Oil or LPG?

[J B]

Any advice welcome, looking for heating source for two barn conversions currently being done.
Fully insulated with underfloor heating on ground floor and radiators upstairs.
Not interested in ground source or biomass.
Was originally going for outdoor oil boiler, undecided on combi or cylinder, but plumber has suggested possibly having a gas boiler now as quieter (better when running UFH), takes up less space so could go inside, and the gas could run the cooker and front room fire for occasional cold summer evening.
He says that I could get a tank off the gas supplier in with a two year contract and would probably end up better off going that route as opposed to buying a bunded oil tank and boiler.
Up to now we’ve always run on oil and like the freedom to shop around.
Anyone gone with gas and regretted it?

Well, with LPG you only get a choice once every two years - remember that.
The whole industry is crooked. Putting up prices for no reason only that you can't get out of the contract.

 

[Steevo]

Well, with LPG you only get a choice once every two years - remember that.
The whole industry is crooked. Putting up prices for no reason only that you can't get out of the contract.

On the other side of the coin though you would surely have a fixed and known price for the whole of that 2 years, which can sometimes be advantageous if it happens at the right time.

 

[J B]

Well, with LPG you only get a choice once every two years - remember that.
The whole industry is crooked. Putting up prices for no reason only that you can't get out of the contract.

On the other side of the coin though you would surely have a fixed and known price for the whole of that 2 years, which can sometimes be advantageous if it happens at the right time.

From my experience and looking at the MSE LPG forum, most of the 2 year contracts have a 'fixed price' with a guarantee of a "no more than Xppl rise after 12 months" - you can guarantee that the sharks will max that to the full !

 

[br jones]

I have 5 c

From my experience and looking at the MSE LPG forum, most of the 2 year contracts have a 'fixed price' with a guarantee of a "no more than Xppl rise after 12 months" - you can guarantee that the sharks will max that to the full !

I have 5 lpg contracts with prices fixed for 2 years ,lasy one was 38.5 .cheapest one with 9 monthes to go is at 35.8,price is fixed