How much oil have you burned so far

[SlyFerret]

I've burned about half of what I usually do by this point. Usually about 3 cords total for the year, so I guess I've burned just under a cord.

I've also burned about 50 gallons of propane so far. That is about my average for a whole year, so that is up some.

I'm tired of the perpetual shoulder season. Where is winter already!!

-SF

 

[larry3228]

My last propane fill up was in August 2011. On a 350 gallon tank it went from 95% to 75% last winter - a very mild winter. It is down to 50% now after a normal winter. We burn 24/7 but the insert is just a bit undersized for the house. The furnace kicks in once or twice just before I get up and when sometimes it gets below 20* (bitter cold for middle TN).

Before we installed the insert 3 years ago we used 3 or 4 tanks a winter. The stove was installed in late December 3 winters ago. That first winter we used 2 tanks. Better wood and more experience has helped alot.

The propane truck comes once a month to check if we need a fill-up, I love to hear it rumble out of here after just a minute or 2.

Larry.

 

[jimmieguns]

No oil use this year. Just wanted to say we did it. Will fire the oil boiler sometime to make sure it works. Heck we're going on March now. We did it

NICE! love it--- me too (I think) look for my recent post--- year to year i am on par to use 275 gal for the COLD part versus about 600 previoes years - if not more like 800 gal! so I am VERY VERY happy--- Long Island here.....

 

[billb3]

My tank gauge doesn't work, but they could only squeeze in 82 gallons last week at $3.71 per.
Bought 250 gallons late last Spring.
I have a zone water heater.
New Buderus /Riello seems to be really sipping fuel.

 

[rkshed]

None.
Average winter here.
1100 sf ranch and the average temp inside the house has been around 72 all season.

 

[mepellet]

No oil burned here for space heating. Only for hot water and occasionally turn it on to keep pipes in certain areas from freezing. For heat i have burned just over two tons of pellets and a few armloads of cord wood in the old wood eater.

 

[Slow1]

. But my HVAC fan runs 24/7 and does a decent job of spreading the warm air around.

You may want to try a different approach than running the HVAC so much. For less electricity a few well placed fans (maybe just one) on the floor to encourage convection may keep the place warmer. The reason for this is that most HVAC systems are not well sealed or insulated so you can lose a lot of heat through the ducts. Then again, it does depend on the exact install - if all your ducts run through areas you want to heat (i.e. none in attic or garage etc) then that 'lost' heat really wouldn't be. However in any case in many homes it is possible to distribute the heat of a stove with just a few small fans.

 

[DMbekus]

Sorry if this has been posted recently

For those of you who have Oil heat, how much have you used so far this season to date? also where are you located and has the winter been colder or warmer then normal?

We have been heating 90% with wood so far this winter, only using the oil burner when we are away or to assist on really cold stretches. we also heat our hot water with oil. We are in south central New Hampshire and I would say the winter has been about average. had some serious cold stretches but also had alot of above normal temps as well

We have used 125+/- gallons since october.

oil guy just topped us off yestarday with 80 gallons, I love how they always seem to swing by when the prices are nearing 4$ a gallon. 300 bucks for 80 gallons!

last year 940 gallons
this year (1st with stove) 400 gallons. hot water by oil also

 

[Beer Belly]

I'd have to guess at 80 gallons max since November 1.......mostly for hot water

 

[soupy1957]

More than I would have LIKED to burn, I can tell you THAT!

-soupy1957

 

[chemical_man]

I second soupy! Hence why I'm having a few guys come in tomorrow for sales info. I did a quick financial analysis and 3 years tops an installed stove with SS chimney will be paid off but the immediate payoff will be a much warmer house for a fraction of the cost.

 

[chazcarr]

Sorry if this has been posted recently

For those of you who have Oil heat, how much have you used so far this season to date? also where are you located and has the winter been colder or warmer then normal?

We have been heating 90% with wood so far this winter, only using the oil burner when we are away or to assist on really cold stretches. we also heat our hot water with oil. We are in south central New Hampshire and I would say the winter has been about average. had some serious cold stretches but also had alot of above normal temps as well

We have used 125+/- gallons since october.

oil guy just topped us off yestarday with 80 gallons, I love how they always seem to swing by when the prices are nearing 4$ a gallon. 300 bucks for 80 gallons!

I have noticed that too. They always come on an ever changing schedule when the price increase. Last delivery was $4 per gallon on the day oil went up so you know he didn't pay that much for it.

