had a Baxi Duotec 28 installed in a bungalow. Seems fine. The distance between the boiler in the kitchen and and the bathroom is about 20 feet, though I guess the pipes go up into the loft, etc. It takes about 30-40 seconds and a lot of water until it starts to get hot. I supposed there's cold water in the pipe. I…
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Calor pilot won't stay lit
Two month old Calor butane cabinet heater, everything looks clean and nothing is loose. At first it lit no problem, then it started taking multiple strikes from the ignition to get going, and now it just won't start at all without me gently blowing on the flame and/or rocking the cabinet gently back and forth. Even once it…
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House not heating up like it used to
Hey folks Any advice or help appreciated. My elderly parents got gas installed last July and it was great. Winter came and the thermostat easily hit 22/23 regularly. This year though the heating is struggling to even get to 20 for some reason. Anybody any ideas what it could be or what I could try? I suspect my dad might…
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NPower - Super Fix March 2021
Hi, Has anyone switched to NPower's Super Fix 2021 deal? I feel like this 3.5 year deal could be too good to be true. Thanks, Charley
