There would have been riots if there was no gas

sars · Post by **sars** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:30 am

Is it worth fitting a new boiler and switching over to Propane?

clarker63 · Post by **clarker63** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:23 am

sars wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:30 am Is it worth fitting a new boiler and switching over to Propane?

The government want you to be switching to heat pumps, but online reviews don't give me confidence. if I had a big enough garden maybe a ground source heat pump would work, but the air ones dont appear to be very good or need very specific circumstances (such as new houses, with great insulation) to work based on the reviews. Hopefully it will be a few years before I actually need to replace my old oil burner..

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:35 am

And from reviews they need to be on all the time and are very noisy

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:37 am

And with the power cuts we get, not sure how that will work. Need solar panels with batteries to feed the heat pump

sars · Post by **sars** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:47 am

Heat pumps are only really suitable for well insulated houses and specifically for new builds from 2025

1536Z4 · Post by **1536Z4** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:49 am

pvr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:13 pm To think I have an oil company within a mile from the house

Time to start tunnelling

1536Z4 · Post by **1536Z4** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:08 pm

pvr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:20 pm I found whitehorseenergy very good for logs

Thanks for the info on that site as it may come in handy if our local guy cant get any . He supplies mixed hardwoods which is currently selling at £120 cubic metre but I can see that price rising pretty soon especially if we get a cold snap .

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:32 pm

Hopefully the worst of the cold weather is over now south of Manchester anyways

fingers crossed so will most likely turn the heating off and let the monthly credits build up until next time, that's if we're still around by then

Tim.

1536Z4 · Post by **1536Z4** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:27 pm

1536Z4 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:50 pm We were quoted 81 ppl last friday if ordering over 1000 ltrs 82 ppl if under 1000 . They would not take payment as they said that the oil was not available until this coming Friday and we would have to pay whatever the price was on that day

Rang them today to get the price to be told 98.8 plus vat and that has apparently come down from earlier in the week . I didn`t go ahead with the order .

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:13 pm

Having been without heating for over a week, that is cheaper than the jerrycans I filled

1536Z4 · Post by **1536Z4** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:48 am

pvr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:13 pmjerrycans I filled

They did say that they are selling on the forecourt if we wanted less but didn`t ask how much it was a litre . Haven`t got any jerrycans anyway

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:59 pm

Delivery cost was £75 per order, so a small order would work out expensive.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:27 pm

Thread revival - have ordered oil again to get the tank full before the season starts, price currently at 80p with delivery in 2 weeks following the trend if it goes down during that period.

Don’t want to get caught out, so full oil tank, full propane tanks for the cooking and lots of logs ready for burning and more trees to cut up over the next month.

clarker63 · Post by **clarker63** » Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:31 pm

I'm contemplating something similar too!

All a gamble though, who knows where oil prices are going?

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:48 pm

I think the frost level inside the house is worth taking a punt on the price level versus running out

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