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Changing Supplier
Thinking of changing supplier for gas and elec. Does anyone know what happens with the feed in tariff payment for solar panels. Will the new supplier be responsible for making the FIT payments or will the previous supplier continue to make the fit payments
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eon gas and electric
hi all im looking for advice im with eon for gas and electric pay via a payment card at the postoffice. I am really struggling to keep up with my payments and I have emailed them to ask to put us on a cheaper tariff and they have emailed back saying I need to phone them and ask I don't like talking on the phone the best of…
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Unbelievable hassle chasing up Elec switch to E-On
I signed up to MSE Energy Club when my elec deal was coming to an end and was offered a seemingly better deal with E-On. I agreed, filled in the stuff and got a confirmation from MSE Energy Club. 22 days later, I hadn't heard anything from E-On & my pre-existing supplier transferred me to their sucker tariff because I…
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Cheapest gas meter installers
Hi not sure I'm posting this in the right place. I'm hoping someone can help. I need to get a gas meter installed, in order to install radiators. I have tried googling, to find who is the cheapest, but can't seem to find a comparison site for this. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Highest tariff for 4 years.
We moved into our house over four years ago, the house is a private rent. When we moved in the house had storage heaters up until 1 1/2 years ago. My electricity bill per month has been between £130 and £190. We phoned Scottish power (upon advise from a friend) and they said our new monthly bill could be £62 per month. I…
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Stove Pipe collar
I have installed a Charnwood Island 1 stove,connected to a chimney flue through a brick wall by a 6" cast iron flue pip. It looks a bit messy where the pipe goes through the wall and rather than fill it up with grout I'm looking for some sort of collar to round the pipe. The slight problem is where the flue pipe connects…
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Problem after boiler service
On Friday I had the annual service for our Worcester gas boiler which was done by the firm who installed it 6 years ago. For a little bit of history, we’d a problem with the heating 6 months ago when the heating would not go off and a faulty valve was replaced. We were surprised when the engineer contacted us the next day…
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Useless Smart Meter
Hi all. Lucky me, just got a smart meter installed. Trouble is, because I live in a top floor flat, and the meters are in the basement, the remote display doesn't work. Asked the 'engineer' who installed it, he just shrugged his shoulders. Spoke to the suppliers, who said at least they could now get accurate meter…
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How much is my multifuel stove worth?
Good Evening All, Probably not the right place for this thread but i thought the DIY section possibly may have more views it's more suited here. I am currently renovating a property and have decided to take out the multi fuel stove that was in place. Nothing wrong with it apart from the chimney wasn't lined and i'm not too…
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House renovation...Energy saving measures!!
We moved into this 100 years old house last year (5 beds detached) and obviously there is a lot of energy waste considering the house age and the inefficient 40 years old boiler. My annual gas use (Heating and cooking) was 24000 KW in comparison with 12000 in our previous house. This is with very tight use of heating (2…
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Storage heaters HELP!!!!
Hi all!!! I'm looking for some advice on storage heaters! I moved into my flat 6 months ago (rented) I have a storage heater so obviously I have an economy 7 tariff, my energy bills have been so up and down since I moved in and I can't seem to work it all out. I've researched online about these storage heaters but mine is…
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Unoccupied properties.
There are a number of people who have properties that are unoccupied for long periods in the winter, e.g. holiday homes, people who spend some of the winter abroad, between sales/lettings etc. In my case I have a little used detached annex(converted stables) that is fully gas centrally heated with a combi boiler. For the…
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Advise please: Standing Charge for Empty property
I own a property which was previously rented out and has been empty for 6 months . The energy supplier SSE who billed my tenant are trying to charge me £180 for standing charges during this period. I have not signed an agreement with SSE. Am I legally liable for these fees? thanks in advance.
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Calor gas or electric oil filled rad
Got a conservatory we want to keep the chill off. We foster cats temporarily in there and it does get cold overnight. We've been using a calor gas heater for a few hours until we go to bed. Trouble is it makes it very warm but its cold by the morning. Also, we burnt through a bottle (£35) in about 3 weeks. We've also got…
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Firefox 5 spare parts
Hi everyone. Can anyone recommend a place online to get decently priced spares for the Firefox 5 stove. I need the back and side firebrick, was thinking ill replace the other side as well. I also need the door seal rope.. Ive done a bit of googling but im not sure on all these not so well known sites and ebay seems to be…
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Storage Heater vs Oil Filled Radiators Advice
So my girlfriend and I have just been accepted for a two bedroom apartment in Cambridge. As most old apartment buildings, we have the dreaded storage heaters. Having never used these before but hearing from people how much of a nightmare they can be, I am keen to try some alternatives. We will be on Economy 7 tariff so our…
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Warm home discount
I applied for the warm home discount again in 2016,as I have received this each year that I have applied. A few weeks ago it seemed strange that British Gas hadn't made the payment,so I contacted them regarding it. I was astonished when they told me my account was no longer with them, but I was with Scottish Power. It was…
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Which heating option would you go for?
Hi all, im closing in on exchange of a house purchase now and im still stuck with which option to do. The house im currently buying has no central heating, (the price reflected this). It is a terraced house and has a gas fire downstairs. (their is gas the woman who owns it ripped out the boiler and radiators). I viewed in…
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Smart Heating advice - controller or TRVs?
We have just moved into a much bigger house which is heated solely by a Worcester-Bosch 35CDI boiler woth DT10RF programmable timer and rads with TRVs in each room (except the kitchen which has no heating save the oven!). Unfortunately we've discovered that the timer transmitter is broken and programming the timer on the…
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Are "collective deals" trustworthy?
Hello! I am late with switching from my fixed contract ending this month because I've been ill. Before that, my latest checks with CEC had given as winners some little known companies, many of them with bad CS and one of them "currently being probed by Ofgem" (!!!) At the time another comparison site had similar results.…
