Caroline1979

Thank you for the advice, I think I need a good run at doing the maths to see if it’s worth it based on your savings, I understand everyone’s is different, it would be worth investing and pay for itself within a couple of years. If they phased out economy 7 then it wouldn’t be worth it and I genuinely have no idea what I’d do apart from eat cold food and live in the dark - the son and lizard would have to go 😂

Thank you so much for the detail! Based on these maths it doesn’t really seem worth investing, but based on Dave c’s response it does - it’s all very confusing!

I looked on my latest bill and the estimated usage is day rate 2088.6 kWh and night rate 280.9 kWh adds them both up and divided by 365 so sorry it should be 7kWh (roughly)

I’ve just looked at my daily usage and my electric is around 7kw/h a day, I’m very conscious of turning plugs off when not using, use air fryer or slow cooker more than the oven - I’m jealous of your usage!

Thank you, glad it can be done and it’s not just a stupid idea of mine! I’ve looked online for storage batteries but they all say for solar panels! The majority of my usage is during the day, my son works from home and I’ve got a lizard that needs 12 hours of heat and light ( will soon be moving some of his hours to get the night rate) I do my washing during the night now. I’m with e.on - they’ve always been the best for me but now you’ve got me thinking what happens if they remove the economy 7 tariff! It’s a minefield

Hello, apologies if this isn’t the correct place to ask, however….. I have economy 7 and was wondering if there is such a thing as being able to buy a battery to charge overnight and then use the stored energy during the day? I assume there is as solar panels store energy in a battery which is then used during the day but thought you guys can give me a better answer than just my assumptions. My economy 7 tariff is roughly four times less than my on peak charges so to me it makes sense to utilise the cheaper rate if I can. I'm also assuming it’s not illegal and if it can be done then an electrician can do it for me? thanks in advance for your help

Hello, I’ve started the dreaded job of insulating my loft myself - would love a professional to do it but can’t afford it, I’m currently removing all the rubbish up there and want to prep for the next stage. Am I right in thinking I can’t board directly over insulation? Can I put new insulation over old insulation? The current insulation is at least 20 years old. mum sure they’ll be more questions as I got stuck into it but are there any hints and tips or do’s and don’ts you can give me to make it as easy as possible? thanks in advance

I’m asking everything house related on here from now on, everyone’s been so helpful and given me lots to think about! And saved me a lot of money haha

Thanks I’ll have a look into it, I did look at external wall insulation a couple of years ago but the cost was crazy and the people in my street that live in council houses say that they suffer with damp problems

Thank you I feel quite proud of my roof now, I replaced the windows a couple of years ago the roof was going to be the next big spend but since reading the comments I’ll save myself the stress! I’ve looked at wall insulation but the bricks aren’t spaced correctly so it can’t be done, I’m no expert so took their word for it! There’s lots of gaps around my skirting boards so I’ll put that on my list of things to learn to fix - thank you!

Thank you, changing the insulation sounds much cheaper and a better option! You guys are much better than a google search!

Thank you, that’s really helpful

Thank you, It’s an ex council house and is very very cold, I assumed it was older than the others in my town where the majority are still council owned and so their roofs would be more energy efficient, I was thinking a new roof would help keep the heat in, now I’m rethinking it!

Hello I’m new here and looking at having a new roof installed. I’ve been looking at roofs in my town and my current roof is different to everyone else’s so I’m trying to figure out if it’s the original roof that was put on when the house was built (in the 70’s) can anyone help and give me a rough age of the roof based on the images attached? I know it’s a bit of a weird questions dnd leant impact on me getting a new roof, it’s for my curiosity really The image with the most paint visible is my house and the other image is my neighbours for comparison Thanks in advance