Central heating

[crapmemory]

Have any of you got oil central heating? How does the cost of it compare to gas? TIA

[LoftyLottie]

I have because we don't have gas. My son has gas and it seems more expensive. But it's difficult for me to say really because I can't compare to anybody with a similar property.

[AlBags]

Not much between them I think.
Cheapest at the moment per btu would be woodchip .. especially since new Government kickback scheme announced in past week.
Cheapest btu per pound has got to be woodchip.

[jamesnan]

My daughter lives in a village, with no gas and was having central heating installed in her house. She investigated different systems and was informed that liquid gas had roughly half the running costs of oil, so that is what she had put in after having the tank fitted in the garden.

[LoftyLottie]

My neighbours have calor gas and the cost is now comparable with our oil. Also they have trouble in getting deliveries.

It seems to be that they are all quite comparable these days - and all very expensive.

We also have a woodburner and mostly burn our own trees!!

Storage and delivery of woodchip would be difficult in a town in a property with limited space.

[AlBags]

James ... LPG is well expensive .. even compared to N Gas.
They would say that tho.

Conventional LPG jetted boiler would not touch a decent condensing oil-fired.

[AlBags]

This is the latest ... 3 days old.
http://www.decc.gov.u...entive/incentive.aspx