OMG, I just wrote the check for the heating oil bill...
 

I almost fainted... :eek: the guy told me oh, you only needed 200 gallons to fill the tank here's the bill, $700.00 OMG, I say it again i almost fainted...LOL ouch............ well thank God we had the money to pay for it.. but again OUCH...... :(:(
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Oil bill?? What is that?

Come to California, we will beat that bill!!

lol i hear ya...so thankful to have a pellet stove this year cause i have only spent 450 and one oil tank fill up for 700...by now i would be well into the 2000 for oil costs!

LOL, it sounds great to be warm all year round..LOL

We sell that heating oil. :D It is liquid gold. How long does 200 gal last you? I hope a long time. We've had unseasonably warm weather. In fact, winter has not arrived yet it's been so nice. I can't ever remember our heating bill being so low for this time of year. I guess I have more money to spend on my girls. :D

Ugh, it's insane! My dad just paid ours too and I think it was in that vicinity. Thankfully we have a wood stove fireplace that heats up much of the house so we try not to use the heat as much.

the tank is 375, and it was filled up last october, with the temps being so crazy I guess we did ok, hubby does not like when it gets low in case of a crazy storm or anything since we paid COD because is cheaper that way, when the marker is at 1/4 we call and they come the next day, but lately is being a SHOCK how little oil we get for the same money..:eek::eek:

I feel your pain--only it is just the opposite for us here on the Gulf Coast! Our power bills in the summer (which is aprox. 7-8 months long, lol) is almost bankrupting us! When temps average in the mid to upper 90's during the day during the hottest months (June, July, August, September) and the 80's at night, there is NOTHING you can do but sweat or run the AC! The average bill for us (2 adults and 2 yorkies) is around 400 plus.:(:eek:

We just replaced our furnace and AC because both were busted and from 1982. They're supposed to be "efficient" but we still pay an arm and a leg for heating.AC. Needless to say, it doesn't get above 56 at night during the winter months.

I've heard that people in the NE use "heating oil". What is heating oil? In the SE everything is run on natural gas or electricity. I'd never even heard of heating oil until recently.

Wait...are you saying you set your thermostat at 56? I ask because the week before last it got a bit colder here than it'd been. I was fine. The inside temp was 72 degrees & my daughter actually tried to say she was freezing & could see her breath :rolleyes:
She's in Spain now so I imagine she's finding out what "cold" really is!

Heating oil, or oil heat, is a low viscosity, flammable liquid petroleum product used as a fuel for furnaces or boilers in buildings. Home heating oil is often abbreviated as HHO[1]
Heating oil is commonly delivered by tank truck to residential, commercial and municipal buildings and stored in above-ground storage tanks ("ASTs") located in the basements, garages, or outside adjacent to the building. It is sometimes stored in underground storage tanks (or "USTs") but less often than ASTs. ASTs are used for smaller installations due to the lower cost factor. Heating oil is less commonly used as an industrial fuel or for power generation.
Red dyes are usually added, resulting in its "red diesel" name in countries like the United Kingdom. Solvent Yellow 124 is added as a "Euromarker" since 2002 in European Union.
Heating oil is very similar to diesel fuel, and both are classified as distillates. It consists of a mixture of petroleum-derived hydrocarbons in the 14- to 20-carbon atom range. During oil distillation, it condenses at between 250 and 350 °C (482 and 662 °F). Heating oil condenses at a lower temperature than the heavy (C20+) hydrocarbons such as petroleum jelly, bitumen, candle wax, and lubricating oil, which condense between 340–400 °C (644–752 °F). But it condenses at a higher temperature than kerosene, which condenses between 160–250 °C (320–482 °F).
Heating oil produces 138,500 British thermal units (146,100 kJ) per US gallon and weighs 7.2 pounds per US gallon (0.85 kg/l),[2] which is about the same heat per unit mass as the somewhat less dense diesel fuel. Number 2 fuel oil has a flash point of 52 °C (126 °F).
Leaks from tanks and piping are an environmental concern. Various federal and state regulations are in place regarding the proper transportation, storage and burning of heating oil, which is classified as a hazardous material (HazMat) by federal regulators.
Heating oil may be blended with biodiesel to create a product that burns similarly

At night time, yes ma'm. And in the day time it goes between 63 and 65.

here is 68 during the daytime and 65 at night.. right now the temp outside is a wooping. 29 degress... which is ok with me...
hugs,

I feel your pain! We had a fill up around Christmas and it cost $736 for a 218 gallon fill up. Our tank is 225. ugh:rolleyes:

I have 1/2 left . . .which means another couple weeks and another fill . . .:(

well... I love the winter months. Our utility bill (electric) is the lowest for the year in the winter months!! With out kids in the house it is about $100.00 per month or less. We have solar water heating.

We have the opposite problem... the air conditioning of the house in the summer months!! Our electric/ power/ utility bill is double or more in July/August/September.

When I lived up north, I remember the prices being downright nuts around 2001 ... or 4? I sympathize ... cost of fuel is going up and it is SO hard for people in cold climates.

That is one thing I do not miss living down here in this climate.

Yeah, the prices are nuts in the summer months, that's for sure. At least here in TX we now have companies competing so we can change companies. It has saved me lots.

I am glad we filled up, is snowing pretty good today... my electric bill is at least less than oil....LOL, even in the summer months... we live 900 feet above sea level by a lake and is cool at night.. and during the day we spend a lot of time in the yard..
hugs,

I know you, Sherry....are you sure the inside temp was 72 and not 52???

Wow that is pricey! I think anyhoo. We are on natural gas and equalized billing. I pay about $100 a month to heat/air cond for the 12 months.

When we sleep and are out of the house during the day temp is set to 64 and when home 68. I love our automatic thermostat that you can set to 4 different temp settings each day. It adjusts temp when you leave come home sleep etc. No more remembering to fiddle with the thermostat.

We have had it for years, but I did notice a significant reduction in our heat/cooling bills once it was installed. Also replacing my old freezer and got a new fridge did loads to reduce electricity costs.

Thank goodness you had it done before a big storm hit.

Oh wow! And I thought our propane bill was outrageous! You have us beat! I know that would of made me faint too. To tap off our tanks when they are low is about $500 and it kills me everytime, but I have to keep this baby called KS warm! Tee hee!

oh I know, I have the silky gang of 5 plus 6 babies to keep warm... and with snow on the ground now, we needed it..LOL
hugs,

Here's another little shock for you. Since 2008 the almighty EPA has designated that all Diesel fuel sold in the USA be Low Sulpher Fuel. When the refinery removes the sulpher, one side effect is that the fuel's cetane level is reduced, thus the amount of BTU's the fuel can generate when burned. Another side effect is that the fuel is less slippery. The heating system is depending on the fuel to lubricate things.

So now that the EPA is done with your heating oil, you pay more for it, while getting less heat from it.

You should be using a Diesel Fuel Conditioner in your fuel. Is about $20 for a bottle that will treat the whole tank. It will help keep your heating plant up to snuff.

FWIW, we pay right around $2500 a year for LP. Covers Heat, hot water, stove, clothes dryer. 2500 Sq Ft in N. Mn. is not cheap.

Gotta love it... 40 degree temp swing from yesterday/today. Yesterday we woke to -20F, today it's +20!!!

Wow, thank you for this information, hubby would like to know if you can recomend a good diesel fuel conditioner, he has to go to work today but he will do some more research on it tomorrow..
again thanks,
hugs,

I've always used Power Service. Is available everywhere. Including walmart.

Yes, thank you for that information! I will be looking into that additive too!