merightno
merightno t1_ixlymdi wrote
Reply to comment by Hanginon in Best heating oil company to use? We need kerosene but can't afford $7/ gallon at the company we called. New to this type of heating and kinda struggling to figure this out. Company says minimum of 100 gallon order. Our tank is 275g . 275x7= omg in gonna freeze to death. by [deleted]
I'm actually learning a lot on this thread. It turns out that "oil" furnaces can be run with either kerosene or oil and it just depends on where the tank is kept which you use.
merightno t1_ixlutqc wrote
Reply to comment by pretentiousignoramus in Best heating oil company to use? We need kerosene but can't afford $7/ gallon at the company we called. New to this type of heating and kinda struggling to figure this out. Company says minimum of 100 gallon order. Our tank is 275g . 275x7= omg in gonna freeze to death. by [deleted]
You probably shouldn't joke, You're going to confuse the new people, and me. Heating is confusing in Vermont!
In case you're not joking, and I am by far no expert but there's heating oil, there's kerosene, and there's propane and those three are distinctly different from each other.
merightno t1_ixluer4 wrote
Reply to Best heating oil company to use? We need kerosene but can't afford $7/ gallon at the company we called. New to this type of heating and kinda struggling to figure this out. Company says minimum of 100 gallon order. Our tank is 275g . 275x7= omg in gonna freeze to death. by [deleted]
Our oil company said you are not alone and many families can't afford to fill their tanks this year and in that case they have like a red gas can with a handle that they have to drive to the gas station and get 5 or 10 gallons at a time from a pump. I think he said instead of heating oil from them people can use diesel fuel in their oil tank-- it's the same thing. I'm not sure about where to get kerosene but there's got to be a place you can pump it by the gallon like that.
It's a super inefficient way to get it but if you can't afford to fill your tank you can't afford to fill your tank. It's going to be a really hard winter financially for many people.
merightno t1_ixnoyvz wrote
Reply to comment by mountainofclay in Best heating oil company to use? We need kerosene but can't afford $7/ gallon at the company we called. New to this type of heating and kinda struggling to figure this out. Company says minimum of 100 gallon order. Our tank is 275g . 275x7= omg in gonna freeze to death. by [deleted]
Yes it is a more expensive way to get heating oil for your tank but if people can't afford the minimum delivery (like 100 gallons) they have no choice.