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Should i fix a gas/electricity tariff just before i move house?
Hi, my gas/electricity tariff fix with npower has just finished - but I'm hesitant to commit to a better pricing tariff with another supplier or npower as i'll be moving house in about 2.5 to 3 months. So my direct debit has just shot up. Any advice or thoughts? Thanks
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Spark energy
Hi, looking for some advice, has anyone had dealings with spark energy? My mum and step dad have been trying to leave for years and everytime they do they slap another bill on saying the owe 800 pounds, in the last 6 months they have paid them over 1000 pounds in order to wipe theor apparent debt and switch companies and…
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Gas/Elec changing suppliers through Cheap Energy Club.
I am totally confused why an estimate supplied by Cheap Energy Club & an estimate made direct to company is so way out. I don't know who to believe. Example: and this is not a collective fix so should be similar which ever way you get an estimate. OVO 2 year fix which energy club recommend as a great fix. OVO direct £107…
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Ductless Air Conditioning vs Updating Central Heating?
We're just in the early process of moving house, moving to the 'technical forever home' a detached 3 bed bungalow with a concrete floor. On viewing we noticed that it has a single line central heating system installed, with pipework that's been in the concrete ground since early '80's and the system by design won't win any…
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Squealing Oil Boiler
Hi there, We put the heating on today as we have been away (in addition to heating the hot water) and after a few hours we noticed some squealing from our Grant Vortex Pro Oil Boiler (15/21 Utility). Our annual service is not due until November but I am thinking I need to get this checked, and perhaps get the service done…
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BRITISH GAS doing strange things with monthly payments
Hi all, I'm looking to change gas & electric supplier as lots of people are. My British Gas fixed tariff is coming to an end and I'm looking to find a better option. But what's strange is... A few weeks ago BG sent me a bill saying my monthly direct debit was going from £80 to £120. That's a big rise and I questioned them…
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Disabled and unable to used forced prepaid meter help
Earlier today I tired to help a disabled lady who Eon forced a prepaid meter onto despite her pointing out she isn't capable of operating it - she lives alone independently no carer and as no family. She is on the NHS and national grid register as a customer with special needs due to medical condition and epuipment,…
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Oil Prices and Harvey
I keep reading about jumps in petrol prices due to Harvey Is this just scaremongering or is it best to get heating oil ordered as soon as possible?
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We have been given 5 solar panels.
What do we do with them? Connect them to the hot water tank, storage heaters or central heating. We don't have any storage heaters yet. Where, how would we save the most money? Towser anticipates using/storing all the power he generates, so is not concerned about selling it back (FIT). We have a multifuel Rayburn which…
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Replacement for PassivLiving energy hub suggestions please
I have a 5 year old SolarPV system which is a 3.6KW home system setup by a company called "PVSolar" who apparently went bust last month. The monitoring system is supplied by PassivLiving and that has died today. Apparently the hub has a connector inside it that connects with the tablet and that has failed thereby rendering…
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Should I be paying for a Air source heat pump survey?
Hi all, We are looking at having air source fitted to our home. The company who came this weekend have said a survey is needed to calculate what we will need with basic drawings to make calculations. The company have asked for a £200 fee to carry out the survey which will be taken off the total when we place the order.…
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For anyone struggling with Scottish Power
As per title, just a note for anyone dealing with the abysmal customer service at Scottish Power - I got results only after emailing the CEO, CFO etc. Sorry not allowed to post links as fairly new, but you can easily google them, CEO Neil Clitheroe, other names Colin McNeill, Sheila DUncan. I then got a reply pronto, not…
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mulitfuel cooker
Following on from my previous thread for multi fuel stoves....it has been suggested by a fitter that we should consider fitting a cooker stove but would welcome any reviews advise.... We are looking to install a multifuel /solid fuel stove which can also be used for cooking.....the likes of esse etc seem to be out the…
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Is it worth staying on Economy 7 with an immersion but no storage heaters?
Hi, can anyone advise me please? We moved into an electric-only 2 bed flat last October which had old night storage heaters and an immersion heater for the hot water on Economy 7. We've replaced the storage heaters with new non-storage electric wall heaters but still have the immersion heater for hot water. We still have…
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air to air heat or storage heaters
The bungalow we live in Cornwall is heated via storage heaters and a log burner in the lounge, the property is quite exposed so the effect of the heating is quite varied, to further compound the problems the heaters are also undersize in the study /main bedroom. We have had a quote for air to air heating but it sounds too…
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British gas farce - help
I've had the same problem for the last 2 years with British Gas. Ive had bills that are 70 pages long, a dozen letters received in a day, huge bills that I can't understand, then most of it credited back to me in the next post! Huge delays transferring the services, debt letters, my bank account emptied of over £5000 by…
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LPG Tank between 2 houses?
We currently own a pair of semi detached cottages in N Wales from where we do holiday lets. No2 has an underground LPG tank which is then piped through a meter to No1. As the owners of both it has proved an ideal system, especially since we got onto the Woldlink contract. We are now selling the cottages and are wondering…
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New double glazing - but fuel savings?
Just had new double glazing installed to replace the old DG units that were 20 years old. I don't have any documentation for the old units but I have been told they were probably energy rating 'C' which was/is the building regulation standard minimum. The new units are rated 'A' as they have the following features over the…
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Tariff Change Notification
If my tariff was changing, should I have received a notification of this?
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Changing Energy Suppliers through MSE website
Hi, Just joined as I'm about to change energy suppliers to make a big saving. Main problem, the wife doesn't like the fact of giving bank details on line?????? I know, I've tried convincing her, but she's worried etc etc. So, question is, did anyone else have reservations about doing this through the MSE website etc. The…
