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MSE Cheap Energy Club
HI - I did the switch on Electricity and Gas via your MSE Cheap Energy Club last week and have received and email from my supplier British Gas saying that I've moved home and I need to re-register for monthly billing? What do I do now!!??
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Thermaflow Electric Boiler - Losing pressure when heating on
Wonder if anyone can help, we have a thermaflow electric boiler and have only recently needed to have the heating on as the house is very well insulated. With hot water only, we have absolutely no problems what so ever, literally so much hot water we never run out despite having a large family and everyone bathing daily.…
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Huge Bill from Scottish Power; can anyone advise?
My son today has had a shock; Scottish Power have tried to take £2.5k out of his account. This is obviously wrong so he has rung them up and he actually has a debit of nearly £4k on the account.:eek: Now I don't see how this can be right. His flat is all-electric, he does not have Econmy 7 as he just has electric…
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Uk heat logs
Good evening We used them last year but trying to find them now and can't. There website is also down. Have they gone out of business? Cheers
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What to replace economy 7 Heating with??
Our Economy 7 night storage heaters are old and not working great but i was wandering is it possible to get Eco 7 heaters that work like central heating that you can turn on and off and increase or decrease the heat when you want out there at a sensible price?
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Dual fuel-Is it worth paying the exit fee for latest energy club deal?
I switched energy supplier 3 December 2015 to join British Gas under the previous energy club deal. I have heard about the latest energy club latest deal though that would mean paying a £50 exit fee to leave current deal. Is it worth signing up? I am trusting there might be some MSE forum experts that can advise me. *…
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Cleaning ceramic mirror glass on a Wood log burner stove
Hi all, just after some advice on the best way to clean this kind of stove glass. I have an Ekol Crystal 12 and use the airwash system, however there are really tough burnt on stains inside and when the stove is lit you can clearly see them. It was installed in February and we used it a handful of times to temper it as per…
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High gas connection quote
Please help. Bought my first house which had no gas central heating or gas connection. Contacted Scottish Gas Network for a quote, £625 to connect gas, excavate etc. They then advised that cannot connect as ES Pipelines own the network in my area. Contacted ES Pipelines for a quote, £915. A few weeks later, while I was…
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British gas
Not aure whether for correct forum but hey here goes! British Gas have emailed me to say their offering me another tariff called home energy fix 2017 which is only being offered to customers who are on the collective tariff now and this won't be available anywhere else or on their website and it's available to sign up to…
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No help from British Gas
I received your e mail regarding the offer from British Gas even for those already with BG ....filled it in, but then noticed at the end it said my direct debits would stay the same for now ...having just had BG change my DD a couple weeks ago, it would seem I still have to pay the huge DD I am already paying them and not…
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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.
