Man I Miss My Stove- Oil Delivery Today......

Whats the per gallon damage in your area? 3.69 around here... only know that because my brother was complaing he had to fill the tank

The Jotul F600 is a great stove. I think you'll love it.

The prices are getting crazy. Hard to believe it costs almost 1000 dollars to fill a 275 gallon tank from an 1/8th of a tank... unreal. My brother heats 24/7 with wood, but heats his HW with oil and finding its getting expensive to maintain boiler temp with oil, he's thinking of electric instead. All i can say is happy burning... and enjoy your jotul 600 next season its a great stove.

Soon Remkel, soon....

gdk84 said:

The prices are getting crazy. Hard to believe it costs almost 1000 dollars to fill a 275 gallon tank from an 1/8th of a tank... unreal. My brother heats 24/7 with wood, but heats his HW with oil and finding its getting expensive to maintain boiler temp with oil, he's thinking of electric instead. All i can say is happy burning... and enjoy your jotul 600 next season its a great stove.

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You're so right. It really is at the point where electric is competitive with oil. Honest to God, I'd be bankrupt if I still had to heat with oil. I do use a couple hundred gallons in a year because my little stove doesn't burn long enough to keep the temp from dropping dangerously low overnight for the pipes in winter and the oil burner has to come on for a while, but though the tank is nearly empty now, I'm hoping I won't need anymore this year and can wait until the price goes down a bit before getting in some more. But if these prices keep up, it would be cheaper to buy a bigger stove than just to fill the tank once.

I switched from the "hot water on demand" attached to my oil boiler a couple years ago to an electric heater, and it's worked out to be a lot less expensive to run. It makes some sense in the coldest months, but it was infuriating to hear that money-burner in the basement come on all summer just to heat the water.

gdk84 said:

Whats the per gallon damage in your area? 3.69 around here... only know that because my brother was complaing he had to fill the tank

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Our last delivery in March was 4.93/gallon - central NY. Which is why we are getting a wood stove this year Sure hope it will cut down on our oil usage dramatically...

I just told my husband the other day that we have to convert over to an electric hot water heater....when I hear that oil furnace turn on....I freakin cringe...the other day....when the husband was makin coffee....he immediately stopped.....and said do you hear that? I did not know what he was talkin about I was busy in the other part of the house....he was dying cause the furnace turned on!! So Mr Gamma has his work cut out for him....finish the bathroom....build a super cool woodshed....(I requested the Carbon liberator one) :cheese: and install an electric hot water heater....and oh yeah finish the stacking of the wood.....Am I asking too much???? Nah, anything so as not to see that oil truck backin up into my driveway He will be divorcing my arse...I am always giving him advice on the wood...stacking....yada yada...I always say that's not what the guyz on Hearth do :coolsmirk:

I can be demanding.....but Mr Gamma always has home cooked food, clean clothes, and a super clean house and most importantly....a wood stove that is always rockin and rollin when he comes home from work....so he does not have to lift a log for many hours...

HollowHill said:

gdk84 said:

Whats the per gallon damage in your area? 3.69 around here... only know that because my brother was complaing he had to fill the tank

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Our last delivery in March was 4.93/gallon - central NY. Which is why we are getting a wood stove this year Sure hope it will cut down on our oil usage dramatically...

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Hey Hollow, CNY here also. I can guess from your price your using Suburban for you oil. They charge about a dollar more per gallon than everyone else. Our company is at 3.73 per gallon cash price. Still not cheap.

Remi - sure will be nice to get the F600 in - would love to see it in action next winter!

I'm in the same boat as some others - I was able to heat our 3000sqft comfortably with 100% wood this winter, but hearing the oil kick on to keep the tank of hot water at temp was painful. We used about 150gal since mid-Oct for DHW. Trying to figure out if electric would be a better option - would save ~ $120/year right away from not servicing the burner. Just not sure if the electric cost would be so close to oil as to make the move unnecessary. Good luck w/ the new stove! Cheers, Jacques

That is amazing for the price of oil. The last time we bought any fuel oil it was somewhere around $.50 per gallon. When we got married, the price was $.12 per gallon. How the times change...

Franks said:

HollowHill said:

gdk84 said:

Whats the per gallon damage in your area? 3.69 around here... only know that because my brother was complaing he had to fill the tank

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Our last delivery in March was 4.93/gallon - central NY. Which is why we are getting a wood stove this year Sure hope it will cut down on our oil usage dramatically...

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Hey Hollow, CNY here also. I can guess from your price your using Suburban for you oil. They charge about a dollar more per gallon than everyone else. Our company is at 3.73 per gallon cash price. Still not cheap.

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Thanks, Franks for the info. I was beginning to get that sneaking suspicion. Unfortunately, we are on their budget plan and have 4 more months of hefty payments left. But once that is done, so are we with Suburban.

NH_Wood said:

Remi - sure will be nice to get the F600 in - would love to see it in action next winter!

