Shortest wait for smart meter?

patricia1066

MattMattMattUK said:

olbas_oil said:

"Why the desperate rush?"

The house is a recent purchase, and there's decisions to be made about replacing the boiler. At the moment we have no good information about energy consumption. 

Reading the meter every day will give you accurate usage information. If you are planning on replacing the boiler with another gas boiler then the simple way to look at it is that in terms of a cost saving it is almost never worth it if you are replacing one condensing boiler with another condensing boiler, if you are replacing a non-condensing boiler with a condensing boiler it will be worth it, you might well save 30-40% on the gas used by your boiler. Other options such as heat pumps are much more complicated as they may require new radiators, sufficient insulation etc. 

On the point of 30-40% saving, we replaced a Potterton non-condensing boiler 2 years ago when it failed, and I was reviewing our energy usage this morning. 

We thought of replacing it earlier but we were informed that it was reliable and large efficiency savings would be unlikely. 

This advice was borne out, as the first year gave 8% reduction in gas usage, and some of this was due to improved insulation of the new hot water tank.
 
From Jan 22-Jan 23 we achieved 15% which is because we turned off the heating whenever we left the house, and left the thermostat at 17 deg C. 

If you have a regularly serviced gas boiler which is appropriate to the task of heating your new home, put a fund aside to replace it when its needed.

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patricia1066 said:

MattMattMattUK said:

olbas_oil said:

"Why the desperate rush?"

The house is a recent purchase, and there's decisions to be made about replacing the boiler. At the moment we have no good information about energy consumption. 

Reading the meter every day will give you accurate usage information. If you are planning on replacing the boiler with another gas boiler then the simple way to look at it is that in terms of a cost saving it is almost never worth it if you are replacing one condensing boiler with another condensing boiler, if you are replacing a non-condensing boiler with a condensing boiler it will be worth it, you might well save 30-40% on the gas used by your boiler. Other options such as heat pumps are much more complicated as they may require new radiators, sufficient insulation etc. 

On the point of 30-40% saving, we replaced a Potterton non-condensing boiler 2 years ago when it failed, and I was reviewing our energy usage this morning. 

We thought of replacing it earlier but we were informed that it was reliable and large efficiency savings would be unlikely. 

This advice was borne out, as the first year gave 8% reduction in gas usage, and some of this was due to improved insulation of the new hot water tank.
 
From Jan 22-Jan 23 we achieved 15% which is because we turned off the heating whenever we left the house, and left the thermostat at 17 deg C. 

If you have a regularly serviced gas boiler which is appropriate to the task of heating your new home, put a fund aside to replace it when it’s needed.

If the Government has its way by the time your gas boiler needs replacing, you may not be allowed to replace it with another boiler.

edgriff

I recently went through this process to get a new meter fitted for a house I purchased with an old gas supply that was found by Cadent (who own the gas main) to be live but then needed a meter. 

I found E.ON to be fantastic. Called their New Connections line, they picked up straight away and the meter was fitted within 10 working days. Ovo told me 3 months and Octopus couldn't tell me a timescale but at least 10 weeks. British Gas left a message but never rang back. I honestly can't fault E.ON.

I needed to chase Cadent for the MPRN, once I had that then E.ON had a wasted trip because Cadent had confirmed the supply as live but without fitting an ECV (emergency valve). Without the ECV (Cadent's responsibility), E.ON couldn't fit the meter, so Cadent had to come back out, fit the ECV and then E.ON came back the next day. 

Lorian

Octopus about to fit a new set for me in just over 2 weeks from booking.