Home Heating Oil

suki1964

Artofdookie wrote: »

The joys of having a moss, ive enough peat and trees to keep me well heated for 20 years, just need to top up every now and then with a load of coal.The mosses have been dead for a few years people will soon be going back in. At the moment its costing me under £5 a week to keep a 5 bedroom house heated

I know of a few that are back on the moss this year, esp those poor sods who have had their oil stolen

Im thinking about getting a bank myself and working it, as I can see oil prices being high for the next few years and I have elderly parents who need the heat on daily - three fills a year on average :eek::eek:

Artofdookie

suki1964 wrote: »

I know of a few that are back on the moss this year, esp those poor sods who have had their oil stolen

Im thinking about getting a bank myself and working it, as I can see oil prices being high for the next few years and I have elderly parents who need the heat on daily - three fills a year on average :eek::eek:

They are getting turf stolen from the moss as well, old man near me lost 40 bags last week, he had them all bagged ready for home, safer now just bringing them home to dry

Jo4

Debs68 wrote: »

If I lit a fire every evening - about a week or less. 2 Bags doesn't last long in winter as I light fire during day if I'm off or kids are home.
At moment I'm only lighting fire an odd night if we're chilly. Still haven't bought oil since April.
Someone said the other day it worked out cheaper to buy oil by going down to Pattersons in Omagh and filling up a 60 - 80 litre drum rather than having a delivery ???? Not sure what the charges are at the moment.

The last time I phoned Pattersons for a quote they were the dearest and wanted payment on delivery or before. :eek:

Francophile

Can anyone tell me what is "the moss"? I've obviously been living on another planet because I've never heard of this before.

suki1964

Its the term used for going up the bogs to cut turfs (well here up the NW it is )

Art - the turfs are being stolen from here as well. My friend is having to bag up and bring down in one hit - time consuming but better then losing them

nickcardwell

Morgan Oils (craigavon/portadownlurgan/gilford/banbridge direction possibly more?) quote today:

900ltrs £560
1000ltrs £620

both 62p a litre
Phone: 028 38 832882

Paul_Varjak

I just looked back at the old thread. The cheapest oil on 25/01/2005 was 23.3p/ltr. 62p/ltr is really scary.

Paul_Varjak

Francophile wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what is "the moss"? I've obviously been living on another planet because I've never heard of this before.

http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/84/84-6/Sarah_Matthess.html

dmxdave

Slightly OT but has anyone seen a lock I could fit to my oil tank? It's the conventional plastic type with a thin bar "locking" the flap down. Even if the bar was locked the hinge could be easily broken.

Colin_Kee

Dave... I have a lock on mine and the last time I had a Delivery of oil, the Delivery driver said that in general, locks are a bit of a waste of time particularly on Plastic tanks. If a person comes to steal your oil they'll come kitted out and a lock will be the least of his worries. they'll actually cut a hole in the tank... A lock is OK for an opertunistic thief who may syphone out a few litres into a Gerry Can so the bar & padlock would be OK for that. I would suggest a Big German Shephard... Mine is 45Kg and not to be messed with.... He keeps folk's away from my garden!!