On 19/08/2014 22:58, Nightjar "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote:
On 19/08/2014 22:10, Dennis@home wrote:
On 19/08/2014 19:20, harryagain wrote:
"Dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 18/08/2014 09:56, "Nightjar \"cpb\""@ insert my surname here
wrote:


£15k invested with a medium risk portfolio I have with HSBC would
have increased to £22.78k over 5 years. I wonder if he has made
as much out of the FIT.

He would have made about £5k but at zero risk.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...efficient.html

You aren't very energy efficient if you are using 7000kWhr a year.
That's more than I use and the daughter uses a lot.
You need to do better if you actually want to save the planet.


I could never save £4000 a year on energy, I don't pay anywhere near
that much and never have. You must waste a lot.

Yep. In a house with no double glazing, 100mm of loft insulation,
electric cooking, non-off peak electric water heating and direct
electric heating, I pay about £2,500 a year. The electricity company
keep trying to persuade me that is excessive.

Why don't you get the loft insulation upgraded to 200mm or better 250mm?
(at least above the rooms that you actually use)

It is a fairly easy if tedious DIY procedure and the plastic bag
enclosed glass fibre insulation is easy to handle.

You can get energy saving grants if inpecunious or free schemes for the
elderly. Same for cavity wall insulation if your house walls actually
have cavities (mine don't). Double glazing the rooms that you actually
heat will also make a worthwhile long term saving too.

Regards,
Martin Brown