Car: Apologies for not coming back earlier. The biggest 'downside' of this pressurised heating system is no dual heating any longer. First thing the plumber did was cut off the back boiler. we don't light many fires, a few days at Christmas and a few weekends up to maybe Easter then thats it until next time. But all we do now is heat steel. So some loss there. I would love to be able to say that I am saving on oil but I honestly don't know. Last year I spent a total of €920 on oil and €1260 on esb.so far this year €290 on oil. Reason is ( here comes Rainyday on the horse) I live in a border area and have to cross through South Armagh twice daily, so I buy my oil in SA. The price last week was 35.9 cents a litre so for €45 , you get about 124 litres. This is usually the amount I can carry at a time. the price goes up and down faster than a whore's drawers , the dearest this year was 40.9c and the cheapest 33.9c. Last year it peaked at around 36c and was as low as 25c. Coultn't help noticing a lot of people filling up on heating oil as I came home tonight (but I had no drums with me) so its probably going up soon. back to esb. I got my february bill today.lots of info on their increases etc but what I can make out is that the standing charges have increased by 32.9% and the pso charge by just under 32%. Nice for somebody. I am not making significant savings yet - but at least there is no massive increase. last year the 3 bills for oct, dec and feb came to €633 this year €529. but at least its in the right direction.
cheers