Yes 'Heatwise' is a complete stitch up. Not only do you loose the security of having the boiler as a back up you also can't switch your electricity supplier easily as only two offer the 'Heatwise' tariff. This was a new house and you often seem to get odd arrangements when you buy from the big...
This afternoon it became clear that we had no hot water.
All our hot water comes from an immersion heater. It works overnight and heats a large tank of water - the arrangement is called 'Heatwise.' Our gas boiler only runs the central heating.
When I checked the electrical relay box...
I have an upstairs window directly above our conservatory and therefore not accessible by a ladder.
The window frame and openings badly need painting. When I last had it painted the chap who did it removed the opening parts of the window so that he could paint them and access the rest of the...