Go back to where you came from scumbag and take your shit pizza with you

Maybe for a one or two bedroom. Pretty sure standard size is higher. I'm almost positive mine was 340 in a 3br/2ba. My buddy next door had 2x 340gl tanks. I don't know anyone with one as small as 275. Would only be about 250 useful in that tank.

Standard basement oil tanks are 275 gallons.

You'd have to be absolutely insane to go electric heat. Eversource would drain your bank account to zero in 2 months.

Start now, with your budget & needs it might take 3 months to find something.

If you are paying the bill, you should be making the contracts. Find the cheapest supplier and make your own contract.

Because electric is much more expensive than oil.

You’re not alone! I didn’t renew my service contract with Petro at the end of the season last year because their delivery fee would have been locked in at $6 a gallon. I’ve been using this website (https://www.cheapestoil.com/heating-oil-prices/Connecticut) to find the cheapest oil and then ordering the minimum amount when I get below half a tank (usually 100 gallons) because I can’t afford more. We’re also keeping the heat at 64. It’s been a tough winter despite it being relatively mild, temperature-wise

Im in CT. Been a very nice winter yet Eversource is telling me I have more than doubled my use of gas which is impossible. We have kept the heat off and the avg temp has been like 5 degrees higher than last year. They do say my meter runs on a battery which has to be replaced within a month plus im on the winter no shut off plan. Either way they are ghouls and should be nuked.

Yeah we're definitely paying way over the current price. Standard oil used to let them lock in a rate when they signed the contract for delivery but wouldn't even let them do that this year because prices were so variable. Meanwhile, our delivery last month was 5.20 a gallon! Plastic film has helped somewhat, but I have cats so you can guess how long that lasted lol

Only sort of joking. We play in the lanman center 7am. The group is 3.0-3.5. Dm me if you’d like to join

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Sounds like your landlord got into a contract when the prices were crazy high.

I lived in CT for years and had an oil tank and never once signed any contracts. It's a scam. You can get oil delivered as needed for cheaper.

I just checked and oil price is about $3.15/gl right now. You shouldn't be paying $800/m.

A normal oil tank is about 325 gl. So even if it was completely dry (it wasn't) it would be about $1k to fill it. Sounds like his contract price is closer to $4 or more.

Then factor in it may be an old inefficient furnace. When I bought my home, the furnace was a coal furnace converted to oil, about $0.50 on every dollar was going up in flames. We spent almost $4k on oil our first winter. Insane. Changed the burner out to something more efficient and cut that bill down.

It was still high though. CT sucks for energy prices. And since you're renting, you're stuck with whatever your landlord has and he doesn't care what you pay in oil.

You can try the plastic film on your windows to cut the drafts. They work well. And layer up. Hahaaa

Good luck! Almost done with winter!

I swore off oil heat after renting a floor of an old, drafty three-family building in around, I want to say, 2008ish? Oil was crazy high, gas was like $4/gallon. I spent over a thousand on a tank of oil and it ran out in less than a month. We kept the house hella cold and used electric space heaters, we weren't cranking the thermostat or anything.

I thought there must be something wrong, maybe the tank is leaking or something, asked the landlord to have it checked out. He sent some maintenance jerk who said nothing was wrong and sent me a $100 bill for the service call. Moved out as soon as my lease was up.

My gas bill to heat my house and water was $138 last month. It's an 80 year old house, but I added insulation and new windows because I maintain my house, unlike slumlords who rent out the same building forever and never do efficiency upgrades cuz fuck it, tenant pays utilities why should they care?

It does seem like it should be illegal. We've got some old-ass housing stock that is owned by people with no monetary incentive to do any energy efficiency anything. There's rebates, tax incentives, financing available to switch to gas. But they can't be bothered, carrot don't work. Get the stick.

The armada boys are homies from when i worked with em, always pumping up their tires. No gatekeeping beer.

Edit: i think tabletop tuesdays used to be a thing, but it could have been thursdays all the same.

good catch

Oh when I googled it brought me to the “OEG” Yale gym, nvm! Thanks!

Fix the date also it’ll be 3/18

Lol no, this is my landlord's only rental property

Good idea, thanks!

Did you try to post in r/Connecticut as well ?

I hope you get a good turn out .

Mine was about $1,000 and I refilled three times 😭

I will never take gas for granted 🥲

Wait really? Where do they play?

There is a pretty vibrant pickleball community there too

Based on their website, yes they do!