Is gas heat better than oil?

Question

I have oil heat. I am considering converting to gas. Is it worth it?

Answer 1

you can get a 95% efficiant gas furnace plus if you live in the us, you qualify for a 500( i think thats the amount) dollar tax credit. no worries about a clogged chimneys bc they re vented through 2 or 3 " pvc pipe.
oil burns hotter but as you prolly know, there s a smell involved plus oil furnaces are much more prone t breaking down.

Answer 2

No. Gas and oil prices bounce around but in the long run one is not cheaper than the other. And modern furnaces are just as pollution free with either fuel (no matter what the gas lobby tells in its ads).

We have oil (on a street that has no gas mains). The oil needs delivery but the parts of the town with gas mains had a major explosion and were without gas service for a month. Plus you often read in the papers that a house "mysteriously exploded" after the neighbors thought they smelled gas so that makes me nervous.

Answer 3

Have you optimized what you have? The amount of fuel used to heat is dependent on the insulating values of the exterior walls, roof and floor. Placement of the thermostat, ceiling fans, heating design, air leakage around windows and doors, switches and plugs on exterior walls, etc are all considerations.

Go to http://www.thermoguy.com/globalwarming-heatloss.html so you can see some advanced thermal imaging of building heat loss and thermal bridging of construction material.

Answer 4

Yes, natural gas is a lot more economical than oil.

Answer 5

gas warmth... speedy, instant, ordinary -- makes use of gar to warmth Oil warmth...slow, and durable... reckoning on the size of your oil heater, from an hour to 3 hours -- makes use of electric energy to warmth...