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I’ve begrudgingly accepted the Eon fixed contract at 34p pkWh today. We’ll pay more from now until April from when the capped price should be similar....
My advice would be to have a towel rail only to hold a towel. Not heat it. Fit dedicated bathroom radiators to heat the bathroom which in turn will dr...
I have 3 Kair heat recovery ventilators in 2 bathrooms and a toilet in the downstairs of our house. They work really well as they bring in a constant ...
I think its better to get closer and do the exterior in much smaller sections to try to find cold spots or leaky areas.
We are currently on 21p per kWh, this should rise to around 28/29p in April. A 20% rise in October would take this to 33/34p therefore I am better to ...
Much easier to do this via the melcoud app or web browser. It can show hourly temperatures for flow/return/tank temp etc.
I doubt you'd be able to heat the property with a 16kw heat pump for cheaper than £120 a month (especially with the direction of travel for electricit...
What are you being offered as everything I can see is just silly amounts so better staying on the capped variable tariff.
It might be worth borrowing/renting a thermal imaging camera as it could show the leaks/paths the water is flowing through.
I have this issue at our property running a secondary return for instant hot water. Our house is quite large with long pipe runs from the unven...
I had an issue a couple of years ago where it constantly ran the defrost cycle late at night when it was cold. I disabled the frost protection as our ...
Jump to 6:00 (if you can't be bothered to watch the whole thing - its worth a watch if you are bored). Fit and forget seems to be the approach f...
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