Hi
I am trying to find out the cheaper home heating fuel, oil or gas.
While it is easy to find the cost of gas per kw I cannot find a kw
price for oil. Hoping someone can help.
Many thanks.

Bill

Bill wrote:
Hi
I am trying to find out the cheaper home heating fuel, oil or gas.
While it is easy to find the cost of gas per kw I cannot find a kw
price for oil. Hoping someone can help.
Many thanks.

Bill

I don't know the figure but a relative of mine recently found he had to
replace his oil-fired boiler.
There was now gas in the road and it didn't take him long to calculate it
was far cheaper to have gas run into the house and have a new gas boiler
instead of oil. The amortised higher cost of the oil boiler was a
significant factor ....

If it is a new installation then you need to take into account the cost of
the oil tank.

In terms of operating cost my recollection was that oil was lower than gas,
but oil prices do vary, sometimes markedly.

Harry
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Bill wrote:
Hi
I am trying to find out the cheaper home heating fuel, oil or gas.
While it is easy to find the cost of gas per kw I cannot find a kw
price for oil. Hoping someone can help.
Many thanks.

Bill

I don't know the figure but a relative of mine recently found he had to
replace his oil-fired boiler.
There was now gas in the road and it didn't take him long to calculate it
was far cheaper to have gas run into the house and have a new gas boiler
instead of oil. The amortised higher cost of the oil boiler was a
significant factor ....

Bill wrote:

Hi
I am trying to find out the cheaper home heating fuel, oil or gas.
While it is easy to find the cost of gas per kw I cannot find a kw
price for oil. Hoping someone can help.


Its about 3.2p from memory.


Many thanks.

Bill

Harry Ziman wrote:

If it is a new installation then you need to take into account the cost of
the oil tank.

In terms of operating cost my recollection was that oil was lower than gas,
but oil prices do vary, sometimes markedly.



My recollection is that gas was slightly cheaper...something like 3p
gas, 3.2p oil and 6p electricity.

There are figures for BTU per liter, from whence it can all be worked out..