Oil to gas conversion -- UPDATED

darwin-rover

£2400 for a mid terraced. 8 rads

bingo_bango

£2K for a 2 bed semi, 8 rads. No new TRVs or rads required. Minimum pipework required as the new boiler went under the stairs where the oil burner had been.
£400 rebate available from Phoenix brought the net cost down to £1.6K.

gerdo

Looks like my £3k isn't too far off the mark judging by some of the replies here.

Thank you all

angelaloveschocolate

I hope the OP wont mind me asking a question on this thread. I currently have dual heating, oil and a parkray with a back bolier. I wonder if it would be possible to change the oil to gas but keep the parkray and back boiler? Anybody any thoughts?

snowmen

gerdo wrote: »

Looks like my £3k isn't too far off the mark judging by some of the replies here.

Thank you all

Our 3 bed semi worked out at around £2K when all the various discounts were taken off - that was from 3 or 4 quotes - so I would saw the £3K is about right as you had a bigger property.
Also there are big differences in price depending on the efficiency of boiler you pick. Just depends how much you want to spend really.

highrisklowreturn

angelaloveschocolate wrote: »

I hope the OP wont mind me asking a question on this thread. I currently have dual heating, oil and a parkray with a back bolier. I wonder if it would be possible to change the oil to gas but keep the parkray and back boiler? Anybody any thoughts?

Waste of money. It costs a huge amount for conversion as the two systems are generally incompatible ie one is vented, the other unvented. Install an isolation switch to segregate the two systems, then just use the fire. Coal is cheaper than gas.

bingobangobongo

Just moved into an oil heated house after 10 years in a gas house. I'm awful confused about the oil and how it works. No instant hot water, having to heat water, separate control for heating, an immersion.

There is also a separate control upstairs for upstairs heating.

There are 2 fireplaces. One an open fire and the other is a gas fire with the tank outside.

I would like to get a new fireplace and perhaps a wood burning stove or similar.

Would it be worth coverting to gas? I dont even know how much oil is in the tank!

Old_Git

bingobangobongo wrote: »

Just moved into an oil heated house after 10 years in a gas house. I'm awful confused about the oil and how it works. No instant hot water, having to heat water, separate control for heating, an immersion.

There is also a separate control upstairs for upstairs heating.
this is called zoned heating ,the idea being you only heat the areas you are using .
There are 2 fireplaces. One an open fire and the other is a gas fire with the tank outside.
a tank with gas would be expensive
I would like to get a new fireplace and perhaps a wood burning stove or similar.

Would it be worth coverting to gas? I dont even know how much oil is in the tank!

are you in a gas area
if there is no gage on the oil tank use a brush handle and dip it

bingobangobongo

Yes there is gas in the area and other houses have it.

I dipped the oil tank and there is 6 inches of oil, for a 4 bedroom detached house, how long roughly would this last?

If I convert to gas, should I get the existing gas fire connected to gas mains? Or get a different type of stove
? Which is preferred?

I guess I have the option of a wood stove in the other room. There are 2 chimneys..

Old_Git

bingobangobongo wrote: »

Yes there is gas in the area and other houses have it.

I dipped the oil tank and there is 6 inches of oil, for a 4 bedroom detached house, how long roughly would this last?

If I convert to gas, should I get the existing gas fire connected to gas mains? Or get a different type of stove
? Which is preferred?

I guess I have the option of a wood stove in the other room. There are 2 chimneys..

your oil wont last long .6" in probably just above the outlet you need to order oil. http://www.cheapestoil.co.uk/Heating-Oil-NI.aspx

As for converting the gas fire you would need an expert to look at it .It may be possible ,it may be old it could be anything .

Do you know when or if your boiler was serviced