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@transparent hi again I agree totally that insulation is the king,something the uk should have tackled 20 years ago,as well as making all new bu...
@derek-m hi thankyou for replying.I have 4kw solar,so could look at batteries.log burners do draw internally,so this could be changed.ground,first ...
@bontwoody hi yes we have turned boiler down to 50C,it ok but need to experiment more,the rooms with log burners in are lovely,I can’t imagine n...
@transparent hi the two companies measured house totally,windows,radiators,doors,insulation in roof,I know every inch of house as we lived in a car...
@kev-m hi,yes we use it intermittently,we have a oil cooker to(does DHW ,and about 6 radiators,heats up in 1 hour)so if it’s cold that goes on,if i...
@transparent hi thankyou for replying,I live in Cheshire ,Sandbach,I thought biomass could only blow 20m,we live in a courtyard so only got 2.33m c...
Hi yes we use about 2500L of oil,we’re careful!,and we have two log burners,you buy the oil on the dips,but there gone at the moment.
I know with the present energy guarantee the kWh is around 0.34kwh,reduced from 0.52 kWh ,but how long will this last ! in today’s economic environm...
Hi thankyou for replying. the total heat demand for property 47500 kWh/yr they quoted actual cost of electricity at £4006 at 0.27p kwh(Heat pum...
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