Jimmy Gibson wrote in news:408D2FE6.6070808
@unn.ac.uk:

I've heard from diffrent people that LPG is more expensive than mains
gas. Some say a third more others say 3-4 times more. Others have said
that oil is cheaper than mains gas, can't beleive this myself as
everyone would have oil! So I'm a bit confused.

Can anyone tell me, or point me to, the relative costs of Mains Gas, LPG
and Oil? I'm not after specifics just a relative cost of heating say a
typical 3 bedroom semi or whatever on each fuel so I can decide which is
going to be best for me to go for.

I can't remember how much mains gas costs, but if you have the option, go
for it. We have LPG here, and it's expensive - something like 60 quid a
month for a detached 5-bedroom house - and we've also find that it's hard
to get people to work on it because it's very slightly non-standard.

Our neighbours went to LPG from solid fuel recently, and they ended up
doing a gas fitting qualification and DIY'd the whole thing, because no-one
was interested in being paid to do the work.

There is no mains gas here.

We've considered switching to oil, but that means no gas fires (or gas hob
if you like those).

I also find that although oil doesn't produce a lot of smoke, my lungs do
notice it if I'm near an oil-fired house with the boiler going - though
they aren't as bad as the fumes from solid fuel boilers, which really get
me wheezing (I have mild asthma).

Victoria