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Possibly but I did compare with a colleague the other day who lives in a four bedroom house and my usage last Winter (both comparing on the Octopus app) was much higher. Google also reckons average daily is 40kwh in the winter (my house is smaller than average)

Thanks for taking the time to reply We’ve lived here years now, not really took much notice if I’m not until now! If I look at Octopus for Jan 2021, we used 1221kwh of gas We have a gas cooker (sorry forgot to mention). I’m tempted to try a higher flow rate to see if that makes a difference.

Hi all, I’d appreciate some help if anybody is able to. My house only has two rads (one 2000mm wide double panel and one 1200mm single) and a towel rail. I have a Glowworm Easicom 24c which is coming on to two years old. Heating is set to 65c. Our thermostat is set to 17 (I know it sounds...

It’s an NF30 but more concerned about the alterations we’d need to do for a new boiler (gas pipe, condensate pipe, etc) that we’d may have to change after getting a new kitchen

Have one coming at the weekend but just wanted a second opinion as I know some installers have preferences to particular heating systems and brands. it’s a shame we can’t fix the Ideal by putting a new fan assembly in but we want to get the kitchen done and I know any new boiler will have the...

Is there such a thing as overkill for a combi boiler? Sorry if it’s a stupid question! On the heating side we literally only have two rads and a towel rail

I quite like the system we have and I understand some regular boilers can be quite small these days which appeals to me as our kitchen is small. My real concern is whether I am stupid for not replacing the cylinder at the same time given our old it is...if it’s advised that I replace that then...

Ahh ok I’ll need to do some more research then. mains pressure is very good, even at peak times.

Yes sorry it is heat only, my terminology is not the best! thanks for the reply. yes there is a circulating pump but I left that out as I assumed a new heat only boiler would have a pump built in these days, again I think the pump is as old as everything else. would you trust the existing...

Hi al so my boiler is on its last legs and am weighing up our options. I live in a very small one bed house with 1 shower (plumbed in), no bath, 2 rads, and one towel rail. At the moment we have a very old Ideal Classic system boiler with a 90ltr unvented tank. The CH tank in the loft has a...

that was my issue...very strange, no idea how the electrician managed to do that but I just plugged the white wire into the red one which went live when CH is on and it seemed to work fine now...bit suspicious if I’m honest. move teated CH and HW independently and they seem fine. Just need to...

Marigot thanks very help for your help so far, it’s a bit of a mystery. So I have found the following 1 loose wire that goes live with HW 1 wire that goes live with CH (but not connected to anything)

I have just found a wire that goes live when CH only is on but it isn’t connect to anything, as pictured

Yes I have a tado and that appears to work fine. I hear it switching. what confused him was why the loose wire went live when HW was on but off when connected to the white.

Hi all electrician tried to extend the wiring to plug into the white but this hasn’t fixed anything, still only hot water. he was a bit baffled as as soon as the HW was hot, the loose cable was live, as soon as it meets the white it doesn’t go live. still getting no power to the motor at all...