Oil-fired heating

[IDB1]

No doubt there will be this info online somewhere :?

Yep.. found stuff along the lines of what I was looking for on a forum I frequent.
In their off-topic section, no less... I suppose it's the most likely place since it is fundamentally a cycling community.

 

[dyna-ti]

No doubt there will be this info online somewhere :?

Yep.. found stuff along the lines of what I was looking for on a forum I frequent.
In their off-topic section, no less... I suppose it's the most likely place since it is fundamentally a cycling community.

Sorry chap,as in i meant i'd have a look also
Theres a number of houses near my parents house that use oil fired heating.Strangely too most of them own caravans :? :? ,and i remember playing on them as a kid[getting told off all the time too ]so it something i picked up on and wondered if ,in this oil crisis ,if they are still economical
Probably the very question you are thinking yourself :?

 

[velomaniac]

Important point to note, make sure the tank and especially the pipes are well lagged to stop the oil freezing.

As a child my parents house was heated by oil, deisel possibly as it was pink (red deisel I presume). The pipe from the tank to the house was unlagged and thus by mid winter in the 70's (we had some winters back then) the oil froze and the heating stopped just when we needed it most :roll:

I'll stick with gas

 

[ajm]

Velo - I wonder which fuel you were using as the usual kerosene really isn't prone to freezing even in Highland winters - certainly I've never seen anyone with a lagged tank around here.

For the OP, it's usually worth buying a decent amount each time - we get a reduction for ordering 900l or over (though 900l pretty much fills our tank so we have to wait till it's really quite empty before ordering), and there's another discount for prompt payment.

 

[Grannygrinder]

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I've got oil fired heating. I've been using Shell(Emo)Oils economy oil.
Its 1p per litre more than there standard stuff but for some reason(no I don't know why) it last for ages
I have a 4 bed detached bungalow a if I'm careful I use about 1100-1200 litres per annum, by careful I mean extra jumpers and only bath twice a week

 

[IDB1]

So a 3-bed semi, double-glazed, with the open fire. . . might get away with 1000l a year (in East Anglia too so not overly harsh weather)..

That equates to about £500.... I can live with that.

Don't know how big (volume) the tank is (there's a sticker on the side with no info at all ) but I do know the level meter up the side of the thing is showing empty

Need to measure it when I'm there next really :roll:

 

[Sidewinder]

Velo - I wonder which fuel you were using as the usual kerosene really isn't prone to freezing even in Highland winters - certainly I've never seen anyone with a lagged tank around here.

For the OP, it's usually worth buying a decent amount each time - we get a reduction for ordering 900l or over (though 900l pretty much fills our tank so we have to wait till it's really quite empty before ordering), and there's another discount for prompt payment.

28 sec oil = Kerosene
35sec oil =red diesel
both for oil heating but with different boilers obviously.35sec will freeze in baltic conditions !!