Heating Oil Consumption
Discussion
Not thinking of actually drinking it 
We have 2 bed barn conversion large living room separate kitchen and 2 bathrooms with 8 rads and under floor heating in Living room (no rads) in Exposed location.
The Previous delivery of 1000lts on 24th of April 2017 has now come to the point on the
tank to re order so rough sums show 1000 lts used in approx 8months
equates to a rough Figure of 4.5lts a day for heating and water(via megaflow)
the heating has been on in earnest since Sept, all day really as we work from Home
and Mrs V40TC is also home full time,
House is warm 24degrees+ (any lower the coats go on for some
) and well insulated having been converted approx 7 years ago.
how does this rate against others usage ?
For us is is far less than our previous 1950s house which used double and was never overly warm.
We have 2 bed barn conversion large living room separate kitchen and 2 bathrooms with 8 rads and under floor heating in Living room (no rads) in Exposed location.
The Previous delivery of 1000lts on 24th of April 2017 has now come to the point on the
tank to re order so rough sums show 1000 lts used in approx 8months
equates to a rough Figure of 4.5lts a day for heating and water(via megaflow)
the heating has been on in earnest since Sept, all day really as we work from Home
and Mrs V40TC is also home full time,
House is warm 24degrees+ (any lower the coats go on for some
) and well insulated having been converted approx 7 years ago.how does this rate against others usage ?
For us is is far less than our previous 1950s house which used double and was never overly warm.
We're doing about £200pcm.
4 bed, solid stone wall detached old cottage, double glazed, but some are a bit draughty and need new hinges, some thin vintage loft insulation, plenty of draughts which we are slowly working through - there was a 1/2" gap under the front door when we moved in...
Heating set on 18, but have a stove that heats the living room, dining room (open back chimney) and rooms above.
4 bed, solid stone wall detached old cottage, double glazed, but some are a bit draughty and need new hinges, some thin vintage loft insulation, plenty of draughts which we are slowly working through - there was a 1/2" gap under the front door when we moved in...
Heating set on 18, but have a stove that heats the living room, dining room (open back chimney) and rooms above.
Current prices ours equates to £488 for the 1000lts
£60 per month
heating on 0500 off 2330
Water on for a few hrs a day
Stats seem fixed at 25+
oddly creep without being touched
draft free and good insulation must help I guess as we have large amount of glass too.
Rooms have vaulted ceilings bar one bathroom and Kitchen.
Boiler is a Valiant.
last house we had a new Worcester fitted (not impressed a few breakdowns in the first 3-4years)
no gas here either.
Another of Our previous homes had Calor (LPG tank in garden)and this was by far the most expensive heating we have ever had.
I would never ever consider it again.
£60 per month
heating on 0500 off 2330
Water on for a few hrs a day
Stats seem fixed at 25+
oddly creep without being touched
draft free and good insulation must help I guess as we have large amount of glass too.
Rooms have vaulted ceilings bar one bathroom and Kitchen.
Boiler is a Valiant.
last house we had a new Worcester fitted (not impressed a few breakdowns in the first 3-4years)
no gas here either.
Another of Our previous homes had Calor (LPG tank in garden)and this was by far the most expensive heating we have ever had.
I would never ever consider it again.
4 bed detached dormer bungalow in Cornwall (so rarely below freezing). Built in the '60s, full double glazing and loft insuation done by previous owner about 20 years ago. 9 radiators, old-ish system boiler, water heated by immersion only. Woodburner for when it gets really cold.
A 1000 litre tank now lasts me all year. Fitting an Evohome setup has helped, as I only heat the rooms that are actually being used. Previously I would get 2 tanks every other year, about 1200 litres pa average.
A 1000 litre tank now lasts me all year. Fitting an Evohome setup has helped, as I only heat the rooms that are actually being used. Previously I would get 2 tanks every other year, about 1200 litres pa average.
