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Oil to Natural Gas

Flannel ShirtFlannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Anyone converted from oil to natural gas for home heating and do you have a ballpark cost to do so? I see furnaces ranging from $800 - $3,000?? I already have a gas line into the house, so that part of the project is already taken care of (stove and hot water). I would think most of it would be plumbing (water into the gas furance vs. the oil furnace where it currently is heading). I have baseboard heat.

Thanks.
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  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    Anyone converted from oil to natural gas for home heating and do you have a ballpark cost to do so? I see furnaces ranging from $800 - $3,000?? I already have a gas line into the house, so that part of the project is already taken care of (stove and hot water). I would think most of it would be plumbing (water into the gas furance vs. the oil furnace where it currently is heading). I have baseboard heat.

    Thanks.

    Contact your gas provider. Sometimes they have programs that give you a break on the cost to convert. They want you to switch and will do alot for you to do it sometimes. Sometimes the savings is pretty big. You can also break it up over a period of months if you do it through them as well instead of having to pay a bunch out of pocket.
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I was thinking it would be easy, but with baseboard heat instead of forced air, I honestly have no idea.

    How much is oil these days, and how long does it last? My wife and I are house shopping, and a lot of the older houses have oil heat. I've been avoiding them, but I really don't know how much more expensive they are than gas.
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  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I was thinking it would be easy, but with baseboard heat instead of forced air, I honestly have no idea.

    How much is oil these days, and how long does it last? My wife and I are house shopping, and a lot of the older houses have oil heat. I've been avoiding them, but I really don't know how much more expensive they are than gas.

    You can also try to include a gas conversion into the purchasee of the home. Instead of trying to get them to pay closing or dropping the purchase price, you can sometimes get them to help with that cost if they want to sell their house bad enough. I did that with my last one after having oil in the previous. OIL SUX...It is expensive, a mess and not near as efficient. Try to steer away if at all possible....just my opinion.
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  • Flannel ShirtFlannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    I shut my oil furnace completely down for the summer so I dont know how much a gallon is exactly, but i think its in the $4.20 range. I have a 175 gallon tank. A full tank will last me about two months. I start using heat in late Aug early sept through april. Approx $4,000.

    One of the goods things about gas is they have yearly plans where you pay the average monthly cost all year so you dont get slammed in the winter. Our last apartment was gas and thats how we did it. Its tough paying $200 for gas in july and august, but its a hell of a lot better to pay that every month than paying $500 in December, Jan, Feb, and March.

    I had called the gas co. Thanks for the heads up. They do offer rebates, but they said I need to get pricing from various contractors and they only provide a rebate on the furnace. I asked for a ballpark $, and they told me they heard quotes for the same thing that are different by $3000 so I should just call local hvac guys.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    You're going to need some rather extensive ductwork no?

    That could be rather nasty...

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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    You're going to need some rather extensive ductwork no?

    That could be rather nasty...

    Perhaps there is another way I don't know about...

    Why would you need ductwork? You are just replacing the oil powered boiler with a gas powered one. Unless I missed something, I don't think the original poster was looking to change to forced air.
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  • Flannel ShirtFlannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Why would you need ductwork? You are just replacing the oil powered boiler with a gas powered one. Unless I missed something, I don't think the original poster was looking to change to forced air.
    No, I do not want to change to forced air. Looking to change baseboard water heated by oil to baseboard water heated by gas.

    I am not that handy when it comes to this stuff, but I think they need to run the gas pipe into the new boiler and then run the water pipes from the existing baseboard that currently go into the oil furnace to the new unit? I think they use the same water over and over so no need to run water into the unit (like I said, not handy but I dont belive water currently runs from my water main into the furnace). I just wanted to be armed with a bit of knowledge when I make the calls later. Contractors know when you dont know and take advantage. I should say some contractors, not all. I'd have a whole new heating system by the time they were done...
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  • chromiamchromiam Posts: 4,114
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    No, I do not want to change to forced air. Looking to change baseboard water heated by oil to baseboard water heated by gas.

    I am not that handy when it comes to this stuff, but I think they need to run the gas pipe into the new boiler and then run the water pipes from the existing baseboard that currently go into the oil furnace to the new unit? I think they use the same water over and over so no need to run water into the unit (like I said, not handy but I dont belive water currently runs from my water main into the furnace). I just wanted to be armed with a bit of knowledge when I make the calls later. Contractors know when you dont know and take advantage. I should say some contractors, not all. I'd have a whole new heating system by the time they were done...

    Sounds about right to me... I have a gas heated furnace which heats water into radiators, and my setup is basically what you described.
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