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which is cheaper- electric blanket or central heating?
really need to save money on this, which is cheaper electric blanket or central heating? I switch my heating competly off during the day (as i'm at work) and turn it to 20c when I get home, turn it off again around 10-11pm when bedroom has warmed up however it is getting colder and i'm not sure what to do now as a 1st time…
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The most economical way to use oil?
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open fire
when i moved in2 our house we had a gasfire fitted and before that was done we had to have a thing called a chair removed from open fire........now we wish to reopen the fire up and use it but are not sure how to go about it.....i no that we will have to have it clean but what im not sure bout is how do we go bout…
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Seasoned logs/firewood North cornwall area?
Can anyone help please? :huh: Does anyone have an details of a reliable source of seasoned logs/firewood that offers delivery (even if this is charged extra for;) ) around Whitstone, cornwall, area is between Launceston and Bude, not far from Holsworthy. :think: This is for my mother who is disabled and feeling the cold!…
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Storage heaters! have i done the right thing!
hi! I'm new to these forums and i need everyones opinions; I live in a large 2 bed flat, the main bedroom and lounge are the only rooms that have storage heaters in, both rooms are approx. 14ft x 10ft with windows that are 10ft long also(so very large windows), the storage heaters are situated underneath the windows in…
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Help please - storage heaters
Hi everyone, I hope I am posting this in the right place! At the begining of this year I moved into my own 2 bed flat with my son, I was told that my heating is storage heaters, which was fine, although I didn't know much about them, during the summer, my heaters where never on as my flat was very warm! Now that it's…
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Obsolete Boiler Part needed
Hi Anyone out there know where I can get this part for our old Worcester CH boiler? If not it means a new installation at £2K+ so it's worth a try. They stopped stocking replacement parts a year ago, apparently - so someone might still have one. By the way - it's black. Domestic Hot Water Heat Exchanger for Worcester…
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Cost of new CH system?
I live in a 3 bed house in SW18. Since I moved in, 6 years ago, the radiators more often than not heat up when the hot water comes on, even though the CH is switched off. A British Gas engineer told me this was the result of "back circulation" due to faulty plumbing. To compound matters the hot water is now behaving…
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Homecare Services..which one?
I am looking at getting a homecare package to cover boiler, central heating and possibly plumbing. We have a reasonably new house (built 2004) and I would normally not think about a monthly charge, but finding good and reliable tradesmen in my area is a problem (as I found out recently). Obviously British Gas are the big…
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Storage Heaters or the plug in electric ones?
I am after some advice on which is cheaper to run? I currently have storage heaters and I am concerned that my electricity bills will be extremely high, I have only lived in my flat for a month so I dont have much to go on, bill wise. I am finding it difficult to control them and I am wondering if the plug in electric…
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Heating oil dropping like a stone
I noticed that heating oil dropped 2p in one day this week and is falling. Could be a good time to monitor prices for a winter fill up? Boiler juice website is good for keeping an eye on it, and ordering perhaps. Why then is car fuel not moving????? Oil has come down on the markets almost 40% recently.... I guess they are…
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oil boiler or electric immersion to heat water?
We have an electric immersion heater which we never use. In future, when only heating water, will it be more economical to use the oil boiler to do so, or the electric immersion heater? Cheers!
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oil filled radiators Vs panel heaters
I was trying to establish wether oil filled radiators or panel heaters are more efficent at heating a room and cheaper running costs. oil filled To my knowledge a oil filled radiator takes longer to heat up but then when the oil is hot it then cuts off until oil temperature cools down. Also oil filled rdaitors emit heat…
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baxi boiler problem
i have abaxi 105e whicjh when heating has been on a while and we use hot water the fault on fan or flue error light comes on any help please
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Faulty Electric meter
Hi can anyone give advice? :mad: My parents (60+) have been using a card meter for their electricity supply over past four years. In discussion with them they have been topping up and using £70+ a week for their supply and the house isn't ever very warm, with everyone wearing sweaters. When I queried amount with them, they…
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Faulty Electric meter
Hi can anyone give advice? :mad: My parents (60+) have been using a card meter for their electricity supply over past four years. In discussion with them they have been topping up and using £70+ a week for their supply and the house isn't ever very warm, with everyone wearing sweaters. When I queried amount with them, they…
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Oil filled radiators vs storage heating?
I have two 1 KW oil filled radiators and some storage heaters...which is cheapest to room long term?
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Central heating, what temperature?
I would be interested in knowing what people with central heating have their thermostats set to so I have set up a poll. You can post a message of you like as well. Ours is set to 18C and is left on permanently, the beauty of it is the temp in the house very rarely reaches that so thermostat hardly ever has a reason to…
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Advice on faulty youth club central heating system :(
I wonder if anyone can advise me before I go totally mad?!?! I am a trustee of a youth centre, we raised £18,000 to have a central heating system fitted approximately 18 months ago. It's worked sporadically, but we're still having problems. It was supplied by British Gas:rolleyes: and they used contractors to fit the…
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inset or cassette woodburning stove
Hi Does anyone know anything about these types of fires - we currently have a Morso owl multifuel but have been advised we would get more heat from a cassette type woodburner/multifuel. I've looked at them and can't see how they would give out more heat from just the glass frontage as the rest of the fire is fitted within…