Reply to: LPG

[LucidDementia]

That said, I have an air conditioner in my master bedroom

I have a chrome dance pole in mine.

[FatLazyContractor]

Women are naturally colder - it's the muscle/fat ratio. Also women's clothing is thinner.

So most women need higher room temperatures than most men.

Are you saying that MF needs an air conditioning (cooling) unit in his house?

That said, I have an air conditioner in my master bedroom

[SueEllen]

This women liking the heat turned up is a much discussed things these days. V true. I'm sitting in my office, it's 12.5'C and seems ok to me.

Women are naturally colder - it's the muscle/fat ratio. Also women's clothing is thinner.

So most women need higher room temperatures than most men.

There are exceptions e.g. women who spend a lot of time outdoors, live in colder housing.

I actually like colder rooms than one of my brothers' but I hate big draughts - so fans are annoying there as opening the window when I'm not right next to it isn't.

[LucidDementia]

If Global Warming means snowfall is a thing of the past, surely it means big heating bills are a thing of the past too....

You're applying logic, don't do that.
Just like solar farms and wind farms result in cheaper electricity. Oh wait.

[DimPrawn]

If Global Warming means snowfall is a thing of the past, surely it means big heating bills are a thing of the past too....

[xoggoth]

This women liking the heat turned up is a much discussed things these days. V true. I'm sitting in my office, it's 12.5'C and seems ok to me.

[FatLazyContractor]

My wife is hyper-nesh and starts moaning about being "freezing" when the glass hits 19C.

Tell her that you like her pokies, and she will never complain about the cold.

@OP - The problem then is with your missus and not with the source of heat. Kick her out, I say!

[LucidDementia]

We are on LPG. When we first moved in to the house there was a big tank in the back garden, we got the LPG company to come and remove it since it was theirs. No charge to us. If you sign up to a contract then this may be different depending on the supplier.

We now have 4 47Kg gas bottles that take up much less room at the side of the house. The only real hassle is remembering to check the gauge and reorder in time. No automatic monitoring.

It costs about £130 for 2 bottles. We were going through 4 a month in the winter including heating and hot water, although we've just had a new boiler fitted so waiting to see what difference it's made.

The main advantage over oil is that it's cleaner, the bottles take unless space and you can run a standard combi boiler on it.

The tanks are ugly - our is underground though.

[DaveB]

We are on LPG. When we first moved in to the house there was a big tank in the back garden, we got the LPG company to come and remove it since it was theirs. No charge to us. If you sign up to a contract then this may be different depending on the supplier.

We now have 4 47Kg gas bottles that take up much less room at the side of the house. The only real hassle is remembering to check the gauge and reorder in time. No automatic monitoring.

It costs about £130 for 2 bottles. We were going through 4 a month in the winter including heating and hot water, although we've just had a new boiler fitted so waiting to see what difference it's made.

The main advantage over oil is that it's cleaner, the bottles take unless space and you can run a standard combi boiler on it.

[LucidDementia]

As with so many things, it depends.

I'm on LPG and my heating bill is pretty enormous. Last 12 months has come in at about £2800!
However.
We are tied to one supplier for 2 years for reasons I won't go into and are currently paying about 9p per litre over the national average, which is a 25% hit. (Working on this)
The house is ******* gigantic too - 300m2 of floorspace with high ceilings.
There's an Aga happily burning gas 24/7 from about mid-November until end of February or later.
My wife is hyper-nesh and starts moaning about being "freezing" when the glass hits 19C.

Tanks and controls won't be yours which is a slight bonus - in our old property we were on Kerosene and I had to replace the tank and 25m of under-lawn pipework which really wasn't funny.

As with all things YMMV but for what it's worth; if it's on LPG it's probably a bloody nice gaff in a bloody nice place and if so, dude, the peace will be worth it. I always say moving here took 10 years off me.

[fullyautomatix]

I do

Who doesn't

My heating is sometimes on in summer too.

[Gumbo Robot]

It wont help if you have a Mrs who thinks its freezing even when it's about 25 C and keeps the heating on 24 hours.

I do

[fullyautomatix]

It wont help if you have a Mrs who thinks its freezing even when it's about 25 C and keeps the heating on 24 hours.

[NibblyPig]

Thanks. A property that I'm tempted to put an offer on has lpg.

Will have to dig a bit further. It seems that the tanks & controls are normally owned by the supplier & you get tied in. With oil you can shop around. Seems potentially an expensive option.

I suspect it will also depend on the efficiency of your burner, and the hidden costs of LPG, such as transport/replacement bottles, plus any overhead in plumbing it in...

It's cheaper than petrol, that's all I know...

[Troll]

Thanks. A property that I'm tempted to put an offer on has lpg.

Will have to dig a bit further. It seems that the tanks & controls are normally owned by the supplier & you get tied in. With oil you can shop around. Seems potentially an expensive option.

My Brother has LPG in his (large) property - his winter heating bills are horrendous - even with using a wood burner in the living main room