greg64 2,875 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I've just had to order another 800 litres of Kerosene. We've used the last 700 up in 6 weeks, that's over £300! Are they all very expensive to run? We had a problem where it went in to lock out many times a day and had it looked at. It was producing very high CO2 levels and if I understand correctly was running rich so maybe that is contributing? What is everyone else using because we're only in a large bungalow so it sounds a bit extreme to me. Cheers Have you any access to timber or turf mate?...........I disconnected my oil burner totally and everyone thought I was mental, i am lucky enough however to own 2 bits of bog and a wood so I am totally self sufficient in heating. Spent some money on a modern little range that will heat upto 20 radiators and now my only utility bill is electric. If you can get the timber cheap enough then getting off the oil or gas is the way forward mate I'd love to do that, because we had a combi I couldn't have the woodburner tied in to the heating system at the time. Not sure how practical it would be but something to look in to. woodburners are great if you can get free wood but there is not a lot of trees on ynys mon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I've just had to order another 800 litres of Kerosene. We've used the last 700 up in 6 weeks, that's over £300! Are they all very expensive to run? We had a problem where it went in to lock out many times a day and had it looked at. It was producing very high CO2 levels and if I understand correctly was running rich so maybe that is contributing? What is everyone else using because we're only in a large bungalow so it sounds a bit extreme to me. Cheers Have you any access to timber or turf mate?...........I disconnected my oil burner totally and everyone thought I was mental, i am lucky enough however to own 2 bits of bog and a wood so I am totally self sufficient in heating. Spent some money on a modern little range that will heat upto 20 radiators and now my only utility bill is electric. If you can get the timber cheap enough then getting off the oil or gas is the way forward mate I'd love to do that, because we had a combi I couldn't have the woodburner tied in to the heating system at the time. Not sure how practical it would be but something to look in to. woodburners are great if you can get free wood but there is not a lot of trees on ynys mon That is very true all used for shipbuilding I think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabid 1,936 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I had an oil fired aga, it was only ever on tickover during the colder months, and it also heated the water, bloody thing used to burn oil like piper alpha, we used to nickname it the v8 it used so much, was one of the smaller ones as well. Since then we had a combi fitted, but we also have a wood burner with back boiler connected to it, it CAN be done, but not easy as its supposed to be a sealed heating system and the log burner can't run on a sealed system so you need a vented expansion tank. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,875 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I've just had to order another 800 litres of Kerosene. We've used the last 700 up in 6 weeks, that's over £300! Are they all very expensive to run? We had a problem where it went in to lock out many times a day and had it looked at. It was producing very high CO2 levels and if I understand correctly was running rich so maybe that is contributing? What is everyone else using because we're only in a large bungalow so it sounds a bit extreme to me. Cheers Have you any access to timber or turf mate?...........I disconnected my oil burner totally and everyone thought I was mental, i am lucky enough however to own 2 bits of bog and a wood so I am totally self sufficient in heating. Spent some money on a modern little range that will heat upto 20 radiators and now my only utility bill is electric. If you can get the timber cheap enough then getting off the oil or gas is the way forward mate I'd love to do that, because we had a combi I couldn't have the woodburner tied in to the heating system at the time. Not sure how practical it would be but something to look in to. woodburners are great if you can get free wood but there is not a lot of trees on ynys mon That is very true all used for shipbuilding I think you thought right all used for ships Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 red diesels cheaper to run it is it not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,623 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 red diesels cheaper to run it is it not. dont know about bulk prices but i can get kero at 50p a ltr and red at 61p a ltr at the pump so kero works out cheaper that way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,672 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Snifferboy is your man... he's halfway through my place at the minute fitting a new system off the oil boiler...I'll be more prepared next winter, loads of wood cut and ready... moving in in December has been a bit of graft tbh 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,672 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 44p a litre last lot I bought... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 i use around £600 of kerosene a year to heat this cottage, hour on in morning and again at night. had to run it a bit more the last few weeks though! my last cottage had a woodbuner downstairs, bit too big for the siting room really but heated the whole house f you left the doors open, was getting free timber in those days too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,875 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 i bought 1000litres last time £406 works out 39p a litre 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Ours was 45p I think although it doesn't matter if it's drinking it like mad lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,623 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 i bought 1000litres last time £406 works out 39p a litre 44p a litre last lot I bought... Ours was 45p I think although it doesn't matter if it's drinking it like mad lol the price i said is at the pump price , so its more than buying it in bulk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oz0707 65 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I get 300ltrs every winter and that's it , it's on an hour a day in the morning to warm the house up for the kids getting out of bed rest of the time the fires lit go steady your spoiling them! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,623 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I get 300ltrs every winter and that's it , it's on an hour a day in the morning to warm the house up for the kids getting out of bed rest of the time the fires lit go steady your spoiling them! i dont use much oil but i spend a fortune in coal and spend to much time splitting logs .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bob84 189 Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 I pulled out my oil burner last year best thing I've done 15euro stove glow coal and 45euro for over a tone of timber get me 5 weeks . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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