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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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Is this a scam? I keep getting these letters.
Is this letter a scam?
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Moved: Problem with Greenstar condensing boiler
This discussion has been moved.
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Can you paint on the reflective foil behind a radiator without materially damaging its effectivenes.
Obviously if you paint on the foil it will no longer reflect light, but will it continue to reflect infrared heat well - even if not quite as well as if it wasn't painted?
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Treated wood and chimney
Now I wouldn't do this given I don't fancy poisoning my neighbours, but people obviously do burn treated wood. Also imo, a wood stove is far more of a lifestyle choice if you didn't have it in the house to begin with and it isn't cheap compared to say a heat pump or even gas half the time Would burning treated wood also…
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Biomass wood pellets - Have you seen the prices??
I'm shocked at the difference in wood pellets already. A year ago I bought a 65 bag pallet for £260 and now the cheapest I can find is £485. An 86% increase.... It's going to be a damn cold winter....
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Multi fuel stove novice Which smokeless coal?
I've just got a Woodford Chadwick 5 installed. The local coal merchant recommended homefire ovals,I'm struggling to get heat from them. Can I burn wood with coal etc? I was going to try anthracite on a bed of wood. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Has anyone got or ever used a paraffin inverter heater
Has anyone got or used a paraffin inverter heater to heat there home. they seem to be very popular in france and japan.
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What are people paying for Kiln Dried Logs?
I've fitted lots of thermostatic valves and a Tado etc last year and managed to get my usage in a old Victorian house down to half of last year. Admittedly the cost stayed the same, which I guess in the circumstances was a result. During the summer we have had a log burner installed and that should help reduce the use of…
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Heating alternatives, possibly LPG?
Hi All I’d like to
see what people here think about my situation for heating my home. I live in
part of an old broken-up estate house, which is listed. I bought this house
last year and survived the past winter just. The house has a wet central heating
system, which is currently driven by a 9kW electric boiler. I am…
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Calor issues help and advice
Good day. Basically I'm in a 2 year contract with Calor. This is due to end in December. The gas in the tank I had before the issue will last until then. Calor lorry rolls up last autumn dumps 636 litres of gas BY MISTAKE into my tank. Should've been delivered to the neighbours tank. Calor admit the mistake. Invoice ME for…
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TANK REMOVAL
Currently with Avanti, and out of contract. Tried to switch but informed that my above tank is non compliant, due to boundaries not being within the required distance. I am considering changing my energy supply to an electric boiler. Can anyone advise if I will need to pay the costs for removing the tank?
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Calor LPG - HELP!
We have had endless issues with them since we’ve been renting this property 4 years ago. We will be moving and only just received a completion date so have just informed them. They delivered gas to us in May (that we never requested) and they want us to pay £1k for that gas because they’re not going to take it back from…
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Heat Pump alternatives
Would really love some advice as we are really struggling. Moved into our new house a few months ago that has a Biomass pellet boiler. When we bought the house, the boiler was serviced, and the agent and the owners sang the praises of the boiler and how the owners owned a company who installed it and could help us out with…
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kerosene/ heating oil prices
Today I was ripped off by Crown oils at the pump for 91p/ liter of heating oil! When I got back I rang them to ask them how much they charge for it They said 86p plus vat on the pump and 82p bulk delivery I asked them before a few week ago and was quoted 67p and asked why the hike and just a load of BS from the sales rep.…
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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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Removing an LPG tank
We've recently had our LPG boiler removed and replaced with an ASHP as part of the ECO scheme, as such the LPG tank in the front garden is now redundant and needs to go. We had a contract with Avanti Gas which expired in January and they've quoted me £500 + VAT to take the tank away and an additional £280 + VAT to pump the…
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Q's on commercial emergency diesel leccy generation.
Hi. On the off-chance that anyone on here has insights to such a topic :smile: What price ppl would a commercial operator be able to buy red diesel at, compared to domestic? No idea of quants involved, but I guess 30k litres or more. Rough efficiency of 1950's generators, and how this improved in the 60's? Thanks.
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Defunct Oil Tank
We have an oil tank that is no longer used. It is empty to the level of the exit valve. Does anyone know how you would get it removed and how much that would cost? It's plastic with a single wall so I don't see that it is capable of being used elsewhere.
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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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Riello Gulliver RG1 Oil Burner - I think?
Hello, newbie here. Not just to this forum, but to heating, as I come from living in the tropics. Bought a brick/concrete house in western Greece (considered climate zone B) that has a Riello Gulliver RG1 light oil burner in a concrete boiler room connected to Erdecast (boiler?). It is connected to a compressor that is…
