Is it possible and how much will I save per unit of heat? I used to live in the county and had a propane tank. It seems the Natural Gas providers are too expensive is it worth it to change to propane?
2007-10-01 11:39:56 · 5 answers · asked by Melissa L 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I live in the Atlanta area so I'm paying $25-$30 a month in service connection fees, that's the part that really annoys me.
2007-10-01 13:13:16 · update #1
Usually natural gas is cheaper than propane because of the extra handling. Propane has more heat per cubic foot, so you have to change the orifice to match the gas to the air flow.
The common measurement in the industry is the therm (100,000 Btu) Here are some old numbers - scroll down
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/techspec.htm#PROPANE
2007-10-01 12:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We live in a rural area and all of our appliances are propane, We ordered them as natural gas and we had to convert them ourselves. I did this my self but made sure that they sent each appliance as it was and told them to make sure they had the conversion kits. Not all appliances come this way. My brother runs a trailer park a large one, and it is propane on some of them and Nat gas on some of the others. Right now Propane is cheaper then what these folks are paying for LP. Many years ago in this park they started to run gas lines and the funds ran out so they stopped that is why many have LP and many have Gas wierd isn't;it. Like you said 100 feet down the road, it happens. The best thing to do here is while you have time call a heating contractor they do conversions, they can give you estimates on the cost of converting everything. Not all do this so make sure you tell them what you are looking for when you call. It can range form a service call to a couple of hours time for everything plus any parts they may need. Ask them about the 100 efficient gas furnace then. they can help you. Conversion from either pro or nat gas is a matter of orfices being adjusted or changed to the regulators being converted or changed and the appliances have to be adjusted for pilot lights and ovens and so forth it is not hard if you have done it but you have not call some one has or been trained. Some local gas companies can pinpoint you to who is trained in this and might be able to help you out as well. Where we live we own our tank and was not that big of a deal we got it from a supplier for three hundered bucks and we then have our power company who keeps our propane full all the time and we have a meter off of that and we pay a monthly bill just like a gas bill from them. We have 2000 sq feet and our home is well insulated 6 years old but our highest propane bill ever was 195.00 and that was last year. It was 2.79 a gallon and we locked in this year at 1.79 still cheaper then natural gas here anyway Good Luck
2016-05-18 05:11:14 · answer #2 · answered by rayna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible and cheap, but i'm not sure you will save much switching.. Here in Italy, i run propane heating, and my brother has natural gas. Pretty much same house, and we spend more or less the same.
2007-10-02 01:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by guido_961 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not knowing where you live, it's difficult to say what the prices are for each type of gas there. Here in SW lower MI., where we use plenty of both each year, natural gas is far more economical and dependable, than propane, (LP).
2007-10-01 11:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by Corky R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your prices again, I've ALWAYS heard that natural gas is much cheaper than propane.
2007-10-01 11:55:51 · answer #5 · answered by Tim E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