Oil Heating Query

laoislassy

I moved into a house with oil heating few months ago.....i literally cant keep oil in the house its costing me 200+ a month which seems totally ridiculous to me....the plumber reckons the burner if on for 3 hours burns 10 litres is this normal?

ocokev

depending on the size of your house and applications you have ie thermostats its impossible to say if 200 a month is alot.

Also, is the boiler a combi ie heats the water on demand instead of using a traditional cylinder this will increse oil usage.
If your boiler is old & knackered it will up its consumption rate a new condenser boiler will be much more efficient.

In a modern build of approx 1800 sq ft with thermostat set at 18 degrees you should be looking at 100 - 150 per month for winter months max!
Did your plumber service the burner and check the nozzel.

And finally what price was the oil at time of purchase.

hohojojo

can you put up the size of the house

i don't think you should be using so much oil in a 1100 sq foot house i'd use maybe 500 between 3 - 4 months

is your house well insulated this plays a part in it ?

when was the last time it was servised ?

what temp is you boiler set at shouldn't need to be more than 65 - 70 if efficient if it is up at 85-90 you will eat oil?

if you have an internal stat it plays a very little part in your heating system if you aren't getting your house up to temp

are you pipes insulated ?

what burner do you have?

all this plays a part in how much you have to put in to your tank

Tiddlers

laoislassy wrote: »

I moved into a house with oil heating few months ago.....i literally cant keep oil in the house its costing me 200+ a month which seems totally ridiculous to me....the plumber reckons the burner if on for 3 hours burns 10 litres is this normal?

My boyfriend and I have been living where we are for a year and we have had nothing but trouble with our oil though we haven't paid as much as you seem to be! In March of last year we got 500 litres for €285 and the same again on the 28th December. Ran out last week and got 1000 litres for €570 but hopefully that will last a while since we're almost out of the cold cold weather! TBH, I have no idea what's normal or not but the plumber who called over to us said that ideally he'd like to replace or do a huge overhaul to the whole plumbing/heating system in the house as he thinks it's old and getting worn but the landlady doesn't seem to be giving the go ahead to that.

laoislassy

the house im in is a rented house, its a 3 bed semi about 10 years old.....the thermostat i turned down to 60 after i used 300 litres in a month but 228 litres went in 3 weeks granted the weather was really cold and i had it on bit extra. as for burner havent clue what make it is was only installed in 08 far as i know n house was empty for months before i moved in last year, tbh i havent clue bout pipes etc

items

Weather is abnormally cold, before going to far into things see out the next few weeks as its becoming less cold.

A house thats not been lived in for a long time will take a long time to develop a lived in heat. It can take months before house heats up, boiler will work flat out yet house will still feel cold, whats happening is cold plaster and block work absorb all the heat leaving house feeling cold even though heating is on full tilt.

Insulation is important, best make sure house is well insulated, walls, roof spaces, windows and external doors.

If house is well insulated and you still find oil bills high prob best to have boiler commissioned, its possible boiler has never been commissioned into use meaning burner is not burning oil in a way to give off most energy from combustion.

Boilers have to be commissioned into use to suit working environment, they are set at basic setting in factory, these settings shouldn't be relied upon.