oil central heating - talk to me;)

donnalou

£500 which would be 900 litres would last us two months if we are lucky during the winter.

In an average year we probably fill up with 500 litres 6 times a year, this price can vary at the most expensive last December we paid £357 which lasted as 4 weeks, We usually don't need much oil between March and September. We use an Electric shower so we only switch the hot water on for about 40 minutes which is long enough to run a bath. We have a dish washer but if we need to wash up we boil a kettle.

suki1964

Survivor123 wrote: »

I am also moving house soon and many of the properties advertised are not connected to gas so the choice is electricity or oil/propane and I have not used anything but gas before for heating and hot water. My worry is the cost involved but I have seen that it is possible to convert a wood burner to some sort of back boiler system to heat up the hot water and also provide heating via "wet" radiators.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to whether this is a viable option? I will be at home most of the time (so I will be an extra radiator) and will ensure that the property has full loft insulation and draft proofed correctly. I will have cavity wall insulation if the property has such walls and assume stone walls retain heat for a fair while? I will also check that any double glazing has an adequate depth but apart from wearing thermals in winter does anyone have any further suggestions for insulation etc (I heard that walls can be insulated using some form of wallpaper?

Unless you are getting your wood for nothing then a wood burner isnt the way to go