Where to start with oil filled heating?

poppett

I would appreciate any advice at all on this as it's something I have never had experiences with.

We live in a village that is all electric, at the moment we are in private rented acc with very old night storage heating. We have now been offered a brand new house (due to move Dec!:T ) and have been told it is heated by oil filled rads. I haven't had any experience with this and wouldn't know where to start.

I'm sure someone can give me some info on here and would be grateful. Ta!:rotfl:

Fishingtime

You have to make sure that you do not run out of oil, or you will have to bleed the system.
You can buy a oil level monitor.but it is cheaper just to check it with a stick
The minimum ammount you can order is usually 500 litres, which costs about £270 ish.
The more you order the cheaper it often is.

Try this site

www.boilerjuice.com

paceinternet

Hang on a minute;
Do you mean "oil filled radiators", in which case they will be heated by electricity with relatively high daytime running costs? The oil will be inside the radiator to dissipate the heat.
Or do you mean "oil fired boiler", in which case oil is consumed as the power source? Costs roughly 60% that of electricity to run.

shelly

I would only ever use boilerjuice.com to find out what price I shouldn't be paying.
I have always got a much better price by using yell.com, finding local oil suppliers/distibutors, calling them up and getting a direct price.

poppett

Thanks for the advice

Paceinternet, I meant oil fired boiler, sorry I wasn't clear but like I said I haven't the foggiest about this type of heating. We were told we would have a monitor to plug in to check the levels but that's all I know.

I will do my research now as we move in first week in December and I don't want to be stuck with no heating!