A few incidences to where the old oil filler pipe was left on the house, tanks removed and by accident, the oil company comes by and fills the basement with fuel oil. As a kid in Florida in the 1960's - 1970's, fuel oil furnaces were popular with the tank buried under the ground next to the house. More modest homes had a tank on a stand outside next to the house. These days, most who live in neiighoroods without natural gas have converted to heat pumps. Crazy to think that in 2024, people still use oil.
A that price I recommend checking it out for sure. Here’s my video on the steps to take. th-cam.com/video/G-pVmZmqLGA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tnHQS30Y6fAMTfgQ Take a look at energizeCT.com too.
Thank you for your kind words. It’s been almost 2 years now and we have no regrets at all. Our savings are undoubtedly in the thousands now. We were burning so much oil to heat the house it was painful. The gas boiler is considerably more efficient, and also heats the house faster. The heat pump helps to reduce dependency on gas too. Even in the summer the heat pump running in ac mode costs less electric to run than the old ac system. Accounting for the 10 year loan payments on the equipment and install, in the winter we are much better off (maybe $400-600 per month). In the summer is a little worse off because we still have the loan payment and obviously there’s oil to gas heating saving to offset the payment, just some marginal electric bill reduction. Beyond the saving, our home is far more comfortable.
@@oldcountryhouse Thank you once again for all of this extremely great info. We recently moved to CT and our oil heat bill is skyrocketing. We are looking to switch to natural gas or do a heat pump. Since our furnace is somewhat aged, now seems to be the time to start looking into the switch. Given that the oil price will not be dropping anytime soon, we are actively looking into what the best option is to go with.
@@lowKut start here: energizect.com/ There are huge incentives for heat pumps now. Small incentives for gas boilers but better than nothing I supposed. Here’s a summary of the steps I took. 5 steps for Oil to Natural Gas Conversion th-cam.com/video/G-pVmZmqLGA/w-d-xo.html Good luck.
How can I get in touch either the people that you bought the gas boila cause I’m almost like you spending to much oil and my house is in the mountains in PA . If you can give me a 🙏 I will like to change my boila
Yeah, was never in my mind to not hook up to gas. I did a heat pump on one side of my house which works pretty well, but would never have got rid of oil without connecting to natural gas.
Hey, Greetings from Athens 🇬🇷. I don't get it! 22k$? This is lots of money! I mean, how cheap is gas in this place anyway? Here natural gas is measured in cubic meters (m^3) and for pricing it is converted into thermal kilowatt hours (kWh) by the distribution company. The gas prices (company: ΔΕΗ -> DEI, product name: myHomeGasBenefit) for the last 11 months were: Noe22 - 0.14673 Dec22 - 0.12591 Jan23 - 0.12695 Feb23 - 0.07048 Mar23 - 0.05881 Apr23 - 0.04933 May23 - 0.04782* Jun23 - 0.03691* Jul23 - 0.03710* Aug23 - 0.03479* Sep23 - 0.03976* € per kWh *we don't really use heat these months. Is it true that the average price of the heating oil in CT today is 1.04$/lt? Here the average price last year was 1.30€/lt and it is very likely that this year will climb up to 1.50 or even 1.60!!!
I’ve never been to Athens but I’d imagine you don’t get extremely harsh winters like here in the north east which can last a good three months. So we’re probably using far more oil to heat the house. I’d imagine this conversion probably adds $20K to the value of the house once converted. Owner states he’s already seeing savings in the thousands $$$.
A few incidences to where the old oil filler pipe was left on the house, tanks removed and by accident, the oil company comes by and fills the basement with fuel oil. As a kid in Florida in the 1960's - 1970's, fuel oil furnaces were popular with the tank buried under the ground next to the house. More modest homes had a tank on a stand outside next to the house. These days, most who live in neiighoroods without natural gas have converted to heat pumps. Crazy to think that in 2024, people still use oil.
i am looking to conversion as well with out heating both for warmth and hot water i’m over the almost 700.00 every 6 weeks i also live in connecticut
A that price I recommend checking it out for sure. Here’s my video on the steps to take. th-cam.com/video/G-pVmZmqLGA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tnHQS30Y6fAMTfgQ
Take a look at energizeCT.com too.
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing.
How much do you think you saved with the conversion so far?
Thank you for your kind words. It’s been almost 2 years now and we have no regrets at all. Our savings are undoubtedly in the thousands now. We were burning so much oil to heat the house it was painful. The gas boiler is considerably more efficient, and also heats the house faster. The heat pump helps to reduce dependency on gas too. Even in the summer the heat pump running in ac mode costs less electric to run than the old ac system.
Accounting for the 10 year loan payments on the equipment and install, in the winter we are much better off (maybe $400-600 per month). In the summer is a little worse off because we still have the loan payment and obviously there’s oil to gas heating saving to offset the payment, just some marginal electric bill reduction.
Beyond the saving, our home is far more comfortable.
@@oldcountryhouse Thank you once again for all of this extremely great info.
We recently moved to CT and our oil heat bill is skyrocketing.
We are looking to switch to natural gas or do a heat pump.
Since our furnace is somewhat aged, now seems to be the time to start looking into the switch.
Given that the oil price will not be dropping anytime soon, we are actively looking into what the best option is to go with.
@@lowKut start here:
energizect.com/
There are huge incentives for heat pumps now. Small incentives for gas boilers but better than nothing I supposed.
Here’s a summary of the steps I took. 5 steps for Oil to Natural Gas Conversion
th-cam.com/video/G-pVmZmqLGA/w-d-xo.html
Good luck.
How can I get in touch either the people that you bought the gas boila cause I’m almost like you spending to much oil and my house is in the mountains in PA . If you can give me a 🙏 I will like to change my boila
I started with a weatherization program and went on from there. dced.pa.gov/programs/weatherization-assistance-program-wap/
thank goodness you didn't go electric!
Yeah, was never in my mind to not hook up to gas. I did a heat pump on one side of my house which works pretty well, but would never have got rid of oil without connecting to natural gas.
How much was the cost to do all this?
About $22k. I leveraged state loans called Energize CT which provided a loan at 1% interest that covered most of it. Payment is about $250 a month.
How many square feet is your house?
Hey, Greetings from Athens 🇬🇷.
I don't get it!
22k$? This is lots of money! I mean, how cheap is gas in this place anyway?
Here natural gas is measured in cubic meters (m^3) and for pricing it is converted into thermal kilowatt hours (kWh) by the distribution company.
The gas prices (company: ΔΕΗ -> DEI, product name: myHomeGasBenefit) for the last 11 months were:
Noe22 - 0.14673
Dec22 - 0.12591
Jan23 - 0.12695
Feb23 - 0.07048
Mar23 - 0.05881
Apr23 - 0.04933
May23 - 0.04782*
Jun23 - 0.03691*
Jul23 - 0.03710*
Aug23 - 0.03479*
Sep23 - 0.03976*
€ per kWh
*we don't really use heat these months.
Is it true that the average price of
the heating oil in CT today is 1.04$/lt? Here the
average price last year was 1.30€/lt and it is very likely that this year will climb up to 1.50 or even 1.60!!!
The USA is so expensive for no reason
I’ve never been to Athens but I’d imagine you don’t get extremely harsh winters like here in the north east which can last a good three months. So we’re probably using far more oil to heat the house.
I’d imagine this conversion probably adds $20K to the value of the house once converted. Owner states he’s already seeing savings in the thousands $$$.