@pastymuncher read my post a few up, it tells you what will happen if you have a switch in progress. Basically any green credit will be paid back to you by shell if there is anything left.
I suppose theoretically you'd legally be entitled to sue for breach of contract, the problem is, the company have now gone bust so you've got no-one to sue. Essentially they all go down the toilet.
Rate of inflation is rapidly shooting up, so we're all getting poorer by the minute. I think a lot of people are going to find this winter a real challenge, and will have to make the difficult choices between heating or eating. It'll certainly be another ruined Christmas for lots.
It's going to be bad.
Of all the things to go up fuel (both car and home) is kind of hard to avoid.
One of my partners friends (min wage, renting) is terrified.
Between house price rises and rent rises, gas, elec, fuel she's having to sell stuff to keep afloat. Which is obviously unsustainable. She will. Like have to move to a cheaper area I guess. Going to be a more and more common story!
I have to say I think my tado setup is helping. It's first time it's been busy since install. I can clearly feel my office room is significantly warmer than rest of the house.
At present I'm thinking stick with my kind of expensive switch.
200 cashback should cover a month and a half free. And it's only a penny more on gas than the possible shell offer. If it is that offer. Still waiting!
Still can't figure out how they come to the cost per year. It's hard to find what this cost per year works out to in units!
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I had a very similar conversation with the wife this morning.
Government have kindly froze my pay and although NHS had been given a pay rise this equates to around £60 a month for my wife, this is pretty much being swallowed up by Avro going bust and changing our Gas supplier.
I dread to think what prices are going to be like next year but guaranteed the government wont give the NHS any more money or do a U turn on our wages.
You've got the heating on already.
Tado turns it on when any room gets below its set value
See my study profile
Set to be 20c from 830am to 10pm during the week
You've got the heating on already
That’s what I thought, it was 18c here outside today.
Was thinking the same thing. At least here in Oxon we have had the windows open (on and off) to keep the house down to 21c.You've got the heating on already
Do you especially feel the cold? Or poor insulation?
The coldest my office has been today is 18.9C and that was at 8am this morning, tbh i didn't even notice that. It's currently at 19.9 - hasn't gone over 19.9 today.
If you're trying to constantly keep a room temperature above 20C until 10pm, that's going to be very expensive over the next few months.
isn't 20 about the norm? For 'comfort' ?
It's been about 13c and overcast here for days so temps have dropped. Heating only been on an hour today in total to keep that at 20c.
Nice having that level of controlSurprised at how much cooler it must be wherever you are.
Yeah it's cold today. Probablem with this house is parts get really hot and other parts really cold. So the old thermo in entrance (north) would be saying "ooh it's cold whack that heating on" in the afternoon.
And I'd be baking in my south facing office!
Need another trv for spare room now too. Both me and gf work from home now. Which I feel means smart heating is even more useful
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Rule of thumb in my house, no heating until the first frost. If you're cold, put a jumper on and don't wear shorts!
This, well not quite the first proper frost but it needs to get consistently highs of 10c or so outside for it to be worth putting the heat on.
20c inside is almost shorts and t-shirt. 18c with jumpers and trousers is generally comfortable.
Soldato
Ours is always on, when the temp goes below the target it comes on.
I frankly don't care if its Jan or June, if its below the temp we find comfortable then it will switch on.
I frankly don't care if its Jan or June, if its below the temp we find comfortable then it will switch on.