Propane Gas Prices, YIKES

MrJimi · Apr 7, 2007

I just had our tank filled and the gallons was 73.9 and the total including taxes was 247.84 that comes out to $3.35 per gallon.. Is this crazy or what?
They have us by the ( you know whats )

BillyP · Apr 7, 2007

Yeah it's crazy. It should be going down this time of year but it's still on the increase.

knute_m · Apr 7, 2007

MrJimi said:
I just had our tank filled and the gallons was 73.9 and the total including taxes was 247.84 that comes out to $3.35 per gallon.. Is this crazy or what?
They have us by the ( you know whats )

That's awful.

We just got our semi-annual fill-up. Two-hundred-twenty-six gallons at $2.20 a gallon. I thought that was bad.

Sigarms · Apr 7, 2007

Being in Florida, can I ask what you use the LP for?

MrJimi · Apr 7, 2007

Sigarms said:
Being in Florida, can I ask what you use the LP for?

Good question, we use it for cooking, water heater and it don't need a generator to run, we have 2 homes and I love our gas and we use city/natural gas in the other home, the prices, I hate but it's like anything else, we have to have it and wouldn't you know, I just spent almost $500 on a new water heater.

mjarrels · Apr 7, 2007

Hard Coal... can't really cook with it but it sure heats well!

mark

Seon · Apr 8, 2007

Speaking of Propane, for the folks thats uses it in their homes, do you own or pay rent for the tank?

Cottonhawk · Apr 8, 2007

We filled our 500 gal tank last month for $2.20/gal. Our tank is leased from the propane company.

MrJimi · Apr 8, 2007

Seon said:
Speaking of Propane, for the folks thats uses it in their homes, do you own or pay rent for the tank?

We rent/lease tank and thats about $75 per year plus the gas cost, It's outrageous
Jim

Sigarms · Apr 8, 2007

MrJimi said:
I just spent almost $500 on a new water heater.

If you put in a direct vent water heater (not a gravity vent) I hope you at least considered a continuous hot water heater. I don't think that continuous hot water heaters are the "cure all", however for the price difference betweent the two (direct vent and continuous), I think you do see a payback over a short time. Usually if you already have the hole in the wall, instal becomes a breeze.

Then again, if it was a gravity vent system, for the extra $ you could end up paying for a retrofit, well, then the decesion becomes harder.

I'm also assuming one continuous water heater will meet your needs.