How much heating oil do you use in a year.

[david]

Just trying to do a comparison on what other folks use in a year, we used 2000 lts in a year. How does this compare with your consumption?

[Alice in Blunderland]

Holy Moses I use that in around four months. Need to out up a windmill me thinks.

[chaz]

Im about 1000 a year, 4 bedrooms ,largish house, but also have solid fuel rayburn which is lit in winter .

[david]

Im about 1000 a year, 4 bedrooms ,largish house, but also have solid fuel rayburn which is lit in winter .

That's good going. We burn peat as well. TBH I think it's the underfloor heating we have thats burning so much oil, the radiator circuit upstairs brings the rooms up to temperature in around 15 mins, whereas the UFH takes ages.

[andyw]

Still on the same tank 18 months 1200 ltr tank and 2 wood burners

[david]

Still on the same tank 18 months 1200 ltr tank

Crikey, I must have a leak somewhere!!

[Beat Bug]

We use about 1000 ltrs a year for our 2 bed bungalow. We have a Stanley cooker/boiler, which cooks, runs the CH and gives us endless very hot water. We also have a small wood/peat burning stove which we light on very cold nights. We tend to buy our oil in August, topping up the tank to full.

[oldchemist]

Get 15 - 18 months from 2000 litres. 3 bedroom house, no other form of heating.

[captain chaos]

3000 litres in 12 months for an old lath and plaster walled 3 bedroomed house

or about £150 a month

[billmoseley]

About 1700L 3 bed croft house with 2 of us in and a log fire in the living room when it's really cold

[Alice in Blunderland]

I use at least 4,000 litres of oil a year in a new house and the heating is not on 24/7. In fact its on for around 8 hours a day going up to 12 in the coldest months and not on at all for a few months in the summer. I must be going wrong somewhere

[BRIE]

we use 2500 litres a year & we have a 7 bed house, no other form of heating & its on 24/7 also heats all the water too.

[linnie612]

We haven't had our oil heating in for a whole year yet, but since July we have used about 900L. Smallish 3 bedroom house. Continuous hot water.

[silverfox57]

fill tank with 900lts twice a year,three bed room cottage.for years and only complaint is price goes up .900lts was 300pounds few years ago now 600pounds.such is life?

[david]

fill tank with 900lts twice a year,three bed room cottage.for years and only complaint is price goes up .900lts was 300pounds few years ago now 600pounds.such is life?

Yes it's dear now. I divide it up so it do't sound so bad. I worked it out we are £3.34 a day for heating based on 2000ltrs @ 61p a ltr.

[Kenn]

800/900 ltrs per annum to heat a 3 bedroom home and provide hot water, no other source of heat and internally the temperature is normally stable at 22/23 C.