Ours is set to 22 degrees morning and evening and 18 during the day , we have a 5 bed detached and we use about 1900 litres per year if its cold so thats about £85 pm , I thought I spent too much on oil
Our house is well insulated with triple glazing so it stays warm for a long time and we have a log burner if it gets really bad but I havent used that this year
Our house is well insulated with triple glazing so it stays warm for a long time and we have a log burner if it gets really bad but I havent used that this year
h !V40TC said:
Not thinking of actually drinking it
We have 2 bed barn conversion large living room separate kitchen and 2 bathrooms with 8 rads and under floor heating in Living room (no rads) in Exposed location.
The Previous delivery of 1000lts on 24th of April 2017 has now come to the point on the
tank to re order so rough sums show 1000 lts used in approx 8months
equates to a rough Figure of 4.5lts a day for heating and water(via megaflow)
the heating has been on in earnest since Sept, all day really as we work from Home
and Mrs V40TC is also home full time,
House is warm 24degrees+ (any lower the coats go on for some ) and well insulated having been converted approx 7 years ago.
how does this rate against others usage ?
For us is is far less than our previous 1950s house which used double and was never overly warm.
Sounds about right considering how hot you have it...We have 2 bed barn conversion large living room separate kitchen and 2 bathrooms with 8 rads and under floor heating in Living room (no rads) in Exposed location.
The Previous delivery of 1000lts on 24th of April 2017 has now come to the point on the
tank to re order so rough sums show 1000 lts used in approx 8months
equates to a rough Figure of 4.5lts a day for heating and water(via megaflow)
the heating has been on in earnest since Sept, all day really as we work from Home
and Mrs V40TC is also home full time,
House is warm 24degrees+ (any lower the coats go on for some
) and well insulated having been converted approx 7 years ago.how does this rate against others usage ?
For us is is far less than our previous 1950s house which used double and was never overly warm.
We have a 4 bed semi (2000 Sq Ft) and use about 1000 a year... well insulated but an old building with single glazed windows. We were using slightly more (1200-1500) but now off-set this with a woodburner - this isn't cheaper than oil as we buy in the wood but it's a different kind of heat and allows is to keep the areas of the house we want warm and let the rest cool down for the night.
According to the oil computer, we use 2500 litres a year. 2500sqft or thereabouts in a 1930s detached in an exposed area. Thermostat set to 17C (cold hallway) and most radiators set low apart from my office and the bathroom. The house has 22 radiators in total and some are massively overspecced.
There is a two bag a week coal habit to feed the multi fuel from about November to March, but this also hears water so offsets the oil a little bit.
It’s on for three hours in the morning, same again in the middle of the day and then six during the evening, so 12 in total.
Heating is expensive.
There is a two bag a week coal habit to feed the multi fuel from about November to March, but this also hears water so offsets the oil a little bit.
It’s on for three hours in the morning, same again in the middle of the day and then six during the evening, so 12 in total.
Heating is expensive.
We've done 7,500 litres this past 12 months. It's a 2.500 litre tank and was re-filled last week after I accidentally let it run dry. Oops.
That's in a big 150 year old 6 bed farmhouse and not really using much oil at all in the summer months so I recon I could probably bump that up to 9,000 without much effort. Thankfully I was smart enough to get rid of the oil fired rayburn 18 years ago when I moved in. That was an expensive way to dry wellingtons!!
That's in a big 150 year old 6 bed farmhouse and not really using much oil at all in the summer months so I recon I could probably bump that up to 9,000 without much effort. Thankfully I was smart enough to get rid of the oil fired rayburn 18 years ago when I moved in. That was an expensive way to dry wellingtons!!
1500 to 2000 litres a year.
4/5 bed detatched timber frame brick skinned 80's bungalow 18" of insulation in the loft. 1600 sq ft
Ours is a funny shape - sort of a lower case "t " so lots of wall area - probably twice as much as a square bungalow of the same size.
And the walls have 20mm sheets of polystyrene as insulation.
Worcester Boiler - probably the original that the house was built with, ( 85% efficient according to the blurb)
This is central heating only, water is on the immersion, and the log burner in the lounge eats about £300 of logs over winter.
No room stat so we stick it on for an hour, then when we start feeling cold again, stick it on for another hour.
When it's cold it's on from 6:30am to 9pm.
