how many gallons of propane do you average monthly? winter vs summer?

Submitted by whys0brave t3_10w4ugp in vermont

Edit: I'm just trying to figure out how egregious our usage is. 1600 square foot home with a brand new 2 in 1 boiler for heat/ hot water. Stove is electric. Just got a delivery bill for 95 gallons. They've been coming about every 3 weeks. I understand that this should be the worst of it as the temperature has been quite low and we keep our house reasonably warm because we don't want the ambient temperature to be too low for the animals and aquariums. All the aquariums have their own heaters, but just in case one gives I can't risk the water temperature getting shockingly cold. Our windows and doors are abhorrent and getting replaced next month.

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zombienutz1 t1_j7l0lu9 wrote

I go through two 20lb tanks for my grill during the summer.

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Vthead t1_j7oo1tv wrote

Propane and propane accessories

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meinblown t1_j7mhpes wrote

The fuck are you not using charcoal for?

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sintactacle t1_j7mqh7t wrote

Two 20 pounders over Summer is pretty much whipping up dinner every day on the grill. Propane can't match the taste of charcoal but charcoal can't match the day-to-day convenience of propane. Day-to-day propane grilling also makes the days you whip out that Weber charcoal grill so much more especial. 🍗🍗 👌👌

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meinblown t1_j7muo9e wrote

I don't grill that much. Once a month maybe. 2-3 times a year.

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mug_maille t1_j7l63i5 wrote

May 2022 to November 2022 I used <100 gallons, then used ~550 gallons between Nov 2022 to April 2023.

This year I've used ~170 gallons between June and mid-December, and last I looked at my tank a couple of weeks ago, there's another ~150 gallons used there.

House is ~2600 sq ft, kept at 60 F constant. Except for when we had a visitor from the tropics who needed their room at medium rare temps for a few days.

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thebeaglebeagle t1_j7l16ja wrote

We have a well-insulated home of just under 2000 sq foot of heated space. We are very conservative, keeping thermostat around 62 for 16 hours a day, bumping up to 64 during day in a room when we are home. We used ~1100 gallons a year, which included heat, hot water, clothes dryer, and cooking. We have new heat pumps now… so looking forward, who knows? We’ll see.

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thebeaglebeagle t1_j7l1ff8 wrote

I notice you are interested in monthly, winter vs summer, etc… basically we used 700 gallons in January and February, and 400 gallons for all of March through December combined. Roughly.

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odkevin t1_j7kzov1 wrote

Not sure the purpose of your post, so I don't know if my case is relevant.

When our gas water heater died a few years ago, we switched to electric. Now our stove is the only gas appliance so we dropped our gas company and switched to 100lb tank. It lasts about a year, (runs out at some point every winter)

So 100lb tank is roughly 23 gallons I think. Divide by 12, just shy of 2 gallons/month

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8valvegrowl t1_j7l45oi wrote

As in a cooking stove? If so, is it also a gas oven? Or like a gas insert for heat?

I have a 4 burner gas cooktop/electric wall oven combo that has a pilot system (no electronic ignition in the 50's).

I have a 200lb tank, it holds just under 50 gallons; I calculate my average consumption over the past 3 years to be ~33 gal/year or about ~2.8 gal/month. I get twice a year delivery to top it up.

I love my vintage cooktop, it's a Chambers and built far better than anything today, totally rebuildable, and is a joy to cook on; but I'm curious about it's overall efficiency compared to a modern gas range.

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odkevin t1_j7l4wfo wrote

Yes, it's a 4 burner gas cooktop and oven. However I don't know if it's an "efficiency" model or just a pile of scrap metal, but it struggles to even boil water. It'll come up to boil fine, but once anything is added to the water it more simmer/slow boils.

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whaletacochamp t1_j7l6de3 wrote

We refill our 300gal tank once a month from November to March or so. Usually I fill when it gets down to 25% and they usually only fill to 75%- so that’s about 150gal per month.

Once winter is done we will go the entire summer without refilling. So probably 150gal between May and October. March to May it really depends on the year.

House is 2400sqft, we have a small wood stove in our addition with vaulted ceilings so the wood stove mostly just heats that room but on a mild day it will heat the whole first floor. Woodstove runs pretty much 24/7 from November until March. Otherwise we have baseboard heat and our hot water comes off our boiler as well. We don’t do anything else with propane (cook, run generator, etc)

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VermontArmyBrat t1_j7liagd wrote

I’m in a 3500 square foot house. About 15 years old well insulated. We use propane for hot water, heat (radiant on first floor and radiator on second floor), cook stove and clothes dryer. For the last 5 years or so we have done a pre buy and we use about 800 gallons per year. Winter indoor temps set at 68 when home, 64 when not home and when sleeping (controlled by smart thermostats in three zones).

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voklskier4452 t1_j7l8fcc wrote

Looks like in 2022 we used roughly 450 gallons. This includes a 40 gallon water heater that was roughly 12 years old and replaced with a new one in November, a forced air furnace, and our stove. About 1800SF of heated space that is mostly poorly insulated. We switched over to heatpumps for the majority of our heat this winter so when taking that in to account we would probably average closer to 600-700 gallons depending on the winter.

In the summer the propane is only running our hot water and stove so the usage from about april to october is maybe 150 gallons.

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timberwolf0122 t1_j7lmrnp wrote

1700sqft 1800’s farm house, not that well insulated (working on it!) 2000gal plus 3 cords of firewood

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East-Letter3972 t1_j7mblp6 wrote

1800s farmhouse, not well Insulated just shy of 3,000 sq ft. Propane boiler for heat and hot water and we use it for our gas cooking range. We go through 3,000 gallons a year. Mostly all of that is the winter where we are getting about 400 gallons delivered every 3 weeks during the coldest parts.

Hopefully moving to Woodstove by next year as 6 years of this is getting old.

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notEnoughOnion t1_j7mt83p wrote

500 gallons/yr. for 2000 sq. ft supplemented with wood burning stove (1 cord). Boiler main heat source and hot water. Bedrooms have heat pumps that run occasionally. House is pretty tight but a few windows are drafty.

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Effinehright t1_j7l7iw2 wrote

6-8 gallon in winter zero in summer

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brdnvmt t1_j7m27s4 wrote

We go through about 700 gallons in a year for 2100 sq ft house. Includes 2 in one boiler, gas stove, and heats a 2 car detached garage at 50f.

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beanbagsituations t1_j7mboj1 wrote

303 gallons delivered 3/22, 171 gallons delivered 10/22 and will probably get another delivery at some point late feb/early march for another 300 gallons. We keep our bedroom at 60 and the rest of the house between 60-65 depending on time of day. 5 burner stove/oven, heat/hot water and about 1400 sqft.

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TheQueenCars t1_j7mhphu wrote

I have a 2 bedroom trailer and we use propane for heating and cooking. I want to say we spend about $1100 during the winter on propane. Summer is pretty low/non existent since its only for cooking and we normally have enough left over from winter to last the summer, may end up needing a fill in September/October. Just checked and each delivery is about 130 gallons and we get deliveries every 1.5 months. After some repairs each delivery is lasting a little longer but homes are alot different than trailers.

It's hard to put a correct number because theres alot of variants like super cold streaks, extra warm streaks, how well insulated your place is(mine had ALOT of water damage when bought), etc.

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Loudergood t1_j7pip16 wrote

Get Plastic for the windows, it'll make a huge difference.

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