How does Oil work?

Timooo_23

Hey guys, I’m buying my first house with my other half at the moment, we’re getting a new build that will be finished at the end of April.

I’m wondering has anybody got experience with how the heating oil works? I mean to ask, how much, if any oil “comes with the house”?

Surely they need to have some in it to test the system, etc. I don’t want to bombard my builder with even more questions so any advice would be appreciated!

Thank you.

Car99

Timooo_23 wrote: »

Hey guys, I’m buying my first house with my other half at the moment, we’re getting a new build that will be finished at the end of April.

I’m wondering has anybody got experience with how the heating oil works? I mean to ask, how much, if any oil “comes with the house”?

Surely they need to have some in it to test the system, etc. I don’t want to bombard my builder with even more questions so any advice would be appreciated!

Thank you.

Go and have a look in the tank.

_Brian

He might just throw a few gallons in the tank to set it up.
You will likely need to get oil immediately.

yabadabado

You order oil from a supplier.There will be a small amount put it to check the system.

Timooo_23

Car99 wrote: »

Go and have a look in the tank.

Well there’s no tank yet sooo...?

Timooo_23

_Brian wrote: »

He might just throw a few gallons in the tank to set it up.
You will likely need to get oil immediately.

Cheers, that’s what I thought/ was hoping for. I just had a little fear that I’d have to get it set up myself after I got oil.

Claw Hammer

The oil itself does no work. It sits in the tank until released to the boiler where it is burned.

yabadabado

Timooo_23 wrote: »

Well there’s no tank yet sooo...?

Well take it that when the tank is there ,you will probably be told by the builder to order oil asap so the plumber can get to working on that part of the set up.

They wont buy you oil.

Del2005

_Brian wrote: »

He might just throw a few gallons in the tank to set it up.
You will likely need to get oil immediately.

Setup could be done from a 5 gallon drum

Timooo_23 wrote: »

Well there’s no tank yet sooo...?

Is there one being supplied? How secure is the back of the property? It's common enough for people with oil tanks to wake up to no oil and a hole in the bottom of the tank. So a lot now just use big drums in a shed.

Car99

Timooo_23 wrote: »

Well there’s no tank yet sooo...?

The next step is obvious in that case soooooo......

Timooo_23

Del2005 wrote: »

Setup could be done from a 5 gallon drum



Is there one being supplied? How secure is the back of the property? It's common enough for people with oil tanks to wake up to no oil and a hole in the bottom of the tank. So a lot now just use big drums in a shed.

It’s going to be in a good secure area. Tank is supplied. House will be ‘turn key’.

Vita nova

Make sure you know what fuel type the burner has been set to run on, kerosene or MGO, the default nowadays is kerosene.
If you want, just before you move in, find a petrol station that sells home heating oil and fill a 25l jerry can with the appropriate oil type (some stations may sell full drums). If there's no fuel in the tank, 25l will keep you going for a few days (couple of hours/day) until you order some oil otherwise just add the oil to the existing oil in the tank.