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Posted by Pete C. on May 9, 2008, 3:28 am
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > We live in a six-unit coop apartment building with an oil-fired boiler
> > which supplies radiator heat throughout the building.
> >
> > We installed a new boiler in 2006 at a cost of $28,000. At the time we
> > considered switching from oil to gas, but were told that we likely would
> > have to run new gas supply lines from the street to the building, and this
> > could cost as much as $20,000. So we opted to continue with oil.
> >
> > Based on current prices, gas costs only about half as much as oil to
> > produce the same heat. So we are reconsidering switching to gas.
> >
> > Leaving aside the cost of installing new gas-supply lines, can anyone give
> > me a ballpark figure on how much it would cost to switch the new furnace
> > from oil to gas? Or possibly even have a dual supply system so that we
> > could switch to gas or oil depending upon the costs at a given time?
>
> The boiler installer should be able to give you a close estimate on the
> phone. The burner head and some controls have to be replaced. When figuring
> in the cost difference, include the lower maintenance costs too. Gas burns
> much cleaner so you save a few hundred bucks a year there too.
You aren't suggesting that they can skip the annual service on the
boiler are you??? Gas may not need to have a nozzle and filter changed
like oil, but it certainly needs an annual service just like oil,
particularly for a commercial sized unit like the OP has. The cost of
that annual service isn't going to be any different since a nozzle and
filter account for about $10 worth of materials.
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