How long does 1000L of oil last for you?

1000L is a lot of heating oil, right? So how long do you make it last? Let everyone know by completing the "Buying Oil" survey on the right.

Here's what other people have already said:

  • 6 months
  • 4 months
  • 3 months
  • 12 months
  • 5 months
  • 9 months
  • 1 year
  • 8 months
  • 10 months
  • 2 months
  • Six months
  • 7 months
  • One year
  • 2 years
  • 4 months in winter
  • 10 weeks
  • 3 months in winter
  • One month
  • 3-4 months
  • 8 weeks
  • 3-6 months
  • ABOUT 8 MONTHS
  • 6-8 months
  • 16 weeks
  • A year
  • 3months
  • Two months
  • 3 to 4 months
  • Nine months
  • 5 months in Winter
  • Not sure
  • 11 months
  • 18 months
  • Not long enough
  • 6 to 8 months
  • 3/4 months
  • Don't know
  • 1 yr
  • 3 months in the winter
  • 4-6 months
  • About a year
  • 2 months in the winter
  • 4-5 months
  • 2 months in winter
  • Varies
  • 2.5 months
  • ~6 months
  • 100 days
  • 6-7 months
  • 6 weeks
  • Depends on the weather
  • 13 months
  • 1 month
  • Six months approx
  • Most of the year
  • Approx 6 months
  • 15 months
  • 8 month
  • Four months
  • 12 weeks
  • 4 month
  • About 1 year
  • 4-5 weeks last december
  • 3 to 4 months in the winter,I also have 2 wood Burners, & 8 to 9 months the rest of the year
  • 3 to 4 months if i am lucky
  • 5 months from May to November
  • 5 MONTHS NOVEMBER TO MAY!
  • At the current prices 6 months, purchased a wood burning AGA and a wood burner for the Drawing Room plus a propane cooking range. Previously 2 months
  • Generally 2 deliveries a year of 1000 litres does it. One in April, one in December
  • 4 month remainder of year
  • 2 months winter
  • 9 to 10 months
  • Around 2 months
  • Two years
  • 12-18 months
  • Depends on weather. 100 to 120 litres per week in the cold spell..
  • 2 months in winter, much longer in other times of year.
  • Just under one year
  • We got through 1000 Litres in 6.5 weeks but believe our tank has been leaking. We are now monitoring consumption even more closely - we were caught out by a faulty gauge which suggested we had a lot of oil in the tank when it ran dry.
  • Normally 10 months but have used 500 litres in the last 10 weeks and its used just 2 hrs in the mornings and 5 hrs in the evening when home!
  • Depends on the season. two to three months in winter, six to eight months in summer. thermostats never above 17 degrees max.
  • 12-16 weeks
  • 20 weeks
  • Seems to have only lasted less than 3 months, even by being very careful
  • During this winter not too long, but am collecting prices BUT the important thing is the deliverey must be made in 4 wheel base lorry
  • Around 4 months in the winter and around 7 months in Spring / Summer
  • 4-6 weeks
  • 5-6 months
  • A whole winter - used mainly for heating, a bit on kitchen tap
  • 6-9 months depending on time of year bought
  • I do not know
  • 3 months in winter; usually 8 months or so in summer
  • Haven't the facility to store 1000L. 700L is the largest amount I can store.
  • It lasted me 5 weeks from early/mid jan to mid february. I have not bought any since i ran out as coal and wood is proving more cost effective.
  • Depending, in winter, 2-3 months; outside winter, 6 months
  • About 6 months.
  • Usually, it would have gone long ago (i.e. 2-3 months in winter). Now I am mostly burning wood to heat the house, and ekeing out the oil left in the tank to heat water only. Trying to make it last until (say) April. I refuse to fall prey to profiteering!
  • 8 months? not sure
  • Approx 5 months
  • About 7 months
  • About 3 -4months in winter time like this year .we have had 1,300 liters since november , this will last us till end of march
  • About 2 months
  • Approx 5-6 months
  • 5 month
  • 2-3 months
  • Dont know yet
  • 6 to 7 months
  • 4 months winter 6 months spring and summer
  • Two to three months
  • 4 months winter, 7 months summer
  • Base load heating just hot tap water we use 250 litres a month year round - cold winter months we use another 200 litres a month. The detailed analysis surprised me as I would expect the central heating to be much the greater consumption
  • 3mths
  • It lasts about 8 months on average
  • I have a small 900 litre tank which could last me, in theory, 6 to 8 months in summer time or 4 months in winter - it also heats water for domestic use - showers, baths, sinks etc, in a 4 bed house, two (sometimes) three people.
  • Bad winter: 3 months
  • More than a year
  • On average, until we had a new boiler (the old one was over 25 years old), 1000L lasted about 6 months. Hopefully, with the new boiler, a lot longer!
  • Depends on the weather, and how cold my wife thinks she is!
  • Approximately 4 months
  • 9 to 12 months
  • I had 900l on christmas eve and had to put in another 1000l 6 weeks later. I am still using this as the weather is now milder.
  • 3 months using timed heating & water heating of 8 - 10 hours per day
  • Winter - 3 months
  • Summer - 9 months
  • 2 - 5 months dependant on weather
  • Between 6 and 8 months depending on the season
  • 1st time bought 1000 litres
  • It's lasted 6 months this time but I also have 2 wood burners as well, which I've had 3 loads of logs @ £50/load
  • 1 second
  • 10 month
  • 18 month
  • Approx 5 to 6 months
  • Between 3-4 months depending on weather and temperature
