Gas or Oil heat?

[PAYROLL PRINCESS]

Not to rain on your day but, I hope you got a price for removing your old oil tank. Can be expensive if tank is in ground.

The price includes taking away the old furnace and the oil tank which is in the basement. In fact I saw the contractor who's going to do the work today at my company's golf tournament and he let me know he got the message that I'm going to go with him. And he told me not to rush because he knew I wanted to use up some of the oil in the tank because I have about 3/4 of a tank left. That's about $800 worth of oil with today's prices.

And to the person who suggested heating with electricity, we actually had friends who partly decided to sell their old house because it had electric heat and the price was astronomical.

The gas company said it would take about 4 weeks just to pull the permit to get permission to dig!

And to Crazypoohbear-I could afford to replace the furnace AND buy DVC if I sold my shoes!! Hmmmmm that's something to think about.
Who thinks my sis knows I have a shoe obsession?

[merlinmagic4]

And he told me not to rush because he knew I wanted to use up some of the oil in the tank because I have about 3/4 of a tank left. That's about $800 worth of oil with today's prices.

And to the person who suggested heating with electricity, we actually had friends who partly decided to sell their old house because it had electric heat and the price was astronomical.

I just saw an ad on craigslist yesterday that someone was buying oil!!!! He said he pumps it out. I thought it was soooooo odd but maybe not....

We have electric heat and I thought we did really well last winter. I thought people with oil and gas were paying a lot more but I guess that's another thread

[crazypoohbear]

Holy enchilada! That sounds like a TOTAL mess.

I guess I can't say too much because my electricty bill in the summer can run about $250-350 and a friend of mine hit $450 last month (I HATE SUMMER ). In the winter (all two months of it) we're good with around $100.

That's the same thing up here with gas heat. In the winter my gas bill can go up to 150.00 a month (And I keep my house cool, the heat never goes above 65 degrees!!) But in the summer my gas bill is about 25.00 per month!

As for the oil fiasco, not only is it a huge mess but then they have to get the EPA involved in case the oil has leaked into any ground water/drinking water nearby.

[LauraF]

I second that - electric heat is so cost prohibitive up here that it's actually a negative in houses that are on the market in many cases (unless you have a zone for each room and plan to turn that down in unused rooms).

Now if I had electric radiant heat for my sidewalks/stairs to melt snow and ice as featured on This Old House - that's a payment I'd not mind. (Take the money I pay the plow guy . . . )

[thrillme]

That's the same thing up here with gas heat. In the winter my gas bill can go up to 150.00 a month (And I keep my house cool, the heat never goes above 65 degrees!!) But in the summer my gas bill is about 25.00 per month!

Ohhh...65 what a WONDERFUL temperature SIGH...Alas...I can't even imagine the cold ya'll northerners get in the winter. I experienced 7 degrees once when I went to Tahoe one year (they had some storm roll in). I went skiing and oh my.... before too long I found myself in the bar with a beer, a magazine and a fireplace.

[poohluva]

Good luck with your new gas furnace. We have forced hot water by gas and love it. We also have a pellet stove insert in our fireplace, it helps out a LOT with keeping the gas bill down and the house warm.

[PAYROLL PRINCESS]

Good luck with your new gas furnace. We have forced hot water by gas and love it. We also have a pellet stove insert in our fireplace, it helps out a LOT with keeping the gas bill down and the house warm.

I know here in MA they are having a hard time finding pellets for the stoves. I hope you have better luck.