I am keeping tabs on oil as you can see here, and it seems we run nearly identical. I've been thinking of going electric/propane for hot water and ditching oil almost all together. (I'll keep some for when I escape to a warm place in the winter and don't want my pipes to freeze).

 

[velvetfoot]

No oil use this year. Just wanted to say we did it. Will fire the oil boiler sometime to make sure it works. Heck we're going on March now. We did it

Same here.

 

[firefighterjake]

I burned a bit more this year than I have in the past . . . mainly because we went away for a week. For most of the winter the oil gauge was a bit above the half way mark . . . now it's more than a quarter but less than a half.

 

[raybonz]

I burned a bit more this year than I have in the past . . . mainly because we went away for a week. For most of the winter the oil gauge was a bit above the half way mark . . . now it's more than a quarter but less than a half.

We were in Aruba last week and my oldest daughter stayed here with my youngest daughter.. I told her to use the stove only if we lost power or ran out of oil.. She ran the friggin' stove the whole time I was gone and I only gave her a 10 minute lesson.. Think she got it too hot once but no real issues and I still have 1/4 tank of oil lol.. She likes to be warm! Just a chip of the 'ol block I guess!

Ray

 

[DeerHunter]

NONE!

Wife refused to turn it on, even though it meant that she had to reload while I was at work. First year of burning, and we're all in! Upstate NY to boot. Figure I've burned about 6 cord so far for a 2600 sqft 2-story Colonial. We augment with electric space heaters in the kids' rooms overnight when it gets really cold.

Tom

 

[gyrfalcon]

Sorry if this has been posted recently

For those of you who have Oil heat, how much have you used so far this season to date? also where are you located and has the winter been colder or warmer then normal?

We have been heating 90% with wood so far this winter, only using the oil burner when we are away or to assist on really cold stretches. we also heat our hot water with oil. We are in south central New Hampshire and I would say the winter has been about average. had some serious cold stretches but also had alot of above normal temps as well

We have used 125+/- gallons since october.

oil guy just topped us off yestarday with 80 gallons, I love how they always seem to swing by when the prices are nearing 4$ a gallon. 300 bucks for 80 gallons!

Tell your oil company you want to switch to "on call" only. There's zero need for that kind of regular delivery if you're using so little.

 

[gseith]

NONE!

Wife refused to turn it on, even though it meant that she had to reload while I was at work. First year of burning, and we're all in! Upstate NY to boot. Figure I've burned about 6 cord so far for a 2600 sqft 2-story Colonial. We augment with electric space heaters in the kids' rooms overnight when it gets really cold.

Tom

My wife also has also refused to turn the furnace on this year. She does 75% of the reloading of the stove. I'm just stuck doing all the CSS of the wood.

 

[begreen]

None, zip, nada other than the canola oil in the frying pan.

 

[Beer Belly]

Tell your oil company you want to switch to "on call" only. There's zero need for that kind of regular delivery if you're using so little.

I had the same problem the first year with the stove.....not the pricing.....we are locked in on that....but the oil man showed up every 30 days....after two trips, and dumping about 20 gallons of fuel oil they called to warn us that buying oil elsewhere would void our contract (1 year)....told them we were burning wood....now they come twice a year.

 

[ansehnlich1]

we've burned about 80 gallons of oil in 5 years

 

[ailanthus]

Just enough to keep the house at 50 while we were away the other weekend. I shut off the valve at the oil tank last spring & forgot that I had done it. 10 minutes of troubleshooting & I figured it out, but, doh!

 

[adrpga498]

About 120 gallons. Not at half way point on the dip stick. Dec, Jan , & Feb, I have stat set at 60* or 6 am whichever comes 1st. Furnace kicks on for about 15 minutes during those months. Oh well what can I say, at least the air handler for AC get a little work out. Looking to go for f600 when castine craps out. ( may be awhile) this old stove is a work horse. Last 10 years I avg. 130 gallons per year . Better than 900 gallons pre Castine.

 

[Beer Belly]

Topped off in begining of November.....topped off today.....52 gallons....likely most of it for Hot Water.

 

[Sirburnsalot]

No oil used for heat until I came home yesterday.. Worked 12 hrs. yesterday and commute over an hr., wife and daughter were out and that's the 1st time in 2 years It worked out OK as I know the furnace still works and we use it for hot water too.. The oil furnace will run for 6 days soon when I am on vacation..

Ray

I turn my thermostat down to about 50 degrees when I go on winter vacations. Between burning the fireplace and doing the thermostat thing, I save lots of oil.