I'm in the same boat as some others - I was able to heat our 3000sqft comfortably with 100% wood this winter, but hearing the oil kick on to keep the tank of hot water at temp was painful. We used about 150gal since mid-Oct for DHW. Trying to figure out if electric would be a better option - would save ~ $120/year right away from not servicing the burner. Just not sure if the electric cost would be so close to oil as to make the move unnecessary. Good luck w/ the new stove! Cheers, Jacques

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150 gal, at $4 a gallon, so $600 for 6 months. That's about what I spend all year now for hot water, that's with 2 adults and 4 kids! My house has always been electric hot water, but in december I switched my OLD (1983) electric water heater out for a new GE GeoSmart heat pump water heater. Went from spending about $100/ month on electricity for DHW to $60. The unit is expensive I paid $1400 on sale at Lowes, but the tax rebate hleped bring the price down. Between that and my savings it'll basically be equal to a new standard water heater this year and have completely paid for itself in just over 2. Plus it dehumidifies my basement!

Remkel said:

NH_Wood said:

Remi - sure will be nice to get the F600 in - would love to see it in action next winter!

I'm in the same boat as some others - I was able to heat our 3000sqft comfortably with 100% wood this winter, but hearing the oil kick on to keep the tank of hot water at temp was painful. We used about 150gal since mid-Oct for DHW. Trying to figure out if electric would be a better option - would save ~ $120/year right away from not servicing the burner. Just not sure if the electric cost would be so close to oil as to make the move unnecessary. Good luck w/ the new stove! Cheers, Jacques

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Jacques, door is always open to you....come on over and we will set up some chairs in the basement, grab some drinks and watch the secondaries burn! Maybe a game of darts while we are at it.

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Sounds like a plan!! Cheers!

RedGuy said:

NH_Wood said:

Remi - sure will be nice to get the F600 in - would love to see it in action next winter!

I'm in the same boat as some others - I was able to heat our 3000sqft comfortably with 100% wood this winter, but hearing the oil kick on to keep the tank of hot water at temp was painful. We used about 150gal since mid-Oct for DHW. Trying to figure out if electric would be a better option - would save ~ $120/year right away from not servicing the burner. Just not sure if the electric cost would be so close to oil as to make the move unnecessary. Good luck w/ the new stove! Cheers, Jacques

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150 gal, at $4 a gallon, so $600 for 6 months. That's about what I spend all year now for hot water, that's with 2 adults and 4 kids! My house has always been electric hot water, but in december I switched my OLD (1983) electric water heater out for a new GE GeoSmart heat pump water heater. Went from spending about $100/ month on electricity for DHW to $60. The unit is expensive I paid $1400 on sale at Lowes, but the tax rebate hleped bring the price down. Between that and my savings it'll basically be equal to a new standard water heater this year and have completely paid for itself in just over 2. Plus it dehumidifies my basement!

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Sounds like I need to start looking into the electric units! I paid 2.59/gal in October, so not too bad (about $70/month for hot water). But, as long as oil stays this high, that $/month won't last long. Cheers!

Well, if your in our delivery area you can PM me. We can set you op with a fuel account

NH_Wood said:

RedGuy said:

NH_Wood said:

Remi - sure will be nice to get the F600 in - would love to see it in action next winter!

I'm in the same boat as some others - I was able to heat our 3000sqft comfortably with 100% wood this winter, but hearing the oil kick on to keep the tank of hot water at temp was painful. We used about 150gal since mid-Oct for DHW. Trying to figure out if electric would be a better option - would save ~ $120/year right away from not servicing the burner. Just not sure if the electric cost would be so close to oil as to make the move unnecessary. Good luck w/ the new stove! Cheers, Jacques

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150 gal, at $4 a gallon, so $600 for 6 months. That's about what I spend all year now for hot water, that's with 2 adults and 4 kids! My house has always been electric hot water, but in december I switched my OLD (1983) electric water heater out for a new GE GeoSmart heat pump water heater. Went from spending about $100/ month on electricity for DHW to $60. The unit is expensive I paid $1400 on sale at Lowes, but the tax rebate hleped bring the price down. Between that and my savings it'll basically be equal to a new standard water heater this year and have completely paid for itself in just over 2. Plus it dehumidifies my basement!

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Sounds like I need to start looking into the electric units! I paid 2.59/gal in October, so not too bad (about $70/month for hot water). But, as long as oil stays this high, that $/month won't last long. Cheers!

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Yeah this unit ends up being about equal in operating cost to a natural gas water heater. However I, like many of us on here don't have access to NG so this was my best option. Not to mention they don't even sell oil burning waterheaters anywhere around here. In S.E. Michigan I'm definately in the minority being an oil burner, most are on NG then Propane where NG's not availible. My wood stove definately paid off this year though. I used about 300 gallons of oil all winter, from what I can find the previous owners where using between 1,000-1,200 gallons a year before! Hopefully with some tweaks to my set up I can use even less next winter. At the rate I burn though I'll have enough oil in my tank to last me all of next winter. By then hopefully I'll have saved up enough to put in a GEO Thermal system.