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heating oil.co.uk
Can anyone help? Does anyone purchase from these? We have only been in our house for a few months that has OFCH which we have never had before and its taking sme getting used to working out how much we use. We have a signalman gauge thingy that plugs in and runs from 0-10 for our 1500l tank I ordered some oil a couple of…
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Question about LPG central heating and cheap ways of running it.
Hi I want to throw a question to you all, we have LPG central heating and the boiler also runs our hot water. Is it cheaper to keep the heating on all day at a lower temperature, [switching it off at night] or as I have up to now been using it, turning it on until the house feels nice and warm and switching it off…
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Im confused
wich is the most economical(possibly ecological too) way of heating? airconditioning,gas radaitor heating, electric wet radiators etc. please can someone tell me? (Ive been searching it on google for too long!)
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Storage heaters- how to use them
We have just moved into a 2 bed masionette with 1 storage heater in the master bedroom ( which we do not plan on using whatsoever) and 2 stroage heaters in the lounge ( they have imput and output dials) We have not used it yet but would like to know how to use the dials and what settings is best at this time of year (…
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frost & pipe stat settings? what should they be
I have a new warmflow external oil boiler which has a honeywell frost & pipe stat fitted, what settings should they be on? my heating is randomly & regularly coming on even when it is not that cold outside.
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Portable gas fires
Hi I live in a rented house with huge patio doors (fully curtained up) gas central heating and an electric fire. The room is still a bit drafty in the cold weather we have been having and the last thing we want to do is put the electric fire on. So we are thinking of getting a calor gas style protable fire for the room (i…
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Heating advice needed please
Hi, we have a large (4 bed)semi detatched victorian house, 3 storeys, solid stone walls (i.e. no cavity). At the minute we are heating it with radiators run from a large multi-fuel stove powered by coal. The stove struggles to cope with heating the whole house at once so we usually have either the upstairs or the…
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Combi Boiler Help Please?!
Hi If anyone can help me it would be much appreciated! My Combi Boiler pressure dropped last week and we had to put the pressure back up so that the hot water and heating kicked in. Apparently the pressure reading should be between 1 and 2. Since then the boiler pressure seems to go up on it's own when no hot water or…
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Boiler Replacement Advice Pls Again!!
,hi I cant get the warm front grant, so i will be looking for a corgi guy to replace my boiler. Where do i start do look??, Im in Slough, berks, if anyone knows one. Do i have to use a Corgi guy, as i do have a builder who can do the job. What is should i expect in the qoute. Thanks in advance for any help PS MERRY XMAS TO…
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New Build Heating System
We are about to build a new bungalow, (not sure if we are being brave in this current economic climate or completely mad!!) but we are in too deep now and need to go ahead so the best thing we can do is consider ALL advice and try to do the best job we can and keep the costs as low as possible. We now have to make…
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Renewable energy website
A friend of mine has set up a new website aimed at giving independent advice to help people work out the right forms of micro-generation and heating from renewable sources. Similar model to this site - i.e. set up to offer totally unbiased free information on the site with the hope of getting a return on the investment…
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LPG supply troubles
Hi i just moved into a property where the LPG is supplied by BP, they are suposed to fill the tanks when its needed thus no problems with supplies running out. This morning there was no heating on after trying to contact BP all day just been informed at 17:00 hrs that there is a problem with the sensers on the tank and…
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Recommend me multi-fuel burner and supplier please!
We've decided a multi-fuel burner would be ideal for us to replace our out of service gas fire and keep us warm. I did print out several long threads on this forum and have spent the weekend perusing them and have picked up lots of tips but wondered if anyone has more specific advcie before we buy. We're looking for…
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Plume From Condensing Boiler
Hi, Could anyone out there help me regarding a condensing plume from a gas central heating boiler? The plume from my neighbours newly fitted cental heating boiler pluming right in front of the windows on the front of my house, I realise that it is not poisonous but it is very annoying and does have a smell. the condensing…
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Worcester 280 RSF
Hello everyone I am new to this forum. My worcester 280 RSF boiler has sprung a leak B. Gas Service engineer diagnosed a cracked Heat Exchanger but said he only serviced boilers and not did not do repairs so he passed the information on to another engineer who came and he diagnosed a leaking stop !!!! which he sealed with…
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a new way of heating
Would using an air conditioner unit posibly be more efficient than gas central heating? any information happily accepted
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Ash Disposal
Hi, I have a multi fuel stove and am now getting a good fire going with smokeless, newspaper, kindling and then a few more bits of smokeless, problem now is how to dispose of the ash... can I chuck it on the garden or will it ruin the plants. If I can't chuck it on the garden any suggestions on how to dispose of it would…
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Fuel reduction from Staywarm if recieving Attendence Allowance
My Mum has just been awarded Attendance Allowance at the High Rate. This means she can get a reduction from Staywarm. She only found out about it when she rang up to complain about how much they had put up her bill. They have now reduced her Staywarm tariff by about £30.00 per month from the original new quote of £125.00…
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Hot Water Problem/Advice.
When running hot water, from any tap within the house, some days it runs fine, but on other days it runs hot for 5 or 6 seconds, then gradually cools within a few seconds and runs very cold, for about 5 or 6 seconds, before heating up again and constantly repeating this cycle, meaning that you can only get a very cool…
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wood burner
Hi I am new to this so be gentle with me I have a conventional heating system ie gas combi boiler and rads, is it possible to add a wood burner with a back boiler so that we can reduce how much we use our gas boiler, but keep it to top up any short fall with the wood burner ( if their is any ) Would appreciate any info and…