Alternative Fuels Payments

kar999

mrmcc said:

I received a voucher £200 for alternative fuel, my issue is i dont think i qualify, i have no gas but do have storage heaters (although cant afford to use them) i do have coal fire that heats the hot water. should i still cash it or will i be made to return it.

You wont be asked for it back & you are using alternative fuel.

rmbaker0704

Am I the only person still waiting for the Alt fuel payment?.My local authority won't even confirm if they have my details

rmbaker0704

just heard from my local authority who say they still await payment details and dates!!!

mmmmikey

My local council (North Kesteven District Council) made the AFP payment to me as soon as they received notification from BEIS. In fact, I got the payment even before I had received notification from BEIS that I was going to get it.

It sounds like this is a local issue with some councils being much better than others at dealing with this kind of admin. Without making any point whatsoever in relation to who you should vote for, I would say that this does highlight the importance of engaging with local politics and using your vote tomorrow (if you have one) accordingly......

y-o-r-k-y

rmbaker0704 said:

Am I the only person still waiting for the Alt fuel payment?.My local authority won't even confirm if they have my details

No , I'm still waiting for payment and it's about 8 weeks now since I applied.

Qyburn

kar999 said:

A net of hardwood kiln dried logs was £3.49 now £6 99. Obviously cheaper in bulk but still much higher due to kiln costs.  

I hope nobody's running their main heating by buying their wood in 30l nets. Prices vary hugely around the country but currently our nearest producer wants £70 per cu.m.

Paying extra for kiln dried firewood is just throwing money away.

kar999

Qyburn said:

kar999 said:

A net of hardwood kiln dried logs was £3.49 now £6 99. Obviously cheaper in bulk but still much higher due to kiln costs.  

I hope nobody's running their main heating by buying their wood in 30l nets. Prices vary hugely around the country but currently our nearest producer wants £70 per cu.m.

Paying extra for kiln dried firewood is just throwing money away.

I was just using nets as a benchmark for increases in price. 

I usually buy flatbed loads depending on soft/hard/mixed requirements so price increase comparison is more difficult.

mandarin6

y-o-r-k-y said:

rmbaker0704 said:

Am I the only person still waiting for the Alt fuel payment?.My local authority won't even confirm if they have my details

No , I'm still waiting for payment and it's about 8 weeks now since I applied.

I suggest you read other threads on AF payments to see the difficulty some of us have had with LAs. I was paid last week only because I refused to let our council get away with non payment.

Qyburn

kar999 said:

Qyburn said:

kar999 said:

A net of hardwood kiln dried logs was £3.49 now £6 99. Obviously cheaper in bulk but still much higher due to kiln costs.  

I hope nobody's running their main heating by buying their wood in 30l nets. Prices vary hugely around the country but currently our nearest producer wants £70 per cu.m.

Paying extra for kiln dried firewood is just throwing money away.

I was just using nets as a benchmark for increases in price. 

I usually buy flatbed loads depending on soft/hard/mixed requirements so price increase comparison is more difficult.

It's a poor benchmark for real firewood prices for a number of reasons. Mainly as i say because nobody seriously heats buying in that form. Also because prices for nets are all over the place, I could point to retailers whose prices are lower than a year ago, and others where prices are pretty much the same. It's more like a leasure market than a real commodity. Production costs around £1.70 per net, excluding cost for the source timber, and retailers normally want 100% mark up, so anyone selling at £3.49 was doing so more as a novelty or loss leader than a serious product line.