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This afternoon I was advised by a charity that was helping me with my ECO4 dispute that I should agree to let contractors remove ASHP and solar panels...
@bart Thanks for your help but I have already been there. Contractor is saying, with some truth, that I won't engage with them. Disputes Resolution sa...
@bart Thanks for support. I was very worried at first but now quite cross. I have been going round in circles, from one regulator to another, think ...
@notanexpert Thank you for kind thoughts. As I have just said I do not think it is a state sponsored scam, think it is a real effort to perhaps slow...
@bontwoody Then I must apologise. Havenwise sounds too good to be true. Cynical old me is already thinking about the small print.
@bontwoody Please can I borrow your rose tinted specs re: ECO4? I also read the climate warning and I have been banging on about it since the 1...
@bart Have given up. Dispute has reached deadlock stage. When, if, it is resolved I should like the opportunity to write about some of the things that...
@grantmethestrength "...have a morning pow wow over a nice cup of tea..." Sub-contractors here never stopped. I told them tea, coffee etc. was there...
It seems I have either been very unlucky with ECO4. Not sure what to say as dispute ongoing. The complaints system needs an overhaul - think the e...
This is where the cold water storage tank was situated; tank has been left in the garden.
@editor Attached images of external insulation. Think recent heavy rain has made matters worse. Image #2 not good, should show missing tape and sa...
What indeed? Not visited forums for some time, been in hibernation. Have survived the winter without ASHP. Someone was wearing rose tinted glasse...
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