Warm Front Grant saved me a fortune!

SambaRamba wrote:

Hello, I qualify for a warmfront grant for central heating due to my income. Does anyone know what happens if I receive a payrise after the date of the application, which takes my earnings to just above the limit? What if the work has already started?

It shouldn't effect it. It goes by your earning from the time of the application.

After the relocation and installation of new boiler a couple of weeks before christmas the installers came back 8 days later to replace the 2 radiators they damaged but they did this at warmfronts expense, they damaged the bleed valve thing by using tools rather than a radiator key as they didnt have one (was amazed). They planned to replace them after christmas but came back 2 days before as I had to ring and tell them they had made an error while doing the piping under the sink. I have an outside tap which has a separate stop tap in the house under the sink near the main house stop tap so it doesnt freeze over winter. I checked it and found they had turned it into a main stop tap which switched off the whole house aswell rather than just the outside tap so I ended up with 2 main stop taps and couldnt isolate the outside tap. They corrected it but he did it by making another tap in a different cupboard for some reason, a bit inconvenient but at least I can still isolate the tap again now.

The radiators came smaller than the ones already in, the bedroom one is quite a bit smaller. The bathroom one they have fitted very close to the floor but it all boils down to those stupid pipes they left in and didnt cut them off under the floorboards, too hard to explain on here but they just have to work round the things and now the 2 remaining ones are even more exposed and just look awfull. He told me not to lean on the radiator as it had been fixed with sealant and allsorts (his words) as it is partition wall. I told them it was before they fitted them but there are wood frames in there too which is what I thought they would use to attach the radiator to. I'm just worried in case the grandchildren will lean on it when they use the loo as the radiator has been moved up right next to it. There was plenty of room to move it the other way but they didnt, again because of the pipes they left in. Not sure if I mentioned it but they said they couldnt cut them off below the floorboards as they were on a beam but while tidying up after they went I did lift the floorboards there and found absolutely nothing in the way they just did not want to take a floorboard up so because of that its caused the radiator to have to be fitted around them in a stupid way and those 2 remaining bagpipes still 1/3 up the wall looking such a bodge job.

The boiler, I queried before installation as being not sufficient output on the heating side for the house as the one I had in already had a higher heating output but the water was the same output (both valliant) This is proving to be the case I think. The water is excellent, very hot, very quick and I love valliant boilers but I really think I should have had the next size up, I did ask if I could pay the extra to have the next size up. The heating goes cold all of a sudden even when the temperature isnt reached, radiators can stay cold for up to an hour. People comment and say they have suddenly got very cold and they ask if I can put the heating on when its already on. The thermostat doesnt ever reach the 21 degrees its set at by default but when I turn off 2 radiators the system works more efficiently but it still gets cold suddenly but not for as long. Warmfront told me that they had informed the installers that if after installation the boiler proves not to be correct the installers will have to replace it at thier own expense. The inspector hasnt been round yet I don't know what they will think I feel terrible having to complain over something that I have been given free but warmfront pay for this and I feel I have a duty to inform them, I still feel awful though as I do have heating I couldnt have afforded otherwise and the water side is fine

Hope everything goes well for you Margaret youve waited a long time.

Forgot to mention too that they had to repair a leak from when they fitted the new bedroom radiator as it was coming through the ceiling into my lounge onto the chair. The chair was saturated but they came back and fixed it straight away, that could have been bad especially if it had gone any further and brought the ceiling down

Well I took the cushions off and soaked as much up with towels as I could and dried it out as its right next to the radiator it seems ok. I've cleaned it with stardrops. I thought it was going to smell but its ok. I don't think I'm covered fr accidental damage just buildings but if it had been worse I would have expected kershaws to compensate me for that maybe?

Hi all

Well, it's 'all systems go' here. Interglow work in teams of 2, the first team to come into the yard this morning were to come to us - and here they are, everything appears to be going on OK so far.

We got them to reverse the van into the drive - our car is on the road because I have a dental appointment at 11.40 this morning, didn't want to be 'boxed-in', I'm going out and DH will stay here and keep an eye.

Cold weather forecast for later this week so perhaps it's just in the nick of time. Hope a few other people get their heating sorted in time - we're lucky compared to some. Electricity costs have just gone down so that's good news too - we're getting a refund of £79.95 overpaid and monthly DD down next month from £28.50 to £20.

Next thing, I want the hall re-carpeted...

Margaret