SteamyTea

A bit of hunting about and it seems that E7 users usage is based on 4,200 kWh/year. So for the typical user on dual fuel, they can use £3.5 times as much as a typical E7 user. https://selectra.co.uk/energy/guides/consumption/average-consumption-uk Simple maths, and not allowing for the £400 off. Dual Fuel £2500 / 14,900 kWh = 17p/kWh E7 £2500 / 4,200 kWh = 60p/kWh I know that playing about with standing charges can make a difference, but still don't seem right somewhere. Maybe I am missing something, somewhere.

I think a sketch may be helpful. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/beam-stress-deflection-d_1312.html

Hope he does not read this.

Or PDF them and get a 30 quid Kindle. What I have basically done.

Not unless I am getting senior lecturer wages again. One bit of advice for free, heat and ventilate.

Yes. We have plenty of resources, just that we are quite reserved in using them.

And Hinkley C is is still under construction.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cf2d

Don't tell the Brexiteers that the French are still holding us to ransom, it will stop them digging for British shale gas.

Yes, double it then round up. Or halve it and round down. Remember Young's Modulus, only true within the elastic limits of the material.

Where does the douche connect to?

Get an evening job, just turn the lights out before you leave home.

EDF, probably because they are French, copy no one. In the past they have had massive increases, then a week or two later, dropped the price, often lower than other. Part of the reasons I have not changed. At least being on a standard variable rate, any price decreases come though sooner (like a mortgage).

I am going to look into it later. Whenever I have looked at changing in the past, the 'savings' were so minor (best was £9/year for a like for like), that I did not bother. I just find it strange the way that the new tariffs are presented, looks to me like they can charge what they like, but once the £400 grant is deducted, it falls into line with the typical £2,500 a year.

From the letter they sent.

I am not sure. Probably because it is not a capped rate as such, just an average household usage, which I think is something like 3.5 MWh/year electricity and 15MWh/year gas. Those two should add up to £2500 (or whatever the numbers actually used are). So while I will pay less than £2500 a year, because I am a low user ~3MWh/year this year) I get crucified on the standing charge, but the £400 grant and the £150 council tax rebate brings my unit rate down to the presently capped unit rate. May put a meter reading in tomorrow, and add 2 MWh to it.

@Radian Standard variable rate, on quarterly billing is: Daily charge 59.03p/day, unit price 54.85p/kWh. Currently using 1 kWh during the day and 2 at night. E7 1 x 59.10p [daily charge] + 1 x 64.10p [day rate] + 2 x 33.99p [night rate] = 191.18p [201p with VAT] Standard Rate 1 x 59.03p [daily charge] + 3 x 54.46p [energy charge] = 222.41p [234p with VAT] For the winter I use around 13 kWh/day, spit 2 day rate and 11 night rate. So E7 1 x 59.10p [daily charge] + 2 x 64.10p [day rate] + 11 x 33.99p [night rate] = 561.19p [589p with VAT] Standard Rate 1 x 59.03p [daily charge] + 13 x 54.46p [energy charge] = 767.01p [805p with VAT] I just need to get my night usage down a bit, hopefully the secondary glazing and fixing the doors will help. I could save a little by going to monthly direct debit, but as I never got my £90 bank charges back after a meter reading mistake, I am reluctant to do that, very reluctant as EDFs blamed the bank, the bank blamed EDF, I paid, but not the £2500 they initially wanted, or the £1999 they wanted 2 days later, or even the £999 they wanted 3 days after that. I paid the £246 I owed and sucked the bank charges up.

Quite small then.

What I am going to look into. At least I know my minute by minute usage. (Actually about 6 times a minute usage)

Well the letter arrived today. Lots of different prices depending where you are in the UK and what sort of billing you have. I have the most expensive billing, quarterly and I am in one of the poorest parts of the UK, so I pay more for my energy. You all ready: Daily charge: 59.10p/day Day Units: 64.10p/kWh Night Units: 33.99p/kWh. If I had gas, with EDF, it would be 33.53p/day and 15.644p/kWh.

You must have a small demand for heat, or are you shivering in one small room? You could fit storage heaters and play around with different time of use tariffs. May save a few thousand.

I would specify 3 layers. May seem more than needed, but I still see external cladding I made over 40 years ago in service. The main reason for the extra lay is to allow for overlaps and more resin overall. You also get more material to play with if you need to do some extra sanding or trimming.

I don't think now is a good time to be asking lenders for a loan. They are running to the hills ATM.

No. Just happened to ask 3 roofers that had never attempted, or had attempted but failed, a GRP roof for an uneducated opinion. To do GRP properly you ned to get someone that knows what they are doing, you don't get your kitchen fitter to pour your foundation.

Seems an odd choice, what is the reasoning behind it?