  • 6 months in summer
  • Roughly a year, just for occasional heating & heating water
  • 5 months but in winter we have to fill other oil tank which is another 2000 litres and that lasts the winter
  • 1 month in winter; more in summer.
  • Don't know , but 1800 lasts a whole year
  • 3 months in heating season
  • 10 to 14 weeks depending on the weather
  • 7/8 months
  • In the winter - 2 months. Summer months 500L.
  • 6 to 8 months in summer, 3 to 4 months in the winter
  • Neeed to last the winter as we cannot afford to use any more than that
  • Approxamate 1 year
  • It varies from 6 weeks in the winter to about 4 months in the summer
  • 3-4 weeks in winter
  • Approx 1 year
  • 3-5 months
  • 7 months in Summer
  • Depends on the weather!
  • Couple of months
  • If we use the central heating it will last between 4-6 weeks; otherwise around 3 months.
  • Seven months
  • 12 month
  • 4 months average
  • 6 weeks in the winter
  • Winter: 3 months. Summer: 5-6 months
  • About 6 months averaged over a year
  • 2 months in winter / 4 in summer
  • Approx 5 weeks
  • 6 winter months
  • DURING WINTER PERIOD ABOUT 5 MONTHS
  • 2 -3 months between October - March. Minimal cosumption March - October may be 100L only during this period
  • Appx. 45 winter months
  • 9 months approx
  • 6 months?
  • Just under a year
  • Approx 6months
  • I last bought oil (2000L) june 2009, I own a 4/5 bed detached house, of which I have upgraded the insulation. I still have approx 100 gal at 28/7/2011, but am looking to buy oil.
  • 9 months to 1 year
  • Six weeks in the winter time
  • 11 weeks annual average, winter probably 7 weeks, summer 18/19 weeks
  • 6 - 9 months
  • Summer: 3 months
  • 11 to 14 months
  • Four months in summer or maybe longer
  • 8/10 weeks in winter
  • 3 months in winter, much longer in the summer
  • 2 month in height of winter. 6 month summer
  • 4/6 weeks
  • 7-8 months
  • On average 3-4 months
  • Winter months if used carefully
  • Depends on how cold it is
  • 8-9 months
  • 7-8 months depending on the weather
  • Most of year
  • Depends on time of year
  • 3 to 6 months
  • 20 months
  • Winter
  • 6months summer, 2months winter
  • About 8 months, we tend to have 3000lts over 2years
  • 2 months - 3 months
  • January 2011 order has lasted until end September
  • Depends on the time of year
  • 45 DAYS
  • Summer 8 months, Winter 2 months
  • Depends on when - in winter 2 months
  • 5 weeks
  • Approx. 13mths
  • 12 months approx
  • 22 months winter time
  • Depends what time of year it is; could be 2 or 3 months
  • it swee
  • Never bought that much
  • Last bought a 1000lt august 2010
  • 10 months roughly
  • We make it last about 5 months, Nov - April
  • Depends, but if averaged out, about six months
  • At least a year
  • Third of a year
  • 3 months if i am lucky
  • New property - change to occupancy - dont know
  • Not sure this year! Depends on the weather; I need to get some logs as well for 2 wood burners
  • No, I want to know how much 500L will be
  • Not long enough!
  • New user
  • 1yr
  • In winter 3 months
  • 8 months heating water and rad
  • 11 to 12 weeks in winter
  • About 4 months
  • Five months in the winter
  • A little while
  • About 10 weeks
  • One year if we are careful
  • 1000L = 3months
  • 5-7 weeks
  • 7 weeks
  • 15 to 20 weeks weather dependant
  • 12mths
  • Around 3 months
  • 9/10 months
  • In winter, 6 weeks
  • About 8/9 months
  • ~1year
  • In winter it lasts for 4 weeks
  • Never used it before
  • Roughly a year
  • 9 to 10 mnths depending how cold it gets. I use my oil for hot water all year round; still cheaper than Electric.
  • 4 months in the winter.
  • 10 - 12 months
  • About 5 months
  • 5 to 6 months
  • About 7-8 months
  • ?
  • 3 - 4 months
  • Nearly a season
  • ABOUT 11 MONTH
  • Approx 100 days on average (much more winter, much less summer)
  • Depends on time of the year....3-4months if not too cold
  • 4 months in cold weather
  • Summer - 10 months; Winter - 3-4 months
  • Over 18 months
  • About 9 months
  • In winter about 4 months
  • Winter 2 months, Summer 6 months
  • I try and make it last for 1 year
  • Approx 3 months in winter
  • Not sure depends on weather
  • Year or so
  • 4/5 months summer
  • Depends if its winter or summer!!!
  • Normally 6 months, but 12 months in 2011 2012
  • 18 to 24 months
  • ~8 months
  • App 3 mnths
  • 14 months
  • 3 - 4 months depending of time of year
  • You what! I've never been able to afford 1000L
  • Three to four months, sometimes longer.
  • Depends on weather
  • Just under 3 months approx
  • Approx 5months
  • 3 months - I'm 93
  • 4 months in extreme cold
  • Around 6 months in normal weather; now its only lasting 4 months
  • 4 winter months
  • Approx. 4-5 weeks
  • Do not know yet - just moved
  • About 6 to 8 months
  • 2 months max
  • About 6 months
  • Approx 1year
  • Approx. 12 months
  • One winter
  • No idea, just moved in!
  • 1 yr plus
  • Depends how cold it is: last year was about a year; year before was about 9 months
  • This last 1000L has lasted 10 months
  • The winter months
  • On average 4 months
  • Half the year
  • 4 to 5 months in the winter
  • About 9 months but only 6 months if november to april
  • Six weeks
  • 120 days
  • Dependant on weather
  • Since having new boiler, at least 6 - 8 months.


