I currently rent in NJ, my wife and I are trying to buy a home. We have been looking for quite a while. Well we found a great house and we love it. The only problem is that it has oil heat. My first assumption was to have it switched over to gas but after researching i am nut sure if I should just leave it or not. The furnace was purchased in 2006, the tank is inside. The stove uses propane now, but i would probably just get an electric stove. Not sure how the dryer works though. Would you be kind of enough to share your opinions on gas verse propane? Thanks
natural gas is the best kind of regular type central heat but it sounds like you dont have it to the house since the stove uses propane....i would not replace a brand new oil furnace with a propane furnace.. i might even hesitate to replace it with a natural gas furnace right away due it being new,even if gas is available....i would keep the oil furnace and perhaps install a supplimental kind of heat such as a pellet stove in case oil prices go back up,,,i believe oil prices right now are reasonable [ $2.00-$2.50 per gallon] but they could go back up..fyi regular heating oil is the same as thing as deisel fuel except deisel fuel is taxed more and therefore more expensive...but if you were to get low on oil or run out..you can fill an approved container with deisel fuel at the nearest station and dump it in your oil tank.....you arent suppose to do the opposite of that though...it is illegal to use heating oil in a deisel car or truck because is wasnt taxed [ enough]..i think deisel fuel is colored with a dye so the cops can tell the difference.....dan
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no you could nevertheless intelligently answer your question and indexed under are numerous the climate. abode windows: are they leaking, are they thermopane. Are there heavy drapes over the abode windows. This is going for the doorways to boot. partitions Attic: Are the partitions insulated and is the attic insulated. Thermostat: what's your thermostat set at, if that is 80° you will use so lots extra oil than if set at sixty 8°. some human beings walk around the abode of their undies and shop the thermostat set at 80 5°+. Water Heater: is it located in a chilly place. Does it have an insulting blanket wrapped around it. Oil Tank: Get your self a Meter put in between the Filler and the tank, you will then know precisely how lots oil is being extra and you're paying for. Furnace: is your furnace serviced a minimum of as quickly as a three hundred and sixty 5 days. Is it an old furnace, if so a minimum of get a clean gun. I gave you lots to think of roughly and you will shop numerous funds if numerous the suggestions are utilized.
what wrong with oil heat, I've had it for 30 years, have had to change the furnace once due to a bad heat exchanger, besides that it's clean if adjusted properly, also have a oil fired water heater, is great, also have an electric dryer and electric stove an wall oven, bill last month was $114.00, wash an dry cloths every night. But if you are going to change, an can go to gas, not propane. Big outlay of moneys to change. I also live in N.J. sorry to say, Hopatcong, Taxes, an sewers cost $9000.00 a year. an nothing but bungalows
