Practical advice for reducing energy bills
Home emergency cover averages £18 a year, boiler cover runs £13 to £28 a month, and plenty of homes quietly hold both. What each pays for and which one to…
14 August 2026
An air fryer meal costs about 13p against 31p in a fan oven at current prices — but the oven claws it back for family-sized cooking. Full per-dish table and…
14 August 2026
A fanned boiler flue must sit 300mm from any opening window, 600mm from a facing boundary and 2.1m above a public path. The full clearance table, plume kits and flue…
14 August 2026
Hull-built Ideal has quietly become the installer's favourite mid-market brand. We review the Logic, Logic Max and Vogue Max on published warranties, prices and the small print.
14 August 2026
British Gas, Hometree, HomeServe, Corgi HomePlan, 24|7 Home Rescue and YourRepair compared on price, excess and exclusions, with a straight answer on which plan suits which boiler.
12 August 2026
That rumbling, kettle-like noise from your boiler is usually limescale or sludge on the heat exchanger. Here's what causes kettling, how to fix it and what it costs.
12 August 2026
One table of 17 appliances costed at the July-September 2026 cap rate, from the 39p shower to the 4p microwave, with sources for every figure and links to the deep-dive…
11 August 2026
Four verifiable low-kWh machines compared at 2026 prices, from 9.1p to 14.9p a wash, plus what an A rating actually saves over a B and when the premium model pays…
10 August 2026
BOXT and iHeat both offer fixed-price online boiler installation with next-day fitting. We compare published prices, brands, warranties and dated Trustpilot data — no recommendations, just the numbers.
10 August 2026
Almost every new TV rates E to G, and it's the scale's fault, not the TV's. What kWh/1000h means, OLED vs LED consumption from official label data, and what four…
7 August 2026