8 Comments

by Dave. on 26 October 2022
Pointless post. Surely how many radiators bathrooms bedrooms etc. 3 bed detached bungalow or 6 bedroom stone built cottage?
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by Jean Wallace on 04 November 2016
14 rooms at mine some bigger than others 1800 square feet under floor heating in the conservatory a new condensed boiler fitted. Use the oil for water and heating. 2 teenagers and 5 adults living here, oil lasts from 2 months to 4 months depending on weather. Will keep you posted as the new condensed boiler just been fitted and might make a change change in consumption.
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by John Swindells on 06 November 2016
That sounds like a high workload! How much oil do you need to purchase each time?
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by Victoria Elliott on 15 March 2011
1000 litres lasts us 2 months.
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by John on 22 February 2011
Chris Pomfret - Results of trying to get to your website, via Mozilla?

"Your search - www.oilbuying.co.uk - did not match any documents."

Via IE8 it worked fine!

Simon - I live in the middle of East Anglia, we have a main gas distribution pipe running through the village but we have no gas supply because the operators of the supply pipe won't build a station to reduce the main pressure down to domestic pressure!

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by John Swindells on 22 February 2011
That's frustrating! It's like living close to a railway line, but the nearest station is miles down the track.
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by john knight on 22 February 2011
Local buying group.

In last 12 months the average member has bought 1460 litres. This is based on total sales of 195000 litres, 131members and 650 litres per drop.

I would estimate that we cater for any property ranging from 2 bed semi bungalows to fairly large detached houses of up to 5 bedrooms.

