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Hanneke Jan 2024 12:45pm, 4 Jan 2024 117,150 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke If you are doing meter readings, how is it too much? Because they do not take my readings into consideration until a month later and keep over-estimating... I wonder why I give them readings at all, as they are ignored...
Weath Jan 2024 1:54pm, 4 Jan 2024 1,128 posts	Quote Pin Weath In amongst my ever-growing* domestic nuisance caseload, I have 2 x ASHP related noise complaints. *added to by 23 'party' complaints received over the festive period - welcome to 2024 you cheery folks! 🙄
Bazoaxe Jan 2024 11:52am, 19 Jan 2024 26,237 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe The negative temperatures this week have been challenging in our house. It’s a 1930s bungalow with poor insulation and I have mentioned before a number of design challenges to overcome to actually insulate any better than it is. Our heating has kicked in the last few nights as it dropped below 12 degrees. My wife got up at six and heating been on since then and only just getting to 18 degrees now. Luckily my credit balance will cover the cost. Anyhoo my question was who could I ask to find out what our options could be. I don’t want a salesman but an overall view on how bad our insulation is and what we could consider
HappyG(rrr) Jan 2024 11:56am, 19 Jan 2024 49,210 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) Home Energy Scotland (gov't quango) will do you a full assessment of your heating options, including insulation, if you ask for it Bazo. homeenergyscotland.org Good luck. Freezing in our 1890s farm house at the mo! G
Bazoaxe Jan 2024 12:14pm, 19 Jan 2024 26,238 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe Thanks, will have a good look at that over the weekend. The guy next door moved in 10-15 years ago and bought from the estate of the son of the original owner. next to nothing has changed since it was built c1933. They have no heating of any sort and would be as well living in their garden
Johnny Blaze Jan 2024 1:24pm, 19 Jan 2024 31,580 posts	Quote Pin Johnny Blaze 13 degrees in ours last night. Bit brisk. Warmer weather coming soon though.
HappyG(rrr) Jan 2024 1:29pm, 19 Jan 2024 49,212 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) 4.6C in our coldest room last night. We only turn our heating on manually, so it's often flippin freezing! G
Northern Exile Jan 2024 1:31pm, 19 Jan 2024 10,115 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile We have also been impacted by the cold snap, we live in an 1820s barn conversion in the Yorkshire Dales and this is our first winter. I had a peak in the oil tank yesterday and was surprised by how much we've used since topping up at beginning of November.
jda Jan 2024 1:50pm, 19 Jan 2024 16,273 posts	Quote Pin jda Old, poor quality housing is such a big problem with energy costs and sustainability. Stone is a terrible building material unless there’s plenty of insulation built in (which usually wasn’t the case until recently). Our converted chapel had holes you could see through when we moved in, builders foam and draft excluders are a useful first step but there’s a limit to what can be achieved without a major rebuild. Our main living area was about 6C for a few days when we had the beast from the east a few years back, to be fair we still had an undiscovered hole in the roof at that point and its not been as bad since I sorted that! A cold easterly coming off the moor is still quite challenging…but at least our (semi-detached) neighbour heats one end of the house
Bazoaxe Jan 2024 1:55pm, 19 Jan 2024 26,241 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe I got up to the bathroom in the night a few nights ago and accused Mrs Axe of leaving the heating on. I had to eat some humble pie when I established it was on because it had dropped below the 12 degrees setting which is unusual. Might need to think about the setting it is at. However, here we are with heating on since 6am with a target to get to 20 degrees and its only just reached 18.5, so maybe I need it to keep warmer than 12 overnight