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Bulk LPG - Cheapest suppliers / supply route?
Hi all, Moved into a house in Jan that has a bulk LPG tank, which was previously supplied (and the tank is owned by) Calor. The contract they were really keen for me to sign was quite a restrictive lock in one and after speaking and a bit of negotiating they dropped the standing charge and discounted the pence per litre by…
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Calor Gas unfair billing
im writing to see if anyone else has had issues with Calor Gas and their billing / deliveries ? in 2022 my elderly father agreed a monthly amount with a manager there who calculated what he would require monthly and set up a direct debit . They have been taking monthly amounts from him but were then billing him seperately…
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Heating oil delivery issue
I see there was a short thread on this subject back in March 2011 but nothing since. I recently had an exact same issue with this a few months back. Like the former poster I am meticulous when it comes to recording utilities of every kind, not just heating oil but electricity, water and PV generation. I had a new bunded…
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New to LPG
I'm about to move in to a new rental and it has LPG, I am very surprised it costs double what mains gas does The tank outside has AvantiGas sticker so presuming it's them who are currently supplying, I am in the Lancaster area in Lancashire, should I stay with them or are there cheaper suppliers, Is it easy to change over,…
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Oil combi installation
Hi everyone, hoping you can help me here. We are renovating an old property, and for various reasons the heating is limited to the current storage heaters (don’t get on with them, they have to go), or an oil system. Heat pump isn’t possible due to the poor insulation and too much money to bring up to a level required. I…
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Boilerjuice Boilerjuice ...
Don't say it three times in a row! I had a quote from Boilerjuice today, for 600 litres of residential heating oil, 30 minutes to decide and the lowest cot £458.98 (delivery by 30th April). I called Johnston Oils, who quoted £382.47, with delivery by 29th April. I placed the order with Johnston Oils and learned a valuable…
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Removing oil central heating?
Hello all, We moved into our new home which we bought in October last year. it has an old oil tank which is not bunded and needs moving as does not meet legislation. We were originally going to just replace the tank, however we are coming to realise that it is very difficult to get reliable tradesmen where we live (rural…
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Smoking multi fuel stove
Hi and thanks for letting me join. We have a big problem with our stove to the point we can’t use it. This is the problem. It was burning fine then one night it just started to fill the room with smoke to the point where a flame wouldn’t burn long. We had the chimney swept and the problem is still here but when he swept it…
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Bioethanol stove
Hi Does anyone have any experience with Bioethanol stoves in terms of safety, room pollution and ease of use? Many thanks.
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Decommissioning LPG
We recently installed an air source heat pump, solar panels and batteries. We had previously used bulk lpg in an underground tank. The new system works ok although we are spending more than we did before. This may partly because we were not able to get approval for the export of our surplus power generated which was a…
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What's the current "yearly minimum" people have been buying kerosene at?
[17/03/25 -- plz see post 8] My first and only delivery so far was 63p/L - is this likely to come down over the next 12 months? what would we be talking.....55p/L or something? 500L of 55p/L would over 12 months be £40 cheaper than I bought. so putting an oil drum in the garage at about £15 would probably be worth it at…
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What's the "minimum reasonable amount" you can order of heating oil
I'm aware the "minimum official" is 500L, with the T&C's of getting refunded what can't be delivered. I've just ordered at 63p/L, and I'm aware this might come down. so I need to ideally "time" my usage with the "minimum price" during the next 12 months, or whatever. but supposing the cheap/L price is at "can only fit 350L…
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Flogas contact - we didn't sign, are we tied in?
Hi all, I wonder if you can help me. We recently moved into a rental property with the primary heating/cooking fuel being lpg. There's a buried tank in the garden. We just received a letter from Flogas that basically says there's around 18 months of a 2 year contract to run, presumably signed by the landlords. Agreeing to…
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Help with LPG
Hi all, In need of advice with my LPG. Long story short i have been in dispute with Calor since September 2023. It included gas delivered to another property which had a similar address and billed to my account. I refused to pay and multiple hopeless customer service agents said that they would refund. This went on until…
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Peat & Turf - Reconstitute Dust into Briquettes?
As my stores of cut turf dwindle, I am left with a lot of dust and chunks. I have tried to bundle it in tightly wrapped paper or toilet paper cores, but it doesn't seem to burn as long as it does when it's in a briquette form. Has anyone found or heard of a way to take the bits and make them into a briquette again? I'm not…
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solar quotes...any thoughts?
hi im looking at getting panels fitted..can anyone comment on the below quotes? all include fitting certificates etc. the last quote is 8 panels on se roof and 4 on nw roof Size of system 4.5kW & 7kW of Battery Storage Equipment; 9 x 500w Eurener Nexa Topcon N-Type Bi-Facial Panels 30-year warranty 9 x Solar Edge…
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How much does it cost you per day to heat whatever rooms you are heating
If there are any other threads similar to this, please combine them etc. I've now got some estimates in the new place after a few weeks of "required use", (taken from looking at the level of oil in my boiler tank, and saying "that looks about 1 inch less than it was X days ago"). I think I've been using approx £2 of oil…
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Help with getting hot water with my e7? None for 5 days...
Hello, I do hope you can help me. I have rummaged around on the boards and have managed to find answers to how to get my storage heating to work...and that the red convector buttons were not about how much stored heat I was using but rather I was using peak! Sorted now... But I simply can't figure out how to get hot water.…
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Should I change to LPG from
When we bought the house 42 years ago it was and still is an oil fired boiler system Gas is not available as it’s a rural area The existing boiler a Firebird external boiler about 8 years old Each time there is a problem with the boiler there is a problem getting an engineer Been without heating now for a week and…
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Comparing two properties - to move or not to move
We are currently in a grade 1 listed cottage, which is small, but has single-glazing and no woodburner. The cottage is solely electric and we have storage heaters, in the winter our bills are up to £400. It's horrible, we're with EDF and no other provider will touch us because they say our meter is complex (I've tried many…
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Are there delivery problems right now?
I am overdue a heating oil delivery from Goff by 3 days now, and am getting very concerned I'll run out of fuel. They say there are problems at the depot but can't give me a firm delivery date. Is this an industry wide issue? I am in Kent
