heating costs

ajopz

Hello Can anyone tell me is gas heating cheaper than oil heating, i currently pay £60 per month for gas but am considering moving to a property that is oil heating, its very difficult to find out how much i would use, there is just the two of us and it would be a 2 or 3 bedroom house. we viewed a 3 bedroom house with an oil tank in the garden which holds 1.250 litres its all very confusing.

macman

Oil is much more expensive than mains gas.

Cardew

Gas costs around 3p/kWh and oil( at 55p/litre) approx 5.5p/kWh.

How much extra it will cost you to run a house with oil CH depends on the efficiency of your present gas boiler and the oil boiler. Boiler efficiencies can vary between 60% for an old boiler(of either type) and 90% for a modern boiler.

kkgree1

Last November, we moved from a 2 bed terrace with mains gas to a 3 bed semi detached with oil central heating.
Our gas bills for the two of us were £21 per month. The oil bills are at least £70 per month and rising.

We were shocked by how much more expensive oil is!

devildog

Cardew has stated the running costs per kWh so it appears that gas is cheaper. However, I may be alone here in stating this but I do not find oil heating too expensive, granted the price has risen considerably(initially paying about 9p litre 17 years ago). I have a 1225 litre tank which will generally last approx 10/11 months(3 bed house) I watch the prices closely and order when I believe the price is reasonably low. I 'topped up' August 10 (700 litres at £277.47) I still have half a tank of oil. It works for me