Fill'er Up!

It's that time again! I've just been informed that there are about 11" of oil left in the tank in the basement. Time to start thinking about refilling the tank.

That was either a miracle tune up or we didn't get nearly as much oil in the tank as they had promised at closing.

I think we turned the furnace on in November and had to refill in the first week of December. At Christmas we were at about 29". They turned the heat up while they were tiling and now we have the 2nd week in March and are at 11" Much better performance, don't'cha think?

There is no way to compare how much better it is because the tune up  or how much a difference the new windows make.

We'll be looking forward to getting it WAY down by the time we're done with everything.

Now a question for you. It's March, prices are higher now than in the Summer, but right now the prices are going up by 10¢ or so a week. Should we just fill it half way, like we did last time (because we did know how much it would hold, and fill it up in the Summer when prices are/might be cheaper? Or just go ahead and fill it up now?

So you folks with oil furnaces, based on your experience, what would you do? Just fill up with enough for now? or fill it up all the way?


Looking forward to your responses!

Aloha a Hui Hou!

Ring ring = Cha-ching

The contractor called today and I knew something was up. Have you ever had a call like that? You know the difference,  there are the "Hi Heidi!" calls where you can feel the smile coming thru the phone. Then there are the "Hey Heidi.....(pause)...it's me...(pause)" calls where you can tell, just by the sound of the callers voice that it's going to cost MONEY.  This was one of those calls.

A week or so ago our contractor texted me that the oil tank gauge shows that the tank is half empty we are going to need to get it filled. We were told that the seller filled the tank half full for the closing and the house inspector told us that we should fuel up when the tank was at 1/4 full. So that's what I told the contractor, we'll wait fill it up at a 1/4.

 Well guess what? He tells me that the gauge is stuck at half full. He took it apart and said it now shows empty.

picture from the inspection

So we don't know if they put some oil in the tank at closing like they said they did (don't have a receipt for it) or not. Chalk another one up to disappointment and we"ll never know.

I got on the phone and placed an order for $600 worth of heating oil. I have no idea how big the tank is and no idea how long the oil I'm getting will last. The person from the oil company said that 100 gallons will last us, depending on how well the house is insulated, about a month.  Looks like this is going to be our biggest - not living in our home expense.

Aloha Hui Hou!