How Much Oil Do You Burn In A Typical Winter Season??

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Fishpart

Less than 400 gallons+ Wood. Need to add more insulation..

i hear ya...

during the last week i took some 1 inch thick styrene board insulation i got for free (off of Craig's list free section)
3 sheets worth ($14.00 bucks each @ home depot) and cut the exact size for an unused front door and all the windows on the North
(shaded side of the house) except for the last foot (12 inches) of window at the top to still let in some light and it made a world of difference.

[RickBomba]

Usually 250 gallons for a 1200 sq ft apartment. No insulation, but all the windows are plastic wrapped.
Not this year!!! I bought a small room heater at Costco that costs me $40 a month to run in electric bills...haven't turned my oil on once.
Now those of you who know me, know that we cook almost every day at home and the apartment is usually in the low 60's.
I'd much rather spend $300 for the season in electric, than spend $750 for oil.
I can't be the only one who's cutting back on the oil, so demand MUST be down...I hardly ever see oil trucks on the road anymore...I guarantee that there's gouging going on at the dealer's end...nice guys. Hope all the oil dealers strat looking into another way to make money, cause if it goes any higher I'll never buy oil again.
Later,
Heat Nazi Rick

[Raven]

keep that wok hot dude...

heh heh heh

you crack me up

time to go cut wood again for 2nite

[JFigliuolo]

None! Only use oil for HW...

burn about 4.5 cords of wood ($125/cord). House stays TOASTY warm (when my wife has her way HOT, I've been known to open windows to cool it down from her escapades).

Wood is allot more work, obviously, but since my wife is:
1. unable to work.
2. ALWAYS cold.
3. sick.
4. home all day.

If I had to keep the house as warm as she likes/needs it I'd burn through 200-300 gallons a month. No way I could afford that.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by JFigliuolo

None! Only use oil for HW...

burn about 4.5 cords of wood ($125/cord). House stays TOASTY warm (when my wife has her way HOT, I've been known to open windows to cool it down from her escapades).

Wood is allot more work, obviously, but since my wife is:
1. unable to work.
2. ALWAYS cold.
3. sick.
4. home all day.

If I had to keep the house as warm as she likes/needs it I'd burn through 200-300 gallons a month. No way I could afford that.

if your wife has an iron deficiency...as like 90 % of American woman are anemic ...and when your iron deficient you don't capture oxygen very well when you breath in air so that your oxygen fueled engine (her body) isn't functioning properly.

i don't know if you and your wife both like lobster but when a woman who's iron deficient eats lobster which is rich in iron suddenly their hands are warm when typically they tend to be cold.

so there's some food for thought.
Also you might consider buying one of those oil filled radiators which are electric heaters on wheels and very efficient actually.
I'm planning on buying several more in fact.

At wally world they cost $39.99 i believe, and are well built and definitely not a fire hazard like most electric heaters are with an exposed heating element because its internal and heats the oil sealed inside the radiator. Even if the power goes out they continue to keep providing heat because the oil stays hot for awhile.

[tattoobob]

None

[Aqua-man]

At home, 4 to 6 cord of wood and about 200 gallons of oil.
At work.....between 150,000 and 1.2m gallons a day of #6

[mikecc]

I Put in a new system 5 years ago when we did the addition. we added 1200SF of heated space (total 2800sf 2x6 construction). we now use less oil than we did before the addition was put on. The old system was only 18 years old but not efficent. We have always offset the oil with 1.5 cord of wood a year.Currently use 500 gal of oil per winter.
This year we are going to try to burn more wood. I got 3 cord free ,form the utility company replacing the tele poles. I just had to cut it smaller and take it away.