Fuel oil company delivered wednesday :wow: $647.00. wife is finally on board for a woodstove! now the fun begins, shopping! and alot of research. thanks to the guys and gals on this site i'm well on my way. thanks
kevin
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Northern NH Mike
Feeling the Heat
Just burning in weekends, school vacation weeks and the coldest of weeknight we cut our oil bill in half last year. It's a "warmer"heat anyway.
SteveKG
Minister of Fire
My bro-in-law lives up in Mass. and uses oil for heat. He had a "contract" price for oil all winter. This is last winter. Then, oil prices went up and the co. contacted all contract customers and said, well, we are not honoring the........contract. And they did not. I told him he needs a wood stove.
adrpga498
Minister of Fire
Prior to burning 24/7 I was burning 700 gallons of fuel oil per season. Now I average 120 gallons per season.
albertj03
Minister of Fire
Cheapest price for heating oil in Southern Maine is 2.47 a gallon as of today and there are some places selling it for much higher than that. Really makes me appreciate the time and effort that goes into cutting, hauling, splitting, stacking, seasoning cords upon cords of wood.
When we were relocation house hunting here in 1985 we were shown the house of our dreams. As we left the house I noticed a piece of paper on the door. It was a bill for the delivery of heating oil.
I got the heck out of there fast and we bought a house ten miles away. In the middle of five and a half acres of oak trees that have heated the joint ever since.
I got the heck out of there fast and we bought a house ten miles away. In the middle of five and a half acres of oak trees that have heated the joint ever since.
If you intend to use it this year, start looking for a good supply of seasoned wood now. That's a bigger problem than getting the stove.
hareball
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ashpanannie
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Seasoned wood around here means the tree was cut last season and split to your measurement yesterday. Tell them you want DRY wood, not seasoned wood....lol.
Monkey Wrench
Feeling the Heat
I used 948 gallons of oil 2 years ago. so I spent $28650. and got two heat pumps put in. Boy I'm I smart!!
WES999
Minister of Fire
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
When I got married and bought a house it had 2 oil space heaters in it. Our first oil delivery set me back on my heels for sure. We had to pay $.12 per gallon for that stuff! We wondered where was our wood heat? Well, we have it and have had it for some time and we are not about to change back. I understand the price of that oil has went up a bit over the years. lol
hareball
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When my parents bought this house it didn't take my Father long to remove the electric hot water heater and add an oil fired. In August it had it's day and promptly dumped it's conent all over.
That thing ran like a champ though. I would get my last delivery in April and topped off again in November. For a long time I had around 2k gallons worth of tropical aquariums and would change out 1k of that weekly.
Here was the tank sticker
That thing ran like a champ though. I would get my last delivery in April and topped off again in November. For a long time I had around 2k gallons worth of tropical aquariums and would change out 1k of that weekly.
Here was the tank sticker
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yanksforever
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Slow1
Minister of Fire
My old oil company hasn't figured out I'm a wood burner yet. They just think I switched companies and keep asking for me to come back to their "automatic delivery" program. I'm really tempted to look and if their contract doesn't have a minimum annual delivery amount take them up on their $100 incentive to sign up again. I'm estimating my annual oil needs for heating water should be less than 200 gallons add in a few gallons for covering heat here and there and I should be less than 250 gallons for a 12mo contract. Then again, they could really ream me enough to make that $100 go away pretty quick eh? Can't win when dealing with the oil company.
The propane truck delivered about 200 litres in early December (we do use propane for hot water and the cook stove). He came by yesterday and delivered 2.2 litres.
I'm sure he wasn't too happy.
I'm sure he wasn't too happy.
mikepinto65
Minister of Fire
I put in 3/4 of oil in the beginning of October. Today I still have above half a tank, and thats with the Oslo in the basement!
Sellers left 800gals when they moved out. Been using about 100 gal per month. Furnace is about 25 yrs old or so Sunbeam, coal furnace converted to oil. I have a few months to decide if I want to 1) trench a gas line ($900 with a water line underneath) and get a gas furnace, 2) go all electric (it's currently just me in the house), 3) Or get a new oil furnace. Either way I'm putting a stove in next summer.
That's the way it is around here, too. Loads of logs sit for a year, then get split to order the next season. It's not seasoned in my book unless it's been split and stacked for at least 8 mnths.ashpanannie said:
Regency139
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SteveKG said:
I don't see how they could do that unless they had some sort of back out clause in their contract. It's aggravating to hear that because if it was the other way around and the customer tried to back out it would be another story.
iceman
Minister of Fire
FarmHouse said:
do the gas and water line... but if you have a few bucks put in a wood gasifier/furnace next to your gas furnace .... this will give you the max for heating........ my oil furnace is to "new" to change over to gas but my next step is gonna be a gasifier... or something that will fit next to the furnace... i want to use wood but also be able to completely do my whole house without fans all over the place
iceman said:
The $1500 tax credit will lessen the hurt on the wallet, so I'm leaning towards gas.
Can you explain the gasifier thing? (or give me some links). Is it just connected to gas furnace somehow and shares the fan to heat the house? What about venting? Don't the newer H.E. furnaces only require a small vent/intake compared to a stove?
Thanks for the info. This got me thinking.
JotulOwner
Feeling the Heat
yanksforever said:It's nice to see the oil truck come and only be able to pump 40 gallons!
I just called in a delivery and took 105 gallons since last May.
JUST MAKE SURE your oil company is aware that to take less oil than you did in the past or, better yet, what you expect the tank will take on delivery. And, they should be aware that it could take less to be sure. The delivery person that knows his job well will likely be prepared for the unexpected, but, I have seen many an oil spill occur for reasons I never thought should occur.
Here in Metro NY, there are quite a number of overfills because the delivery person didn't prepare for the unexpected. From what I have seen (aside from overfills due to inattention), most spills are due to system failures (and the failure of the oil company to properly inspect the system before they, at least, make the first delivery), but I have even seen some deliveries made to locations that have been converted to gas, but never had the oil fill pipe removed or blocked off (delivery to the wrong address). Oil spills are nasty to live through (especially if they occur indoors) and they are extremely expensive to clean up. Some insurance companies don't cover all oil spill situations. Check with your agent if you don't know what is covered.
I have benefited greatly from the advice I have received from this forum, so I thought I shoud reciprocate whenever possible.
firefighterjake
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