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National Grid doesn't care about the number of people you sign up; they will run a gas line for free for the first 100 feet; after that, they will charge you $70 per foot to run a line from a main to your house. The crucial factor is distance so if you have a neighbor four houses away from you that has gas and the intervening three neighbors are heating with oil like you, then you will have to convince the three neighbors to convert at the same time.
This way the neighbor closest to the 4th guy gets a free run because he's within 100', then the second guy gets it for free and so on, until it gets to you. Thereafter, if the neighbor next to you down the line wants to convert, he gets the line for free from National Grid.
Although the gas line to your house is free, you will, of course, still have to have a plumber install the boiler and run the gas lines inside your house.
I'm about to close on a place in Seaford and that's the first thing I'm going to do. I hear it takes a few months from start to finish.
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Originally Posted by cmv138
whats the minimum amount of ppl you need for them to run the line for free? you are pretty lucky to get 20 ppl.
Would $5500 be a good ballpark for just the burner / water heater? I know a lot of it is for labor since it takes a day. This guy isn't replacing any pipes or circulators.
Would $5500 be a good ballpark for just the burner / water heater? I know a lot of it is for labor since it takes a day. This guy isn't replacing any pipes or circulators.
I paid around that 2 years ago for boiler, stainless chimney liner, removal of the 275 gallon oil tank and pipes installed from the main. I had an indirect heater that was reinstalled too.
National Grid doesn't care about the number of people you sign up; they will run a gas line for free for the first 100 feet; after that, they will charge you $70 per foot to run a line from a main to your house. The crucial factor is distance so if you have a neighbor four houses away from you that has gas and the intervening three neighbors are heating with oil like you, then you will have to convince the three neighbors to convert at the same time.
This way the neighbor closest to the 4th guy gets a free run because he's within 100', then the second guy gets it for free and so on, until it gets to you. Thereafter, if the neighbor next to you down the line wants to convert, he gets the line for free from National Grid.
Although the gas line to your house is free, you will, of course, still have to have a plumber install the boiler and run the gas lines inside your house.
I'm about to close on a place in Seaford and that's the first thing I'm going to do. I hear it takes a few months from start to finish.
called them today and they told me as long as 3 ppl on the block covert there will be no charge to run the line. the main is about 235ft from my house but if 3 ppl on the block is willing to do it then they wave the 135ft cost. i will believe it if it's in writing.lol
is the price of heating a home( i know size matters) cheaper with gas?
called them today and they told me as long as 3 ppl on the block covert there will be no charge to run the line. the main is about 235ft from my house but if 3 ppl on the block is willing to do it then they wave the 135ft cost. i will believe it if it's in writing.lol
is the price of heating a home( i know size matters) cheaper with gas?
You can ask the current homeowner to start the process for you to save some time....
I converted from oil to gas last year. The year before the conversion, oil costs 3600 with a warm winter, temperature sets at 68. The year with gas, total cost is 1400 with a much colder winter, temperature sets at 70.
Literally no one can predict the markets, but it's worth considering that gas prices are somewhat artificially low right now because we do not yet have the infrastructure to export gas en mass to the world market. The oil companies are building that infrastructure now. Once it's in place, prices will go up as the whole world starts bidding for our gas.
Skip the water heater and install a stainless steel hot wateer storage tank.
I assume you directed this at me.
So right now it lists a hi efficiency water boiler AND water heater. What are pros/cons of their proposal vs water boiler and stainless steel tank? And how would it affect cost estimate?
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