Heating Oil Prices

Reduce the amount you spend on your home heating oil. It's not too hard, provided you do a bit of homework and make a few changes.

Understand Heating Oil

Know how heating oil fits in your home; read the home heating oil guide.

Check for the Best Prices

See the oil prices page.

Make the Most of Your Oil

Install double glazing.

Take simple steps to lower your energy bills.

Make sure that your home is well insulated.

Look at Your Environment

Look at our page on green options.

Keep track of climate change news.

Air-Source Heat Pumps

Air-source Heat Pumps: A home-owner's experience I deliberated for a long while about replacing my aging (but reliable) oil boiler with an air-source heat pump (ASHP). Here you can read about my options, my decision, and how it panned out ... (more)

Costs of Running an Air-source Heat Pump

Here are my stats for electricity usage, compared to the same period a year ago (when heating and hot water were oil-fuelled): Month Expected units Expected cost (£) Actual units Actual cost (£) Actual cost per unit ... (more)

Preparing for an Air-source Heat Pump

This is a guide to help you decide on whether an ASHP (air-source heat pump) is right for your home. Are you sitting on the fence about whether to replace your ageing fossil fuel boiler with an all-electric solution? You can read a broad ... (more)