Seen the price of heating oil recently?

[Fume troll]

http://www.boilerjuice.com/heatingOilPrices.php



And people are being quoted 5-6 weeks delivery!

A wee bump last year but nothing like now:



Cheers,

FT.

[markh1]

I better check the tank......

[Tokar]

Anyone know whether its likely to dip down again in the near future?

Why has it jumped so high all of a sudden?

Might have to turn the heating down and find another jumper!

[TwistingMyMelon]

cheers for the heads up chaps!! bloody hell

I put in an order for 500L on the 26th Novfor 43p/l , I just checked the tank and due to the weather its nearly half gone!!! Normally it lasts us 3 months!!! Just phone up our consortium supplier and its 53p a l and they can't del until mid Jan!!! Then other suppliers can delleiver but want 70p a l!!

[Jasandjules]

Holy cow, that's a rather rapid price rise.

[RegMolehusband]

Profiteering? I'm about to rent a house with oil fired central heating and a tank fill is going to be required Barstewards

[jet_noise]

Dear All,

last Wednesday (ordered the week before) I got 1kl at 46.6, just tried a quote from the same supplier and it's 64.8 and 14 days rather than 7 for delivery. Ouch, I hope that'll keep me warm till after Christmas, I bet the tank has already taken a hammering with the last weeek averaging around freezing. I'll be checking the gauge as soon as I get home!

regards,
Jet

[MaxAndRuby]

markh1 said:

I better check the tank......

+1

[monthefish]

Yes

[Kudos]

I own an oil company and will try to answer some questions.

Price has gone up due to demand - however (for us anyway) it is the oil companies (whom we buy from) are doing ridiculous profiteering. Whether oil is £100 for 900l (remeber the days!!!) or £900 for 900l, we (the distributor) makes the same amount of money. Only now we have to find a lot more money to pay for the oil in the first place, and if someone doesn't pay us it hurts a lot more.

I'm based in N Ireland and our price today is still around the 47p mark, delivery in 2-4 days approx. I am aware that some companies in England are charging 70ish pence. Shocking - really penalises their core customers. I suspect that this price is being quoted to non regular customers?

[Carl_Spackler]

Kudos said:

I own an oil company

[Parrot of Doom]

Gas for heating the house, coal fire for emergencies, and there's always cheapo electric heaters if all else fails.

Personally I wouldn't worry about it.

[Parrot of Doom]

The answer is not to rely on it. If you think you're going to run out, buy a job lot of cheapo electric heaters. Hot water from the kettle. Job done.

[sleep envy]

Parrot of Doom said:

Gas for heating the house, coal fire for emergencies, and there's always cheapo electric heaters if all else fails.

Personally I wouldn't worry about it.

in typical PH fashion

Edited by sleep envy on Wednesday 8th December 17:45

[MaxAndRuby]

Parrot of Doom said:

The answer is not to rely on it. If you think you're going to run out, buy a job lot of cheapo electric heaters. Hot water from the kettle. Job done.

In a small house, with no kids, when you don't have to get up early, and with temperature ABOVE -10. Otherwise, it's a pain in the arse.

Time for a log burner, maybe two!

[TorqueVR]

53p/litre delivered this morning - ouch!

Been here almost 11 years and we were paying less than 15p then

[HowMuchLonger]

We are getting an air source heat pump fitted to replace our oil burner.

[JB!]

MaxAndRuby said:

Parrot of Doom said:

The answer is not to rely on it. If you think you're going to run out, buy a job lot of cheapo electric heaters. Hot water from the kettle. Job done.

In a small house, with no kids, when you don't have to get up early, and with temperature ABOVE -10. Otherwise, it's a pain in the arse.

Time for a log burner, maybe two!

log burners rule!

we had one put in a few years ago, and go through about £140's worth of wood cut-to-size, to order, from end october - end march.

great for heating a room, but not so good for cooking/boiling water.

[Kudos]

HowMuchLonger said:

We are getting an air source heat pump fitted to replace our oil burner.

And how much do they cost to buy and run on an annual basis?

[megamaniac]

I'm glad i replaced our oil guzzler with a wood pellet boiler ,we were using 100 litres a week,so on these prices we would be burning £65 a week.Pellet use is about half that at the moment.
Mind you it was quite dear to install, so i might be quids in by 2015.