VaDirt
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OK, so I may be selling my house soon, and one of the houses we're loking at as oil, forced air heat. I've never lived in a house with oil heat, can anyone share ups and down of it?
Oil heat
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SlowNeasy
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just sold a house in mass that had oil, forced air heat. very expensive in a cold climate. prices go up but never down as fast they go up.
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SST55
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Oil heat is a mixed bag. How old is the house? How old is the furnace? Is it properly insulated? What about the doors and windows, double pane?
My brother built a place on the No. Shore of Boston, 2 x 6 construction, the foamed in insulation, good, (expensive) windows. 94% efficent oil fired furnace but he does have in floor radiant heat. He can heat the place with a candle. Now in his old place he'd go thru a tank of oil in 5-6 weeks, more if real cold.
I heat my 2,000 sq ft raised ranch with a wood pellet stove, pellets while costly, I only spend a third of what I did relying on natural gas furnace.
Lots of variables in the equation.
My brother built a place on the No. Shore of Boston, 2 x 6 construction, the foamed in insulation, good, (expensive) windows. 94% efficent oil fired furnace but he does have in floor radiant heat. He can heat the place with a candle. Now in his old place he'd go thru a tank of oil in 5-6 weeks, more if real cold.
I heat my 2,000 sq ft raised ranch with a wood pellet stove, pellets while costly, I only spend a third of what I did relying on natural gas furnace.
Lots of variables in the equation.
VaDirt
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It's all a moot point now anyway. We actually looked at the house this morning. And while it's a very pretty house from the outside, it's a piece of crap.
We wnt be buying that one.
We wnt be buying that one.
we're house shopping now too
dad called me and woke me up, said to go to an address and take pics of a house, maybe go in if i could.
dad called me and woke me up, said to go to an address and take pics of a house, maybe go in if i could.
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Mopardh9
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I have forced hot air, fueled by oil, it is a house re-done top to bottom about 1200 sq feet. it is very well insulated with new windows, new furnace, and all new duct work. We have spent so far on this heating season less than $800. We filled up first week of Dec., I looked friday and we still have about a 1/4 tank of oil left. I will fill it probalby this month, as long as the price is good. The forced hot air is great, takes less than a five minutes and the room is warm. We keep the thermostat at 64 when we are home, 62 when we aren't, and occassionally will bump it up a few degrees on those cold January days. I live in Ma., this winter was cold, we had at least 7-10 mornings where the temps where in the negative digits, coldest being about -13. Lots of snow this winter too. I would like to have a wood stove as a back up, hoping to get one this summer to install in the basement. Hope that helps you out a little. Oh, and we don't do the budget lock in price with oil, we shop around to look for best price when we fill up.
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http://www.homeheatingoilprices.com/
You put in your zip code and chose Oil, Kerosene or Propane and it gives you a list of companies in your area. That's the best help I can provide as we're electric.
You put in your zip code and chose Oil, Kerosene or Propane and it gives you a list of companies in your area. That's the best help I can provide as we're electric.
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Mopardh9
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http://newenglandoil.com/massachusetts/zone10.asp?x=0
Here is a good website also, they have all the prices for major dealers in the state.