The log burner is there so that the living room can be brought up to about 26-30 degrees c when the missus and the dogs are in there and I'm in a hoodie, 2 pairs of socks, slippers and cup of hot chocolate in the office in the other end of the house.
4/5 bed detatched timber frame brick skinned 80's bungalow 18" of insulation in the loft. 1600 sq ft
Ours is a funny shape - sort of a lower case "t " so lots of wall area - probably twice as much as a square bungalow of the same size.
And the walls have 20mm sheets of polystyrene as insulation.
Worcester Boiler - probably the original that the house was built with, ( 85% efficient according to the blurb)
This is central heating only, water is on the immersion, and the log burner in the lounge eats about £300 of logs over winter.
No room stat so we stick it on for an hour, then when we start feeling cold again, stick it on for another hour.
When it's cold it's on from 6:30am to 9pm.
The log burner is there so that the living room can be brought up to about 26-30 degrees c when the missus and the dogs are in there and I'm in a hoodie, 2 pairs of socks, slippers and cup of hot chocolate in the office in the other end of the house.
talksthetorque said:
1500 to 2000 litres a year.
4/5 bed detatched timber frame brick skinned 80's bungalow 18" of insulation in the loft. 1600 sq ft
Ours is a funny shape - sort of a lower case "t " so lots of wall area - probably twice as much as a square bungalow of the same size.
And the walls have 20mm sheets of polystyrene as insulation.
Worcester Boiler - probably the original that the house was built with, ( 85% efficient according to the blurb)
This is central heating only, water is on the immersion, and the log burner in the lounge eats about £300 of logs over winter.
No room stat so we stick it on for an hour, then when we start feeling cold again, stick it on for another hour.
When it's cold it's on from 6:30am to 9pm.
The log burner is there so that the living room can be brought up to about 26-30 degrees c when the missus and the dogs are in there and I'm in a hoodie, 2 pairs of socks, slippers and cup of hot chocolate in the office in the other end of the house.
Why are you using electric to heat water? It would be far cheaper to use oil and if it's not piped up maybe get cylinder swaped in with solar too for the summer.4/5 bed detatched timber frame brick skinned 80's bungalow 18" of insulation in the loft. 1600 sq ft
Ours is a funny shape - sort of a lower case "t " so lots of wall area - probably twice as much as a square bungalow of the same size.
And the walls have 20mm sheets of polystyrene as insulation.
Worcester Boiler - probably the original that the house was built with, ( 85% efficient according to the blurb)
This is central heating only, water is on the immersion, and the log burner in the lounge eats about £300 of logs over winter.
No room stat so we stick it on for an hour, then when we start feeling cold again, stick it on for another hour.
When it's cold it's on from 6:30am to 9pm.
The log burner is there so that the living room can be brought up to about 26-30 degrees c when the missus and the dogs are in there and I'm in a hoodie, 2 pairs of socks, slippers and cup of hot chocolate in the office in the other end of the house.
Also no thermostat? can't understand why anyone wouldn't have one these days - the cost of fitting would pay back the same year in fuel savings plus the house would be far more controllable / comfortable to live in.
CorradoTDI said:
Why are you using electric to heat water? It would be far cheaper to use oil and if it's not piped up maybe get cylinder swaped in with solar too for the summer.
Also no thermostat? can't understand why anyone wouldn't have one these days - the cost of fitting would pay back the same year in fuel savings plus the house would be far more controllable / comfortable to live in.
If we had a room stat it would be turned up to full "to get the house warm" and then forgotten about. This would cost more.Also no thermostat? can't understand why anyone wouldn't have one these days - the cost of fitting would pay back the same year in fuel savings plus the house would be far more controllable / comfortable to live in.
I use a low setting on the boiler so the rads don't get too hot, and the rads have stats on.
Because of this the water cylinder doen't get hot enough. The Cylinder is already piped ( but only as part of the rad system, no 3 way valve)
The immersion goes on for 20 minutes twice a day. That's enought to keep the water hot enough to run a bath to the overflow.
I'm sure I could spend £500 sorting it all out, but then I'd probably change the boiler at the same time and they're £2-3k. I have also been banned from smart controllers as I would be able to see how hot she has the house while I am away working.
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