oil fired heating?

[Phoenix4725]

ok i know not most exciting topic but am looking at moving into a bungalow that has oil central heating ,

is it good to run , how much to fill and where can i get it filled from

thank you

Absolutely no different to run and works absolutely fine. For the cost, it depends on th e size of you oil tank. Ours is about 900 litres at 54p per litre. There are hundreds of suppliers - just google or yell.com
hope that helps

Hi, it is OK, we have oil as no gas available. The price to fill up is dependable as the price per litre dows tend to fluctuate, but as a guide we have the heating and water on for 8ish hours per day and use 1000 litres in 2 months. Please bear in mind though that we live in a large rambling very draughty farmhouse. So you will be looking at spending less. You can find oil suppliers in the Yellow Pages and they do need some notice to fill up. Kepp a very close eye on the level of the oil. HTH.

I live in a 4 bed semi and filled my tank up in March last year and then refilled up at end of Dec only needed 750 litres to fill it right up and cost me £300.00 or thereabouts.

I am quite frugal with the heating though.

Normally ring a week in advance to get oil delivered.

ok thank you its new to me so i need to check size of tank when go back for second look , is there normally a gauge somewhere so can look and see how much in it

me to am living with parents at moment and stiffling at 21.c

There should be a guage, or you can ask the people who own the tank. If it is a big tank you dont have to have it filled up completely, if you prefer you could ask for a certain amount of oil eg 500 litres.

It works fine, but is VERY expensive at the moment compared to gas, because oil prices are so high. We get through roughly 3 tanks of 2000 litres a year (5 bed semi) and each tank now costs around £900 (roughly 3 times the amount it cost when we moved in 9 years ago).

Always buy from boilerjuice - they find the cheapest supplier for you at the point that you want to order (deliveries can normally be arranged with a couple of days notice if necessary). Our last delivery came from the same supplier that we used before discovering boilerjuice, but it cost less via them than if we'd gone to them direct!

i think it depends on how efficient the boiler is as to how expensive it is.

my grandad has oil heating and since having a new boiler his oil consumption has halved.

we have just moved to a house with oil and we paid £350 for 900litres at the beginning of dec. because of all the cold weather we will have to fill up again in the next month or so as we have had the heating up so high.

thank you for the tips everone guess better make sure have cash up front for filling

Disagree about using Boilerjuice, I always find they're at least penny or two per litre than the cheapest I can get it if I phone round.

We lived in Sidmouth Devon until three years ago. The house only had coal fired central heating and we had it converted to oil. There is no gas in the hamlet. It cost us about 400 pounds to fill the oil tank and that needed doing at least three times a year. We are now in a gas heated house and this is much cheaper. We would never buy a house with oil heating again. It's far too expensive to run.

Also, we used suppliers from the yellow pages. They come in a tanker and use a pipe to fill it up. You'll find that for quite a while they will want payment upfront. That's a shock. Coughing up 400 pounds or more just like that. Eventually they MAY let you pay monthly by direct debit (as with gas) but only the big companies. You are also very much at the mercy of fluctuating oil prices. I also found it extremely fumey when the boiler is on.

Also, our tank was new and had a gauge on the side which you had to keep checking.

We're members of a village oil co-op which means that we can order a small amount monthly, which gets rid of the issue about getting one enormous bill a year. The co-op manager rings round to find the cheapest supplier that month, and then the supplier rings each householder and gets their credit card details over the phone, and then the oil tanker comes round the village. It's worth checking for any local schemes.

I do think that having oil makes you much more aware of what you're spending on heating, and encourages you to put more money into efficiency. We spent a lot of money upfront on a better heating controller, and reckon we'll get our money back within a couple of years.

I think we now use about 2500l a year (4 bed draughty farmhouse)

Even though it is more expensive than previously, I still find it much cheaper using oil compared to gas.

I pay around £600 for oil each year compared to £400 per quarter with gas but I do have a very new, efficient boiler system.

I normally phone a couple of companies from the Yellow Pages and go with whoever is cheapest at the time - they do fluctuate (the company that was cheapest last time is not necessarily cheapest this time iykwim).

You do need to keep an eye on the oil levels though and make sure you order before you run really low. I have been in the position that the oil ran out in the middle of winter and had to wait almost a week with no heating before it was filled - not good.

My tank has a clear plastic gauge thing at the side too so you can keep an eye on whether you're running low. It is very easy to use.