[Shrek]

Does anyone who doesn’t have a commercial property, claim for their gas & electric they use for washing cloths in washing machine and use of electric when running booster pumps ?
Or do you guys just claim £216 a year for use of home?

Sorry but that did make me laugh talk about trying anything to get a few quid off lol.

Only a fool wouldn't.

Exactly, you can claim for whatever is for your business, however my accountant said last week that he doesn’t claim for electric and just claims £216 a year for home office use. I was just curious, especially now that soupy said electric is going up 189% , what others do?
I reckon my booster pump is on around 3 hours a day 5-6 days a week but not sure how much electric it actually uses

If you look on the booster pump it should say how many watts it is mine is 375  so you can work out electric usage roughly from that

The smart meter says 81W at the moment, then when I switch the booster pump on it says 1.21kw . So it’s using 940W?
How would you work this out -

940W x 3 hrs a day x 5 days a week =

Edit -

A formula I just saw

940W x 3hrs / 1000 = 2.82kwh a day

2.82Kwh x 5 days = 14.1kwh a week

14.1kwh x 0.52p from October = £7.33 a week

£7.33p x 48 weeks = £351.84 a year…

[Bungle]

I decided to switch my booster off this week. RO is producing 007 without it. With booster it produces 005. Taking a long time to fill the IBC though. I might get rid of the submersible pump and suck the pure into the van instead. Even more savings to be had 

[Slacky]

Carry it round in a bucket…

[NBwcs]

Does anyone who doesn’t have a commercial property, claim for their gas & electric they use for washing cloths in washing machine and use of electric when running booster pumps ?
Or do you guys just claim £216 a year for use of home?

Sorry but that did make me laugh talk about trying anything to get a few quid off lol.

Only a fool wouldn't.

Exactly, you can claim for whatever is for your business, however my accountant said last week that he doesn’t claim for electric and just claims £216 a year for home office use. I was just curious, especially now that soupy said electric is going up 189% , what others do?
I reckon my booster pump is on around 3 hours a day 5-6 days a week but not sure how much electric it actually uses

If you look on the booster pump it should say how many watts it is mine is 375  so you can work out electric usage roughly from that

The smart meter says 81W at the moment, then when I switch the booster pump on it says 1.21kw . So it’s using 940W?
How would you work this out -

940W x 3 hrs a day x 5 days a week =

Edit -

A formula I just saw

940W x 3hrs / 1000 = 2.82kwh a day

2.82Kwh x 5 days = 14.1kwh a week

14.1kwh x 0.52p from October = £7.33 a week

£7.33p x 48 weeks = £351.84 a year…

i had no idea is was that expensive to run. Ive got in the habit of leaving it on till the tanks full then switching off at the tap, think i'll manage it a bit more carefully from now on, i can certainly get away with filling at normal tap pressure for some of the week.

[AuRavelling79]

Any cancelling updates?

Nothing in the way of cancellations  for me from people panicking over energy bills. Not even businesses I clean for.

Anyone else?

[Arnold Palmer]

Two more today.

[NWH]

I picked up 1 yesterday and 1 today the total for those 2 for a year around 1200,let’s hope Lizzy had a peek at Rishis manifesto you never know we might get away with it.

[Arnold Palmer]

I picked up 1 yesterday and 1 today the total for those 2 for a year around 1200,let’s hope Lizzy had a peek at Rishis manifesto you never know we might get away with it.

Wasn't a fan of rishi's plan to be honest.

Capping the prices at a lower rate is the only fair and sensible option I've heard so far.

[AuRavelling79]

Two more today.

Taken any on recently? Did those cancelling say why? Were they domestics?

[tlwcs]

None for me so far, although chatted with a Doctor (husband and wife both docs) who’s energy company wanted to increase the D/D from £300 a month to £2100. 7 fold increase.
She seemed to think it was a mistake.

[AuRavelling79]

I picked up 1 yesterday and 1 today the total for those 2 for a year around 1200,let’s hope Lizzy had a peek at Rishis manifesto you never know we might get away with it.

Domestics or businesses?

[AuRavelling79]

None for me so far, although chatted with a Doctor (husband and wife both docs) who’s energy company wanted to increase the D/D from £300 a month to £2100. 7 fold increase.
She seemed to think it was a mistake.

Was that at their surgery?

[deeege]

Lost 2 in August, both house moves.

Phone has gone mental this past week after a very quiet August. Have taken on 3 houses, a vets and a childrens home, total value around £1050 per year.

There’s some right doom-mongers in here.

[Arnold Palmer]

Two more today.

Taken any on recently? Did those cancelling say why? Were they domestics?

Yes, yes - cutting back and yes.

I'm only referencing people who directly say it's due to saving money.

I can't blame the dead ones on the tories - yet.

[AuRavelling79]

Two more today.

Taken any on recently? Did those cancelling say why? Were they domestics?

Yes, yes - cutting back and yes.

I'm only referencing people who directly say it's due to saving money.

I can't blame the dead ones on the tories - yet.

Good to see you're taking people on.

[tlwcs]

None for me so far, although chatted with a Doctor (husband and wife both docs) who’s energy company wanted to increase the D/D from £300 a month to £2100. 7 fold increase.
She seemed to think it was a mistake.

Was that at their surgery?

No, the house

[Shrek]

None for me so far, although chatted with a Doctor (husband and wife both docs) who’s energy company wanted to increase the D/D from £300 a month to £2100. 7 fold increase.
She seemed to think it was a mistake.

Was that at their surgery?

No, the house

Hopefully lizzy will save us all on Thursday when she announces a 2 year cap on energy bills

[Arnold Palmer]

None for me so far, although chatted with a Doctor (husband and wife both docs) who’s energy company wanted to increase the D/D from £300 a month to £2100. 7 fold increase.
She seemed to think it was a mistake.

Was that at their surgery?

No, the house

Hopefully lizzy will save us all on Thursday when she announces a 2 year cap on energy bills

Hopefully.

[dd]

A 2 year cap and 15 years to pay it back, including interest. Never mind, we will all benefit from tax cuts, and the oil/gas companies will be happy because they will not have to pay a windfall tax.

In Truss we Trust.

[AuRavelling79]

None for me so far, although chatted with a Doctor (husband and wife both docs) who’s energy company wanted to increase the D/D from £300 a month to £2100. 7 fold increase.
She seemed to think it was a mistake.

Was that at their surgery?

No, the house

Hopefully lizzy will save us all on Thursday when she announces a 2 year cap on energy bills

Hopefully.

You seem to hope that she won't. Then you could be proved right. That would be a major win for you wouldn't it? 

Meanwhile the rest of us can be happy that our window cleaning customers (and we) are supported financially and able to continue being ... well ... our customers.