how much oil a year would be used?

[lulu_bucket]

Hi
Any idea how many litres of oil would be used to heat a large 4 bedroomed house with about 17 radiators and a two door oil AGa.
Though it has all these radiators I would imagine that only about 10 would be used.
In otherwords how long would a 2,000 gallon tank of oil last?
Thanks

[ubasses]

Have a 5 bed with 13 radiators. Bought 1200 litres last January and still have between 400 and 500 litres. Also have coalfire which we use in the very cold weather so often will not put heating on until about 1 hour before going to bed. On top of that we do not use oil in the summer as heat water with electric and cook with electric.

[lulu_bucket]

dont know how to thank you but thanks for that ubasses

[buildersmate]

800 litres of oil as the primary heat source for a 5 bedroomed house sounds to me untypically lower than any average.
Perhaps ubasses' house:
1) Has an incredibly high level of insulation in ceilings, walls and floors coupled with triple glazing
2) Ubasses' lifestyle is able to tolerate a comfort temperature in the property of less than average - say of 20 degrees Celsius - for some or all of the day.

There's nothing too difficult in understanding this. 'Heating' the inside of a house (to whatever one accepts as 'acceptable') depends on three factors: -
the relative difference between the temperature inside and out
the level of insualtion put in the direct way of preventing the heat inside from escaping to the outside and lost forever
the efficiency of the devices in converting fuel into heat (and Agas are not good compared to other sources whatever folks might claim).

The final factor that drives the 'cost' is the relative cost difference between the different fuel sources, with peak electricity, tankered-in gas and oil being towards the top of the list, and piped gas at the bottom.

[maclarencat]

If it is any help we were using approximately 1500 gallons per year to heat a detached 3 bedroom bungalow in Cornwall 4 years ago. We had 9 radiators and no other source of heating. We also used it for heating water in the summer. It was a Worcester Boshe condensing boiler that had a reserve water tank within it. Hope that helps

[maclarencat]

Oops that should be litres not gallons