LPG / LPG prices (merged)

A question about : LPG / LPG prices (merged)

Hi

Am very new to all this!!!!!

I have just bought a new house and the heating is LPG it seems to be a minefield....does anyone have any tips or advice

Thanks

Rogue

Best answers:

• Best advice is speak to your neighbours regards wot they do.
  Good at introducing yourselfs
  and you learn from their mistakes
  Pak
• Whatever you do, don't just sign the paperwork that your supplier will send with out checking it out in detail. We moved into a cottage in wales with LPG, and signed the forms and sent off the direct debit to then find that we had locked into a 5 year contract!
  It seems to be harder to find comparisons of lpg, in fact I haven't found one price comparison site yet includes them. Don't be afraid to negotiate a new price though, based on staying with them, I have done that before and saved several pence per litre.
  If you have better luck, please let me know!
• At the monent I am with FLOGAS and they seem competative when I phone other suppliers to check the price.
  At the moment i am on :-[Ј93/month dd :-[
  There is NO alternative.
• an earlier post
  https://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/c...num=1082216227
• Rogue Hi,
  I have been on LPG for 14 years and it come as a shock when we moved here. You don't say if it's bottled or cylinder gas you are using. If it is bottled my best advice is to phone every one in your yellow pages because from actual experience prices can and do vary greatly, even with the same branded names. Make sure you tell whoever you are getting a price from that it is for your domestic hot water and heating, the price drops dramatically for this. Also most suppliers will give an even cheaper price if you pay COD. I agree with an earlier post, I find flogas at the moment the cheapest, I have 2 X 47kg bottles delivered at a time at a cost of Ј57 ( for the two, not each). 2 bottles, summer usage, if you can call this summer seems to last forever. However when winter arrives and the management goes into hibernation, ( she is a cold one), 2 bottles last about a week to 10 days. We live in a bungalow with 7 radiators, two of which are huge!. I guess if you take the cost over a year, its not so bad. My biggest gripe is the 5% vat slapped on it, and the way the suppliers always seem to have a price rise come the winter. After all the gas they supply to you costs them just a few pence and is a waste by product from oil exploration!.Hope it helps. If you live in Berkshire e-mail me and I'll give you my suppliers telephone number.
• In Lincolnshire I can get 2 x 47kg propane for Ј59.58 from Flowgas and Ј57.56 from Calor. Flogas will match the Calor price but won't undercut.
• Ted Hi,
  Interesting to see Calor cheaper out your way. Its always the other way round here. I prefer Flowgas anyway, there staff always seem to be more helpful. Calor always make you feel as though they are doing you a favour by selling you their gas, and can never tell you when it will be delivered, even though they have regular 'routes'. Its always 'we are short staffed this week, we'll get it to you as soon as we can'!.
  Plus , here anyway, Flowgas do not charge you a 'hire fee' for the bottles. Calor do, and of course you never get that back.
• Need help for pensioner who has heating and hot water running on lpg supplied by a company called flogas at 29.5p per unit. Her direct debit is Ј86 per month which is no longer affordable. As we live in a rural area mains gas is not an option.
  This lady worked until she was 68 and can still not afford to keep warm in the winter!
• If she gets any means tested benefit (e.g. pension credit) then she should qualify for a "warmfront" grant to cover the cost of a new (cheaper to run or more efficient) heating system.
  Since LPG is an expensive way to heat a house changing to oil (or even all electric using the powergen staywarm tariff for the over 60's) might be a better long term solution.
• I would suggest contacting your local Council for details of the Warmfront scheme suggested by Graham1.
  I think the grants may also be available if the person is not in receipt of income-related benefits but does have a disability.
  What is on offer on the Warmfront scheme can also vary between Councils, so have a look on the relevant Council's website.
• Details of Warmfront grants here
  You can apply online no need to contact your local authority.
  It might be worth going through the calculator Entitledto
• I am currently being stung for lpg having just put my tank under ground I signed for 5 years and they capped my rate .....Result an increase from Ј100 a month to Ј130 a month.Don't know weather this is allowed or not but in my case the company is Calor
  The only advice I could give is shop around or sign up for a capped rate but read the small print.
• The problem is the limited number of suppliers in the marketplace
  https://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/st...555316,00.html
  And it is due to get worse as Shell is reported to be looking for a buyer for its LPG business.
• Update on LPG 47kg Propane prices in Lincolnshire
  Calor Ј35.00
  Flogas Ј37.50
  Garden Centre Cash& carry Ј30
  However a neighbour was quoted Ј32.50 each for 2 so maybe you could negotiate a better deal. I went for the cheapest and fetched it myself.
• I currently pay Ј31 delivered for a 47kg bottle of LPG in Lincolnshire, but they don't deliver everywhere. Mind you would like to know where the garden centre is that does it for Ј30 in case the prices go up!
• Located in the depths of rural Wiltshire - on 21 Sept paid nearest Powagas (Stockbridge, Hampshire) Ј62.16 for delivery of 2 x 47Kg propane refill. Central heating timed for only 6 hours per day, but will be lucky if these last us a fortnight
• Just moved in to a rural cottage in Scotland and the living flame fire in the living room runs on LPG. Was advised by previous owner where to buy and I ordered some on moving in...2 bottled 47 KG cost me Ј72 odd. My question is this:
  I used the fire for maybe 15 hours in total and first bottle is empty! Is this usual? seems expensive to run a living flame fire when one bottle only lasts 15 hours! Is this usual? Anyone else out there got a living flame fire that runs on LPG? How long does one bottle last you?
  Any help appreciated,
  Ember xx