LPG or OIL

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Starting from scratch renovating an old property...will be installing two multi fuel stoves...ideally one that can cook too...(any suggestions welcome on that.)....main question is we will need back up heating and hot water...so would you go oil or lpg...property is off grid for mains gas....it's a two up two down with ground floor bathroom......any rough estimates on cost also appreciated
TIA

fishybusiness

Go look up the prices and energy content and you'll find lpg the more expensive fuel.

Plus, the rules are more stringent if you want to put an lpg tank in your garden.

http://www.nottenergy.com/energy_cost_comparison/

Mister_G

fishybusiness wrote: »

Go look up the prices and energy content and you'll find lpg the more expensive fuel.

Plus, the rules are more stringent if you want to put an lpg tank in your garden.

http://www.nottenergy.com/energy_cost_comparison/

Not necessarily. The prices on the nottenergy site are very out of date.

I paid 30ppl for LPG yesterday. The current oil price seems to be about 47ppl. Allowing for the difference in energy content, they work out about the same.

Also LPG boilers are about half the price of oil boilers and emit less CO2.

However, I agree about the siting of the bulk tank.

Mister_G

LPG is pressurised so the tank can be at any height.

Oil will need to be pumped if the tank is lower than the boiler. I'm not familiar with oil boilers, but I believe that most of them have an internal pump that will lift the oil a short distance.

Mister_G

You can get floor standing and wall mounted in either type

fishybusiness

Not necessarily. The prices on the nottenergy site are very out of date.

The link is only an example of what is available for the op to go look for - not a defintive price comparison link.

I bought 47kg of lpg yesterday, pretty much the price I always pay.

I wouldn't buy our boiler oil now, the prices have gone nuts, look at the price change through the year and oil starts to look cheaper again.

So, yes at this time of year prices compare, other times of year they really don't.

Richmc

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We have oil for heating only (back up for hot water) so we can buy cheap in the summer and shop around, 1800L tank.

We have solar PV with a Wattstor battery system so feed virtually nothing back to the grid and have 6kW to use in the evening, also we heat the water with the PV when possible.

We have a gas hob, a 19Kg bottle lasts two years or so, an electric oven powered by PV or the batteries when available. Slow cooker for stews soups etc. Free to use with solar.

Insulated up to our arm pits so we have gone from low D to high B on the EPC.

We are happy and warm bunnies.

One other point LPG leak + match = boom. Oil leak + match = nothing but a bad smell for a few days.

Richmc

Mister_G wrote: »

LPG is pressurised so the tank can be at any height.

Oil will need to be pumped if the tank is lower than the boiler. I'm not familiar with oil boilers, but I believe that most of them have an internal pump that will lift the oil a short distance.

This is so the oil tank doesn't need to be elevated the flow is quite slow so the pump does the job.

Mister_G

Richmc wrote: »

One other point LPG leak + match = boom. Oil leak + match = nothing but a bad smell for a few days.

But don't forget the Environment Agency and other charges for cleaning up the oil pollution.:)

Richmc

Mister_G wrote: »

But don't forget the Environment Agency and other charges for cleaning up the oil pollution.:)

If you don't spill it there's no problem. A good quality bunded tank takes care of that. I had a MINOR leak neat to the boiler, smelt it, called my engineer, fixed, no problem.

topsales

I would say that judging by the propane supply problems this winter go for oil. I had oil for years - never any problem. This year - Calor gas at 40p per litre! - but have now almost run out with no delivery in sight.