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This may sound dumb as I am not a homeowner, but is the monthly difference between gas and oil heat that great?
I know with oil you have to fill the tank almost every month in the winter, whereas the gas is free flowing, but is it worth it to spend all that money to convert?
Also, could a person have an electric stove but gas heat and hot water?
My friend has gas heat and hot water but she has an electric stove. It's totally worth it convert to gas. Last time I filled my oil tank (it's 550 gallons) I spent over $2,000
What is the point of having gas heat and hot water but an electric stove?
Why not just get a gas stove as well?
The electricity used to run the stove and the oven probably increases the electric bill by a bunch, no?
That's what came with her house when she bought in 2005. She is getting a gas stove eventually. She has an electric cook top and in the wall stove that's from the 70's and she is going to be updating her kitchen sometime next year and will get the gas stove.
What is the point of having gas heat and hot water but an electric stove?
Why not just get a gas stove as well?
The electricity used to run the stove and the oven probably increases the electric bill by a bunch, no?
For me the cost to run to the two stoves and dryer was more than i had at the time but I now wished I did streatch and get them done. I hate cooking with electric and the cost of running the dryer 24/7 with three small kids is a killer.
I don't think that's a dumb question at all. I'm trying to find out the same thing!
We're first time homewowners and closed on our house in January. We have a brick, split level. As far as I know, its fairly well insulated and not that drafty, but the split levels have a fairly open floorplan. Even with the relatively mild winter, it seemed like I was burning oil like crazy, and I had 3 deliveries of 150 gallons each. I don't know if that's normal or not but our oil burner is under a year old, and we kept the heat at roughly 68 degrees. So now I am interested in converting to gas since we have a connection and use it for cooking. And if that was my cost for a mild winter, I don't want to know what a full, long, harsh winter would cost us in oil. But I want to make sure that there is a good amount of savings in light of the up front conversion cost.
Today I called Nat'l Grid to inquire, the sales rep gave me the following explanation:
My last oil delivery of 150 gallons would be converted to therms (units of natural gas) by multiplying by a factor of 1.4
100*1.4=210 therms of gas
210 therms x $1.45= $304.50 would have been the comparable heating cost using gas. The 150g of oil cost me appx $600 at our last delivery.
However, I don't know if this is accurate or sales puffery. It's just what I was told by Nat'l Grid.
I have been living in my split level home for 2 years. I converted 6 months ago to gas b/c
a) natural gas is supplied by the US and is in abundance (we have a huge surplus) which is why the price of gas has gone down
b) oil has been going up for years and won't get any better plus you have to negotiate once a year for prices
I had to replace a boiler/water heater b/c of the inefficiency (25+ year old unit) so I was using a lot of oil but gas burns cleaner and you will make your money back pretty quickly due to the low cost of gas. As a side not, i have gas and use an electric stove but that's because I have solar panels ;-)
Google gas vs oil and you will notice the price changes the last few years and your decision will be a lot easier.
I have been living in my split level home for 2 years. I converted 6 months ago to gas b/c
a) natural gas is supplied by the US and is in abundance (we have a huge surplus) which is why the price of gas has gone down
b) oil has been going up for years and won't get any better plus you have to negotiate once a year for prices
I had to replace a boiler/water heater b/c of the inefficiency (25+ year old unit) so I was using a lot of oil but gas burns cleaner and you will make your money back pretty quickly due to the low cost of gas. As a side not, i have gas and use an electric stove but that's because I have solar panels ;-)
Google gas vs oil and you will notice the price changes the last few years and your decision will be a lot easier.
Hello sleepycali07, how much did it cost you to install the solar panels?
My last oil delivery of 150 gallons would be converted to therms (units of natural gas) by multiplying by a factor of 1.4
100*1.4=210 therms of gas
210 therms x $1.45= $304.50 would have been the comparable heating cost using gas. The 150g of oil cost me appx $600 at our last delivery.
However, I don't know if this is accurate or sales puffery. It's just what I was told by Nat'l Grid.
No, definitely NOT sales puffery. Natural gas is billed as a therm which is a unit of measurement related to the amount of energy contained in a measured amount of cubic feet of gas. A gallong of #2 heating oil has a certain amount of energy that it contains as well. While I wouldn't say it's accurate "down to the penny" it will definitely give you a real life idea of what the comparitive costs are.
As you probably realized when comparing the 2 natural gas is quite a bit cheaper than oil.
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