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Central heating & Gas fire - best economy?
Hi all Can anyone advise on what the comparison of gas usage is between a gas fire in the living room and putting central heating on (combi boiler). To save on the amount of gas used at the moment, I have the gas fire on in the living room and stay in that room with the doors closed. If I go elsewhere in the house it's…
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New flat with a woodburner-advice please
My ex has moved into a barn conversion with a woodburning stove and gas central heating. What he wants to know is if anybody has any advice about using woodburners efficiently. He has been given access to a builders skip for scrap wood and wonders if this is good wood to use? If he buys logs what is the best way to do it?…
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Boiler Break Down
I Have An Ideal Mexico Super 3 Floor Standing Boiler I Have Found My Self Re-lighting It Up To 6 Times A Day,the Heating Works Fine But The Gas Valve Clicks The Pilot Goes Out And Has To Be Left For A While Before It Lights Again!can Any One Help?
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Bedroom Heater
Hi. I want to know where to get a good bedroom heater that won't cost a fortune to run. It will be used mostly in the evenings to heat the bedroom before the night. I don't really want to have to order over internet, I would rather buy from a shop. Cheers Dave
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Smokeless just went up 33% :(
Supertherme from CPL just went up by 33% I nearly choked on the phone when I was told. Can anybody recommend an alternative supplier? I'm in the North East. Newcastle.
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Oil boiler question
Hi does anyone know the best way to find a boilerman who deals with oil? ie: fitting new boiler.
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No heating - i need advise
Hello everyone, Me and and partner live in a 1 bed flat which comprises of a living room with kitchen at other side, 1 medium size bedroom and a tiny bathroom. We started living in it in Feb this year (we're tenants, not owners) because at the time it was all we could afford. Last Winter we had a really terrible time with…
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Help
In brief I am a single parent who is about to leave part-time employment before I have another baby at the end of November. I have a four year old and a five year old. I have struggled and juggled since my partner decided when I was six months pregnant that he was off to Oz. Ok fine, no maintenance etc so my situation is…
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Stove - pipe fire
This morning when we went to light the stove - using coal - once we got it going we filled the stove about a quarter to a third full and opened up the slider to full to get a really hot fire, we were going to let this burn like this for about 15 to 20 minutes and then turn it down to just over halfway. It'd only been going…
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Heatstore Night storage heater -faulty?
I have owned a Heatstore (HSX18N) night storage heater since January this year. It is a 2.57kw heater in the very small lounge but had previously heated the whole house extremely well. I have (since last week) turned it back on for the winter and have had to turn it onto maximum (6), but it still does not appear to heat…
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Viable Option for Home Worker
Hi All, I work from home a lot of the time and primarily in 1 room in the house all day. Is an electric heater a viable option for me of saving cost above & beyond keeping my gas heating on all day which warms all rooms within the house. Ive seen the following heater :…
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How Best To Operate Oil Powered Heating
Hi, I have a 3 bed end of terrace which has oil for the hot water and central heating. We had a new Combi boiler fitted in April (which should make things a bit more efficient!!). What I'd like is anyones advice on is whether it's better to leave the heating on constant with the thermostat set at 15 or have the heating…
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Gas boiler service - how much should it cost?
Hi, we've jsut mvoed into a house with an ancient gas boiler (not a combi one) and want to get it serviced as it won't ahve been used since 2 winters ago as the previous occupant died around October 2007. Does anyone know how much is a fair price? We are in Surrey/SW London. THanks
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What watt heaters do I need to be effective? and where to put them?
Hello! I am hoping you can give me some advice. I have already established storage heaters are useless, so I am not continuing down that route and we can't get gas and no room for oil, so it has to be electric. So what I am trying to work out is how many heaters and what wattage do I need to stay nice and warm. I have a 2…
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Portable heater - Convector or Oil filled which is cheaper to run ?
Guys, My sons room is cold and am going to buy him a portable 2KW heater for the winter to run overnight. Cost to buy both either oil filled or convector are around £30 however i'm wondering if both costs the same to run from the mains if the output is the same ? Is the oil-filled more effecient in the fact it only heats…
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LPG - the rip off continues
Just to ask does anyone pay more tha 45.5pl? I use 7000l pa and Shell Gas still are refusing to lower their price. Any ideas?
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A quick heating/boiler question..
Just wondering if anyone can advise... I live in a 6 year old house & we are thinking of getting a new boiler.. a more efficient boiler.. currently have a Baxi conventional but are thinking of a valliant/worcester boiler. Can you just swap the boiler or do we need new everything? Any advice greatfully receive. TIA
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Woodburning stove with backboiler installation cost?
I just want a guide price of what it would cost to install a woodburner with back boiler to link in with my existing oil fired central heating system. The stove is to go in our lounge which is approximately 14' x 12' but is quite drafty!
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Discount boilers/radiator help needed
hi everyone, i am currently looking into fitting a central heating system in my house. We only have a 1 bed link detached but am currently using the gas fire to heat the whole thing which im sure isnt very economical! just wondered if anyone knows of a good place online which sells radiators/combi boilers at a good price?…
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question re woodbuners with clip in boilers
hi all, just had my stove fitted. Plumber coming to connect stove to rads this week. question is can I use the stove with an empty boiler for a few days?