best form of heating for my 91 year old neighbour...

macman

It's perfectly possible for you to run the online account for him with his agreement, you just sign up in his name. Without online access he will miss out on all the best tariffs.
Since the loft and cavity walls can be insulated FOC, it would be crazy to not get this done before upgrading the heating.

fluffpot

Hmm, never thought of that. I guess I'll just have to collect the money from him each month after I've paid the direct debit as he doesn't have a bank acct. Would there be a problem with the person paying the bills being different from the person who uses the energy in terms of the address and name??

Ectophile

I would say getting the gas fire fixed/replaced would be the most sensible option.

Electric heating (other than night storage heaters) will always be expensive. It doesn't matter if they are halogen, convectors, oil-filled or whatever, they all use the same amount of electricity for the same amount of heat.

LisaLou1982

fluffpot wrote: »

Hi Lisa
Thanks for that - but as mentioned, there's no heating in the house and he lives on the ground floor so I can't see that there's much heat to escape! The snow on his roof is the last to melt, meaning that there's very little heat escaping

Insulation is designed to keep you Warmer. The fact that there is no heating in the house doesnt mean that you cant improve how warm it feels. In the winter the house will be near freezing as any sort of warmth that may exist will be escaping.

If he has no heating anyway he will be the first to notice a difference once the insulation is put in.

The grants finish this year too so the sooner he gets it done the better

macman

fluffpot wrote: »

Hmm, never thought of that. I guess I'll just have to collect the money from him each month after I've paid the direct debit as he doesn't have a bank acct. Would there be a problem with the person paying the bills being different from the person who uses the energy in terms of the address and name??

No, it can be any account, a DD doesn't have an address. But the utility account must be in his name or you will be liable in case of default.

LisaLou1982

macman wrote: »

No, it can be any account, a DD doesn't have an address. But the utility account must be in his name or you will be liable in case of deafault.

Yep i'll second this. I "manage" about 4 online accounts for various elderly relatives. I say "manage". All i have to do is put meter readings in twice a year. Hardly a hardship!!!

The bills are in their name. The email address is mine

cyclonebri1

Might get kicked off the forum for this, but has anyone suggested cremation yet?.


Ok it's sick and I don't mean it, but I think humour is the only way through life, take it seriously and yo're gone.;)

Embarrassed thing please:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o, there we go.

jhe

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Might get kicked off the forum for this, but has anyone suggested cremation yet?.


Ok it's sick and I don't mean it, but I think humour is the only way through life, take it seriously and yo're gone.;)

Embarrassed thing please:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o, there we go.

have i misunderstood something? if i havnt you want kicking off the forum

cyclonebri1

jhe wrote: »

have i misunderstood something? if i havnt you want kicking off the forum

Yeah, you have, it's a joke, , not sure you get red carded for that. I'm an old git too and I'd find it funny..

As I said you need humour to get through life

If you truly find it offensive I will delete it, provided you remove the quote that perpetuates it.

Only people of a certain age, the point you accept that you have had the biggest % of your life, and it's all downhill from there, can laugh at my post.

Pm me if you need my reasons for taking the jokers stance.

jhe

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Yeah, you have, it's a joke, , not sure you get red carded for that. I'm an old git too and I'd find it funny..

As I said you need humour to get through life

If you truly find it offensive I will delete it, provided you remove the quote that perpetuates it.

Only people of a certain age, the point you accept that you have had the biggest % of your life, and it's all downhill from there, can laugh at my post.

Pm me if you need my reasons for taking the jokers stance.

dont delete on my behalf, everyone to their own, i do have a sense of humour and i am over the hill, i just dont share the same humour as you