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by Paul on 18 February 2011
Our House

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A B&B, located in a steep-sided valley in central Scotland, no south facing windows and very little solar gain. Main house and attached cottage, 8 bedrooms, 2 kitchens, 2 sitting rooms, 6 bathrooms and a conservatory. Solid stone walls with good outer blocks but rubble in-fill. Dormers built into roof space of much of house and therefore little scope for loft insulation.

Occupancy

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We and our long-term guest in the main house are in all day most of the winter.

Annual Consumption

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a) When radiators first fitted to entire house in 2004, 10,500 litres!

Allowing for the unusual cold over the last 12 months , without remedial measures, we estimate this would have been 12,000 litres and we still would have been cold.

b) Consumption over last 12 months: around 6000 litres

Note that the cottage has doubled in size and is heated far more effectively than in 2004 so the reduction in oil consumption for a like-for-like comparison would probably be nearer to 60% than 50%.

Outstanding Problem

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Temperature inside the house and cottage in particular plummets over night from 21C at 10pm to 15C at 6pm with an outside temperature of 3C.

This is despite the cottage being modernised to conform to Building Control regulations, having masses of loft insulation and Kingspan on interior all outside walls.

Measures already taken

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* High-efficiency condensing boiler installed

* House divided into several heating zones each with separate programmer

* All radiators fitted with TRVs

* Full double glazed

* All accessible loft space well insulated

* Specialised heat recovery extractor fan installed in kitchen

* External walls of cottage, 2 bedrooms and office all lined with Kingspan

* Large cracks on one external wall filled with lime mortar

* All external doors and windows draught proofed

* Tree and large shrub to south-east removed to give allow more sun-light to reach house

Planned Measures

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a) We've been waiting months for a plumber to install an optimiser for our boiler which will monitor internal and external temperatures, the temperature of the return flow etc in order to maximise the time the boiler is in condensing mode and optimise the temperature to which the water is heated.

b) Considering external insulation to side and rear of property. Will not compromise the appearance of the front of the property and the gable ends and would not be allowed to since we're in a National Park.

c) Wood-burning stove. Whenever I have considered it, I've concluded that spending the capital on WELL-TARGETED insulation is better for the environment, involves less work, operates 365 days, 24 by 7 and yields a far better return on investment.

Does anyone know how we can get any help, advice etc ? (No double glazing, cavity wall insulation or loft insulation sales people need apply! Ground

heat pump probably impractical because of rocky substrata and we need much more than background heat!)

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by Chris Pomfret on 19 February 2011
Paul - it is people like you that give the lathargic and apathetic a bad name and the deserved title of errr...well...lathargic and apathetic. YOU are now on a list of personal heros. Well done John for asking the question. All those who read this and think they just can't be bothered pay the heating bills they deserve! BUT unfortunately they burn the emissions that we none of us can afford...but talking of afford, whilst you design the need for OIL out of your life (hopefully and eventually) PLEASE come and buy your OIL with us because if we can't save you at least ?300 a year (and hopefully LOTS more) on 6000 litres, that you can spend further reinforcing your frontiers, then you can call me a dutchman.

chris@oilbuying.co.uk

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by Chris Pomfret on 18 February 2011
Were you just bored John?

Some of my members actually do eek out 500 litres for nearly a year! Some order so much you might question if they wash in it!

But I guess if you live in a house that is 300 years old and has a river running under it the chances are it is pretty difficult to heat.

However, surely the really important issues should be:

1. can we educate OIL users to use less - because there are many techniques

2. can we save them a ton of money on their heating OIL so that they can spend the savings on installing an alternative, renewable energy source?

Questions, questions...we have some answers chris@oilbuying.co.uk

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by John Swindells on 18 February 2011
That's exactly it - see how little oil some people use, so that more people think "I should be using less!"
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by Simon on 18 February 2011
Oil when I 1st had an oil boiler fitted the price per litre was 7 pence ! now it seems everyone just wants to rip you off i paid 57 pence per litre last time i filled up.I have no choice as i live near a power station so no gas avaliable.

I some time hate rip of britain !!

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by Chris Pomfret on 18 February 2011
You may have little choice about the type of energy you use, buit you sure as hell have a choice how you buy it! Rip off Britain indeed! Come and join the people's movement and buy your OIL with a group...NEVER buy OIL on your own again... www.oilbuying.co.uk

The power is with the group...over to you

Chris

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