heating oil, ouch!

We are interested in a particular house which has a 1,000 litre tank and uses 4.5 tanks per year so when we priced the running cost the fuel agent quoted £2,125 delivered.

The current price means that our bill would rise to £4,185 but I am now predicting that Heating Oil may go up further to £1.30 a litre meaning a bill of £5,850.

Crude oil hit the $113 mark today and there's even suggestions that it could peak at the $150 to $170 range so watch this space.

This is just the start of the big costs.

This may be cheeky but can we borrow your motorhome for a couple of years :giggle:

All the best,

Andrew
 
I'm afraid this is just the start unfortunately and all very sad for a lot of people. Gas prices as well I'm sure someone today said wholesale gas price was13 times higher than this time last year.
We both retired early last September but if it carries on like it is I may have to call it a gap year and return to the daily grind until it all calms down:(
Somehow I think that might take a while but on the bright side I got a 2 year lock on our energy prices back in October. :whew:
 
Fragle said:
Somehow I think that might take a while but on the bright side I got a 2 year lock on our energy prices back in October. :whew:
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Luckily I did not see the logic or take the advice of Martin Lewis the Money Saving Expert, to sit it out and see what happens with energy prices, and I too locked in for two years last October. (y)

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One demagogue or other will rule our economy, be it Russia, US, or Saudi Arabia.
We are not independent or ever will be.
The knock on to our commodities is obvious, food,fuel, etc.
All predictable and now you might see the reason behind "Suspension" of the Triple Lock pension benefit.
Everyone had a good idea as early as 2014 what was likely to happen.
So those that thought there pension is fireproof watch the fall out across financial markets.
 
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We use heating oil too. We are lucky as we get logs for free so will have to manage on the wood burning stove for now, but that only heats downstairs. I am dreading how much it will cost to fill the tank next time.
 
Ginam said:
We use heating oil too. We are lucky as we get logs for free so will have to manage on the wood burning stove for now, but that only heats downstairs. I am dreading how much it will cost to fill the tank next time.
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The wood burner has probably saved us quite a few quid this winter. Now where do we get the free logs :ROFLMAO:
 
Luckily the adverts for many suppliers say they are mainly sourcing their energy from renewables so there shouldn't be any price hike - oh hang on maybe they aren't after all 😡
 
Heating oil is not the only thing that will be going up, diesel has shot up this week and will affect the price of everything.
Next weeks fuel card price for a usage of around 700 litres is 136.67p/litre, September last year it was 107, December '20 it was 91!!
 
Just had a quote this evening for heating oil £1.10 pl +vat it was 78pl last week.
Anyone recommend a log burner?
 
Figaro said:
I'm thinking of getting a wood burner fitted for next winter as we're fully reliant on gas for heat , I can see gas shortages or rationing if you can afford it :confused:
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Wood burners not good for the climate. The Government is going to ban the use of them in the future. I was reading last week that wood burners were not allowed in new build houses anymore. Apparently, thousands and thousands of particles are burnt into the atmosphere from them. Although I think it will be ok to use logs which have been dry kilned. My neighbour has a log business. He dries them in a kiln like oven which involves a really high steel ugly chimney which is opposite our house, hence we get free logs so we happily put up with the sight and smoke (y)
 
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Ginam said:
Wood burners not good for the climate. The Government is going to ban the use of them in the future. I was reading last week that wood burners were not allowed in new build houses anymore. Apparently, thousands and thousands of particles are burnt into the atmosphere from them.
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Nor are new gas boilers..
 
Ginam said:
Wood burners not good for the climate. The Government is going to ban the use of them in the future. I was reading last week that wood burners were not allowed in new build houses anymore.
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I know, my neighbours have them and they belch out smoke when lit and I always cursed them.
But being dependant on one type of fuel for heating in these circumstances is not so good.
So sorry, needs must, saving the environment will have to wait for another day.
Any complaints should be directed to dead eyes putin

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Ginam said:
Wood burners not good for the climate. The Government is going to ban the use of them in the future. I was reading last week that wood burners were not allowed in new build houses anymore. Apparently, thousands and thousands of particles are burnt into the atmosphere from them.
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Well good luck with that....
 
Figaro said:
I know, my neighbours have them and they belch out smoke when lit and I always cursed them.
But being dependant on one type of fuel for heating in these circumstances is not so good.
So sorry, needs must, saving the environment will have to wait for another day.
Any complaints should be directed to dead eyes putin
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Agreed (y) When we first moved into the country it was Winter and we were overwhelmed by the smoke in the area. That was back in 1998 though when coal was still being burned and you didn't have to use smokeless coals in those days in rural villages.
 
