Are there homes in Southern NH with gas heat, or only oil? (Manchester: house, neighborhood)

[RecentlyMoved]

Just wondering if anyone know if it's a 50/50 shot - or is oil the majority of what everyone uses for heating?

[avlis13013]

http://www.puc.state.nh.us/gas-steam...sservedmap.pdf

[flyonpa]

Both of my Sisters in Nashua are on N-Gas.

My Dad in Amherst is on Oil for Heat, Propane (bottled) for Cooking and HotWater.

[Nonesuch]

Piped in natural gas is very limited and expansion is slow at best.

Overall, I would guess NH is about evenly split between oil and propane, with oil taking the lead in older homes. Heating Oil has a slight cost advantage (in effective BTUs per dollar) over propane.

[Valerie C]

The PDF map that avlis shared is accurate, but also somewhat misleading. Don't assume that the towns that have Natural Gas available are 100% covered. It's on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis, and depends on where in town the gas line runs. Propane is in most of the newer developments, while oil is found in most of the homes built in the 60s through 80s. Always double-check on a specific property-I see many homes showing on MLS as having gas, but on further investigation, usually turns out to be propane gas.

[RecentlyMoved]

Very helpful - thanks all!

[seamusnh]

We have propane. It is just like natural gas except rather than a pipe, there is a 500 gallon tank in the backyard and a truck delivers the propane. As we built our house, we opted for propane for heat, hot water, stove/oven and dryer. Electricity is expensive in NH....

[GregW]

We have a natural gas transmission line within 1/4 mile of my town house home. I doubt that we will ever have a NG option. We still selectively heat with electricity because the savings of converting to propane was never justified.

[Merjolie8]

You can find natural gas in some towns but in general only on the town center. I know that's the case in Exeter, Stratham, the Hamptons, Seabrook.

[iclyde]

I've had natural gas in all three of the NH homes I've lived in - two in Manchester and one in Merrimack.