Oil Heat!!?? Next Winter?

Phillips

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I am very anxious and concern about oil heat bill next winter. :(


I just learned that last time I paid heat oil about 650 dollars for full oil tank......


Today... >>cost is 1080.00. for full oil tank..... 3.60 per gallons for 300 gallons... :eek3:


If oil"s price increase to 5.00 per gallons and full oil tank will be 1500.... I need 3 to 4 times filling oil tank per winter season and will be cost 6000.00 :shock:

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BIG OUCH! Don't you have a wood stove? Gas heat? Is that only you have just oil heat?
 
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I remember in early 2000's. It cost about 250 to fill up oil tank for heating. Wow it went up, dang.

Thank god electric or natural gas heating is cheaper for me.
 
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We use electric and do zone heating. It is a lot cheaper.
 
I just contacted to the dealer of boiler outdoor and need an estimate!!!! :Ohno:

Will update this thread after get price!
 
Bottesini said:
We use electric and do zone heating. It is a lot cheaper.
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Well, My home's foundation size is almost 2000 ft sq addition first and half second floors! Probably, about 4500 totals ft sq! I will end up enormous electric heat bill! :shock:
 
Phillips said:
Well, My home's foundation size is almost 2000 ft sq addition first and half second floors! Probably, about 4500 totals ft sq! I will end up enormous electric heat bill! :shock:
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Wow! Yes you would. :(
 
I haven't used oil heat since the 70's...(was living in the Carolinas, and the winter months did get cold)......and it was prety cheap back then. but didn't like the smell.....I do remmy several times when we forgot to check the oil level in the drum, ran out of oil and had to wait several days for a refill!...Later on, we did switch to gas, but gas furnaces scare the heck out of me for some reason.

We're all electric now...wouldn't have it any other way. Of course, thru the years, during hurricanes, we've been without electricity for a week or more (during the summer), No A/C, and the heat, humidity, & the rain...tempers flared!...Even generators are a danger, tho'. We;ve been blessed for several years (here in Florida) with NO hurricanes....*Knock on Wood*
 
Phillips, I'm guessing you live on the east coast somewhere where a lot of homes still use oil heat. Many people convert to a natural gas furnace, assuming you have that option. If you are looking at spending 6k next year, you could spend that on a new furnace. I don't know the size of your home, but to heat my 3000 Square foot home costs me about 700 dollars per winter.
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I grew up on oil heat. It is still the best btu per gallon for heat. unfortunately thee oil cats are still greedy. My parents installed a woodstove during the oil crisis of 70's. They thought about outdoor boiler, but decided against it. You need to have radaitors and raidant floor heating installed along with boiler installed. Also you have to feed the beast 2 times a day 7 days a week no matter what the weather is. Also you will need to buy a chainsaw, woodsplitter, tractor, feul etc. It doesnt end. I currently have a woodstove, and my folks still use thiers so cutting wood is a chore EVERY year for both of us. We go through about 30-50 cords a year. An outdoor boiler will take more. Granted it can take a bigger chunks of wood, but it still a chore.

If you cannot get natural gas where you are, I suggest getting propane. It will be much easier to switch over by replacing the current oil furance and use propane furance instead.

Can you get biodiesel? prices are supposed to be more stable with biostuff. heating oil and diesel and biodiesel are all the same stuff did you know that?? I run home heating oil and off road and on road diesel in my tractor. You can tell by looking at my avatar.
 
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Yeah Oil heat is diesel fuel. I remember it was red color. Lot of homes in Southeast Seattle use oil heat but Im sure many converted to electric or natural gas. Had the furnance replaced because it was so old.
 
The other thing to look into is making sure your house is very well insulated ... it makes a HUGE difference in heating bills (living up in the Great White North, we "know" cold)
 
Anij said:
The other thing to look into is making sure your house is very well insulated ... it makes a HUGE difference in heating bills (living up in the Great White North, we "know" cold)
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That's true. The walls of our house have blown in insulation, plus layers in the attic.
 
Bottesini said:
That's true. The walls of our house have blown in insulation, plus layers in the attic.
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I have blown-in insulation everywhere as well, plus the attic, as well as the garage walls and garage attic. I even have insulated garage doors. Living in MN, some of this comes in handy! :lol:
 
red is off road diesel. a little red dye goes a long way. green or no color is taxed road diesel. yellow or clear is heating oil.heating oil companies use red for heating oil as they use the same tankers to deliver fuel for farms/agriculture and just tax it accordingly.

Just dont get caught with red fuel in your car/truck as there is HUGE fines!!
 
AlleyCat said:
Phillips, I'm guessing you live on the east coast somewhere where a lot of homes still use oil heat. Many people convert to a natural gas furnace, assuming you have that option. If you are looking at spending 6k next year, you could spend that on a new furnace. I don't know the size of your home, but to heat my 3000 Square foot home costs me about 700 dollars per winter.
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Cool!
 
AlleyCat said:
Phillips, I'm guessing you live on the east coast somewhere where a lot of homes still use oil heat. Many people convert to a natural gas furnace, assuming you have that option. If you are looking at spending 6k next year, you could spend that on a new furnace. I don't know the size of your home, but to heat my 3000 Square foot home costs me about 700 dollars per winter.
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Yes I live in West Massachusetts..
 
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