Converted to Natural Gas this year. I bought a Navien Combi unit. It is tank less on demand domestic hot water and hot water radiant heat.
I did the install myself. ( was a bit of wok to do but i saved myself thousands)
Therefore I removed my 2 year old Weil Mclean Oil fired boiler and two oil tanks, converted to natural gas in my house.
So far I love the switch... plenty of on demand hot water and heats the house better than the oil fired boiler because you can adjust the water temperatures going into your radiators. ( hotter water = faster more efficient heating)
No more struggling with oil pricing and having to shop every year... no more big electric bill due to the electric water heater..
Good luck.. North west hills Connecticut
I have heard it is like $7,000 or so?I have an oil furnace and would love to convert to gas, but he cost is very high. Yes, over the long haul you'll save money. Problem is I cannot afford the conversion. Not after all of the home repairs I made this year.
holy shit, are you joking? 60deg? i keep mine at 78deg in the winter. when its 30deg outside the poor furnace seems like it never shuts off. i cant imagine 60deg in the house.
I'm in the market for a new heating system and am leaning towards oil, which I already have. I'm looking at the new style furnace that pulls air from outside instead of sucking in my heated air from inside the house. These are supposed to be very effficient but they are much more money then the "regular" style oil burners.
I would like to know why some think gas is less likelty to kill you then an oil set up....why???
I make a pull in my eaton cobra. I take the eaton off after said pull and set it in my living room. My house stays a comfotable 82* all winter.
I bought 250 gallons last week and it was $3.36
pretty sure no natural gas here.....but I'll check....thats why I was asking about the Pellet stoves....guess no one runs them.
I have heard it is like $7,000 or so?
78? Are you joking?
We have oil forced air and a pellet stove. Last year was a bad winter so we used 5 tons of pellets at 210 bucks a ton. We usually only buy the minimum 200 gallons of oil when the oil company sends out their discount card in the summer ever 3 years I think. Both of our 275 gallon oil tanks are sitting 3/4 full now. We usually only use oil if the pellet stove breaks, when we are leaving the stove cool to clean it, or if it gets down below around 15 degrees it kicks on to help the pellet stove. We keep the pellet stove thermostat around 72. Very warm heat. The air coming out of the front of the stove is so hot it will burn you at times when it's running full speed.
I have heard it is like $7,000 or so?
what size is your home and where is it located?
I thought it was more, but I'm honestly not sure. It would depend on how far the gas line has to be run and how much digging is needed. And then you have the cost to convert your baseboard radiator (hot water) system to a vented system. I have central air so I'm assuming I would just use the existing duct-work.
If natural gas is not available in your area, take a hard look at high efficiency heat pumps. They will be cheaper to run than propane or oil. Not sure against pellet stoves that is not a real comparison.I've got a 3000 square foot 2 story home that's heated by Propane. We have a 500 gallon in ground tank. Sometime around November last year we turned on the furnaces (2) and went through probably 1000 gallons of propane before turning off the heat in April.
I'm looking at replacing the furnaces with new 2 stage units. The ones I have are 13 years old and builder grade.
We kept our furnace at 72 through the winter.
Baseboard heat is notoriously inefficient. It's like trying to heat your house with an oven in each room.
That being said, I didn't know they made gas/oil baseboard heat? I've only seen electric.
I just bought my house 3 months ago, ( electric everything ) and have yet to go over $100 on my bill. The house was built in 2008, and from everything I can see the original owner built the house with top notch insulation from the ground up.
I keep it 72* year round in my house.