Last seen: Jan 16, 2026
Finger trouble … I agree, somebody on the village Facebook site just posted with the familiar HP issues, I am trying to forward them to thi...
@editor Sound advice. I think the first thing should be to get a proper heat loss calculation. Then act on recommendations to reduce heat loss before ...
@transparent Don’t want to muddy the discussion on gas disconnection (although I guess I’ve already done that, though I was only intending to add th...
@irmartini Yes, I’ve found an Octopus blog about gas meter removal that says that they don’t charge and are effectively absorbing the costs and char...
@irmartini looks like OFGEM recognise there is an issue: No idea if there are any standing charge free gas suppliers. Octopus told me that the...
I don’t have any experience of gas disconnection, but I had the same issue with an electricity meter. Basically for historical reasons we have two ele...
@toodles , @ianmk13, as a former engineer and slightly obsessive detail person, that’s the approach I’m taking, researching everything and trying to u...
I think the topic of air infiltration and the requirement for careful detailing probably would merit a bespoke topic, if there isn’t one already. I ...
I've just realised that I've not provided an update on this, been rather busy. In summary, from my understanding: Octopus Energy confirmed that, at ...
Sorry, I obviously didn’t explain that very well, and wrong to boot. As you say, the room/house heat loss is fixed and determined by the fabric and ou...
Could it be that the column labelled “Watts Required” is the value of the room heat loss estimate already modified by the radiator output factor at th...
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