Should I remove oil central heating?

rising_from_the_ashes

It's really the cost of getting the gas into the house / new boiler etc as both I and HappyMJ said earlier.

This can run into several thousand pounds - which, even with the savings from having gas heating, take a long time to get to "break even point" - let along actually saving you money.

rising_from_the_ashes

HappyMJ wrote: »

Oil costs about 60p/litre. Each litre of oil contains 10kWh of energy. Therefore each kWh costs 6p/kWh. Each kWh of mains gas costs about 3.5p/kWh on a competitive online direct debit tariff.

Thanks ... I've never been good at trying to work out the p/kWh with oil:o

GRACIEOU87

Thank you everyone for your replies - I have a much better understanding now
Much appreciated!

yangptangkipperbang

GRACIEOU87 wrote: »

Can anybody who has oil central heating give me an idea how it works, and how much it costs per month to heat the home? This house in particular is quite a large, 4 bedroom detached house with new double glazing and fairly decent insulation as far as im aware. Just a general understanding would be great

My last house was "the same" as yours. I had a 600 gal (2700L) oil tank. A full tank would last me just about a year, providing we didn't have a particularly cold winter.

HappyMJ

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

My last house was "the same" as yours. I had a 600 gal (2700L) oil tank. A full tank would last me just about a year, providing we didn't have a particularly cold winter.

At 60 pence a litre that's £135 a month. Ouch....

If that were switched to gas on the best rate (in my region) at 27,000kWh then the bill would be £76 a month.

If the gas mains are just outside then on that usage level that would be something I would seriously consider.

yangptangkipperbang

HappyMJ wrote: »

At 60 pence a litre that's £135 a month. Ouch....

I left that house 5 years ago, nearly. I now pay £95 a month for both gas and electric.

But .......I lived there for 21 years, paid 80K for it sold it for 350K..:D