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First Utility - HELP!
Hi Guys, I am new to this and wondering if anyone out there has had a similar problem or can lend me their advice on where i stand: When I got the keys to my new house in January 2015 First Utility were the provider. I submitted the meter reading on the day we got the keys and gave them all my details for them to set up an…
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Does RHI for heat pumps a measure of electrical energy or heat output?
Hello Apparently the RHI (Renewable Heat Initiative) that the UK government gives domestic users for a ground source heat pump is "19.33p per kWh" But given that a heat pump generates about 4 kWh of heat for every 1 kWh of electricity used, are they talking about electrical energy used OR heat energy generated? Apologies…
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Conservatory Heating - Economy 10 with weird boiler
Hi all, We are having a conservatory built and I am unsure how to heat it. Gas is not an option. Our existing heating system is a weird night storage boiler called a Nightstor, as a new user I cannot post links so you will have to google in order to appreciate the system, I think it's quite clever. This feeds a wet heating…
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Move lpg tank
Hi, We have an underground 1000litre lpg tank in our garden, we are having major issues with our neighbours whose land we need to access to fill up tank. To take away all the stress we are thinking of possibly moving the existing lpg tank 20m down the garden so it can be accessed via main road. We can't get any idea of the…
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Oil fired Rayburn vs Boiler & electric cooker? (house with no gas supply)
Hi everyone, We are buying a property in a rural area with no gas supply and so inevitably will have to get our heads around the whole oil fired heating process (as well as a septic tank but that's for another post!) At the moment the house has a Worcester Bosch Greenstar boiler (only 2 years old) and an electric cooker in…
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Should I replace fusebox?
I have an old style consumer unit with re-wireable fuses. I've never had any problem with it in 27 years of living in my house, but today when I switched the living room light on there was a popping sound and all the lights in the house went out. When the fuse was rewired by my neighbour the same thing happened again. He…
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New to Oil Heating
Hi Guys, I've put in an offer on a new build property in Gloucestershire which uses heating oil as it's not connected to mains gas. I've only dealt with gas heating before so I'm after any tips, tricks and useful bits of information before we move in? Is there anything I need to check before hand? Is there specific…
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Being billed by 2 suppliers due to incorrect handover by Green Energy
The electricity for my new home, which I bought in July, was already supplied by Eon. I switched to Green Energy and gave them a meter reading on the switch date. I also tried to enter the same meter reading with Eon but they wouldn't accept it online so I phoned them with the reading. They said they could only take a…
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Electric Underfloor Heating - anyone got it?
Hi all - I've just had a home office installed and need to lay flooring. I'm considering laying electric underfloor heating while I do and wondered if anyone has it and can let me know thoughts on it's effectiveness (I'm looking at the matts that come as kits). There's lots of info online about normal water underfloor…
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Heat logs/briquettes
I'm thinking of buying a pallet of briquettes/heat logs for use in a wood burning stove. Does anyone have advice please on the best value current offers? Thanks very much.
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Cheapest firewood and coal delivery or collection North London and surrounds?
Hi all where do you obtain cheap but good logs and coal? Do you get it delivered or is there a yard you go to to pick it up in your car? I can drive anywhere in North London and then the near parts of Essex/Herts/Berks etc. Or take a delivery too
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Never paid a gas bill - what do I do?!
Evening all. After a bit of advice if thats ok... I have owned my house for 2 years. Its approx 20 years old, and from what I can gather the gas meter is not, and never has been registered on the national database. As a result - I have never paid a gas bill (and have never been chased for a payment either!). I have…
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Installer for High Pressure hot water / heating system?
Hi - after much research we want to replace our vented, gravity-fed hot water system and boiler with a high-pressure, mains fed one. We have a four bedroomed detached with two bathrooms and want to make use of the loft space and airing cupboard. Can anyone recommend a decent installation Company in / around Suffolk?…
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2 electric meters registered at property
Help Please.... My energy tariff cam to an end on 15/07/2016, so I went onto Uswitch to do a price compare and decided to go with Scottish Power on 09/07/2016. I received a confirmation email from Uswitch, so all seemed fine, but I never heard from Scottish Power. I called them around 20/07/2016 and they said that they had…
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Help!!
We recently got a new Worcester Bosch combi boiler installed in our loft to replace the old one, which is in the loft. At great expense! It's a block of 6, we're at the top with access to the loft. Access to the loft I think is also through the stairwell. The boiler was always in the loft before. Housing officer was called…
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Economy 10
I am trying to switch my mum from "eon electric economy 10" tariff, to a cheaper standard tariff, I find no one will do this without an engineer making alterations to the meter, has anyone else had this problem or can anyone suggest a way to change supplier. Thanks in advance.
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Free biomass boiler offer, good or bad ?
Hi, This may be already covered and if so, please point me in the right direction. I am considering changing my 28 year old oil heating boiler for a wood pellet system. I have a wood burner so I am quite used to cutting and carrying logs so filling a boiler with bags of pellets is no problem !. There are companies out…
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What does the reading mean
If my electricity meter clicks up by one, does this mean I have used a Kwh? If not, what does it mean? Thanks
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New collective?
Hi all. The deal I signed up for last year under the MSE energy collective is due to expire in September. I can't see anything on MSE to say whether there will be a new exercise this year - does anyone know? Thanks, john
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Wood Burning Stove Installation Cost
Hi All, I just had a quote to fit in a wood burning stove. In his itemised quote the installer listed "Hetas Certificate - £100". Found it abit odd, just wanted to confirm if this is correct? Or am I being taken for a ride? Thanks for your input.
