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I tried to articulate some of my thoughts and concerns I raised in this thread about the rising cost of electricity and the potential effect it will h...
Welcome to the forums @stevebrockie3 A year ago, I would have been a lot more supportive in proceeding with the limited insulation and your heat los...
@batalto, I wish we had 2.5m of insulation - that would be awesome.
@derek-m, just got a quote from Avro. 18.5p / kWh. I can see us struggling to get lower than this. What has caused wholesale electricity prices to g...
@derek-m, we have been addressing leaks and insulation this summer. The issue is that even with those things addressed the increase is not financially...
@george, that's fortunate for you guys. I guess we're quite rural and we've always battled to get great rates. After a quick search, I've not been abl...
Time for our next switch. Symbio just sent us an email with their latest tariffs and loyalty rate has gone up 5p per kWh. Your new tariff plan...
@gordonville, the one thing that I can comment on, and that you've already highlighted, is the bore and rad size. It took us a while to get the bottom...
That sounds about what we paid for our installation - something like £4,500 for 3 days with a team of four guys. Crazy money. I saw an interesting ...
@Morgan, yeah, it's pretty frightening. And that's just fossil fuels. What about all the CO2 from forest fires and other sources. Crazy.
What will probably happen is that installers and manufacturers will dramatically drop their prices to maintain business. It's common knowledge that al...
@kev-m, do you know what the price of hydrogen will be - will it be closer to gas than electricity?
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