Ginam said:
Wood burners not good for the climate. The Government is going to ban the use of them in the future. I was reading last week that wood burners were not allowed in new build houses anymore. Apparently, thousands and thousands of particles are burnt into the atmosphere from them. Although I think it will be ok to use logs which have been dry kilned. My neighbour has a log business. He dries them in a kiln like oven which involves a really high steel ugly chimney which is opposite our house, hence we get free logs so we happily put up with the sight and smoke (y)
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Wood burners were hailed as carbon neutral and I have 2. Goalposts then moved to particulates. Trees are not manufactured using fossil fuels like windmills etc. Sorry, needs must, I will continue to burn a carbon neutral fuel which is dried naturally and a fail safe source of heat.
 
I don't see that wood burners can possibly be 'not allowed in new build houses'. If they're legally able to be sold, I can't see that someone building a house won't be allowed to fit one. There are increased regulations around them, if installing in houses built since 2008, or timber framed houses. In fact, their installation in some places is actively encouraged in new builds as Building Regs (Document L) require each new build property to have a form of secondary heating.Luckily my house (parts at least) are over 200 years old, my immediate neighbours both have log burners already, and I had my quote for installation several months ago, pending completion of other works.
Burning properly produced and kiln dried logs isn't a problem. What will be, for all sorts of reasons, are people plundering local woodlands and destroying trees, which I think is highly likely to happen with the huge fuel increases.
 
Tonks said:
I don't see that wood burners can possibly be 'not allowed in new build houses'. If they're legally able to be sold, I can't see that someone building a house won't be allowed to fit one. There are increased regulations around them, if installing in houses built since 2008, or timber framed houses. In fact, their installation in some places is actively encouraged in new builds as Building Regs (Document L) require each new build property to have a form of secondary heating.Luckily my house (parts at least) are over 200 years old, my immediate neighbours both have log burners already, and I had my quote for installation several months ago, pending completion of other works.
Burning properly produced and kiln dried logs isn't a problem. What will be, for all sorts of reasons, are people plundering local woodlands and destroying trees, which I think is highly likely to happen with the huge fuel increases.
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Not a great fan of kiln dried, counter productive green credentials in my view. However natually dried is carbon neutral and highly a highly efficient source of green heat.

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Tonks said:
I don't see that wood burners can possibly be 'not allowed in new build houses'. If they're legally able to be sold, I can't see that someone building a house won't be allowed to fit one. There are increased regulations around them, if installing in houses built since 2008, or timber framed houses. In fact, their installation in some places is actively encouraged in new builds as Building Regs (Document L) require each new build property to have a form of secondary heating.Luckily my house (parts at least) are over 200 years old, my immediate neighbours both have log burners already, and I had my quote for installation several months ago, pending completion of other works.
Burning properly produced and kiln dried logs isn't a problem. What will be, for all sorts of reasons, are people plundering local woodlands and destroying trees, which I think is highly likely to happen with the huge fuel increases.
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I thought that too. My Log business neighbour was given a substantial grant from the Government to build an oven to dry kiln logs. So the article I read must have been wrong. I think it is, as you say, people who burn wet logs and newly felled trees who are causing the problem. By wet logs I mean not seasoned logs. You used to cut logs then leave them to dry in log stores in the old days!! but some people think it is ok to just chuck logs on the fire freshly cut. That is where you get the toxins from when you burn them.
 
Ginam said:
We use heating oil too. We are lucky as we get logs for free so will have to manage on the wood burning stove for now, but that only heats downstairs. I am dreading how much it will cost to fill the tank next time.
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Leave every internal door open as we did and the heat will get upstairs 👍
 
dash300 said:
Wood burners were hailed as carbon neutral and I have 2. Goalposts then moved to particulates. Trees are not manufactured using fossil fuels like windmills etc. Sorry, needs must, I will continue to burn a carbon neutral fuel which is dried naturally and a fail safe source of heat.
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It’s not that long ago that petrol cars were classed as a dirty fuel and we should all drive diesels, so we did and they taxed the hell out of it and now diesel vehicles are the spawn of the devil, same thing their trying to do with wood burners.
 
dash300 said:
I have only oil and a couple of woodburners. Try Clearview I have had many different makes over the years and these are the best clean burners by far.
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We had an Aarow at the last house.

Bloody brilliant it was 👍

And only 5kw stand alone.
 
Badknee said:
It’s not that long ago that petrol cars were classed as a dirty fuel and we should all drive diesels, so we did and they taxed the hell out of it and now diesel vehicles are the spawn of the devil, same thing their trying to do with wood burners.
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They don’t like them because they lose tax on the fuel ie the logs 😉😊

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