Cylinder Gas for Domestic Heating Costs 18 October 2021 at 10:46PM in LPG, heating oil, solid & other fuels 2 replies 51 views

Hedgepigs

Hi

I am looking at a 2 bed 1870's mid-terrace house with a combi boiler run off cylinder gas (plus wood burning stove). The thought of the heating costs are putting me off though!

Typically, how big a difference is the running costs compared to mains gas?

QrizB

Hedgepigs said:

Hi

I am looking at a 2 bed 1870's mid-terrace house with a combi boiler run off cylinder gas (plus wood burning stove). The thought of the heating costs are putting me off though!
Typically, how big a difference is the running costs compared to mains gas?

I'm really out of touch of the costs of bottled LPG but there are around 14kWh in a kg.

If a kg of gas costs £1.50, that's 11p/kWh. Mains gas is closer to 4p/kWh for most people, so LPG is almost 3x the price.

Hedgepigs

Thank you, that's helpful