In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
gas suppliers...
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/28/2006 - 02:16In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=janetta]I am trying to compare prices for the installation and running of gas for the house. I cannot find a web site which gives me a list of suppliers to get some details from them. can any one help??[/QUOTE]
hi,Janetta, i've no idea if there are any web sites,i've the feeling there aren't.
In any case all the suppliersof GPL (LPG) -butangas,lampogas,pegas,totalgaz and others will supply the bombolone free of charge on an exclusive supply basis,the excavations and connections are at your expense the latter normally done by your plumber.Most plumbers have a rapport with these companies and advise you accordingly.There is NO fixed price for gas it has to be negotiated at the moment that you speak to their commercial person.As far as running costs are concerned and bearing in mind that it is not feasable to have T-shirt temperatures in the house in winter in this area without incurring high costs,the rest is mostly down to good insulation ,double glazing,and careful use of thermostats.it's advisable to integrate the gas system with one or two wood burners which will help reduce gas expenditure.These have a fiscal reduction of 40% over 8 years in our area.Hope that helps.If you need to know anything else please feel free to call.rgds-
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Italgas is only present in towns and cities - once in the countryside you can't get gas piped in and you'll have to use either bottles (which range in size up to at least 20 litres) or a gas tank buried in the garden (which can hold up to 1000 litres).
I completely agree with Sebastiano - it's cheaper to burn wood alongside your gas heating - and cheaper still to pile on the layers of clothing. In February we paid almost 1 euro a litre for gas (incl iva) and I can't see the price decreasing much with all the various oil and gas crises.
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Found this post by Fiona April 2005.
[quote=Fiona Tankard]
Re propane gas (used for filling bomboloni) it costs around 78cents a litre and you need up to 800 litres to fill a tank plus iva at 20 percent. To give you an eg our last fill up was 580 litres and cost us 542 euros (452 + 90 iva). We have central heating and gas for hot water and it is big house, during the winter we got through up to 150 litres a week (sometimes more), so were filling the tank about once a month-ish.
Look into those pellet stoves on an earlier thread as they seem to be a good alternative. If you can mix a pellet ot wood stove with bottled gas c.h and water it would seem a good mix.[/quote]
Another recent link, includes info on gas, electicity and wood burnes.
[url]http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/building-renovation/3566-heating-options.html?highlight=bombola#post30183[/url]
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=English teacher]Italgas is only present in towns and cities - once in the countryside you can't get gas piped in and you'll have to use either bottles (which range in size up to at least 20 litres) or a gas tank buried in the garden (which can hold up to 1000 litres).
I completely agree with Sebastiano - it's cheaper to burn wood alongside your gas heating - and cheaper still to pile on the layers of clothing. In February we paid almost 1 euro a litre for gas (incl iva) and I can't see the price decreasing much with all the various oil and gas crises.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry to contradict you, but my parent’s house is in a village of just 5000 inhabitants in Pordenone’s province and it’s connected to Italgas’ network. :(
It's true that Italgas' network is usually present in towns and cities only, but that's by no means a rule. There are many small villages connected to the network too. Especially if the village is not faraway from a big town.
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.... I stand corrected!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
....on the topic of gas, can someone educate me as to the exact function of the regulators that you have to screw onto the bombole ? :o
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I assume you are talking about small bombole (kitchen size, 60cm highish, 27cm diam).
As far as I have worked it out (and this is suck it and see stuff, rather than precise expert talk) the regulator is a simple tap, and regulates the volume of gas passing through it. When you first install a kitchen hob (or whatever you are fuelling via this bombola), you can play with the regulator to get the flame right. Once that is done, never touch the regulator again - when you change the bombola turn it off at the bombola, there is no need to fiddle with the regulator. Hope this helps!!
I don't understand; are you looking for gas cylinders (bombola di gas) or a connection to the gas network ?
To have your house connected to the gas network you can get some info going to [url]www.italgas.com[/url] (the Web site is in English too). I guess ITALGAS is the only choice. You can easily find local agents.
Gas cylinders can be usually bought at the nearest grocer's (for cooking only). If they haven’t they can certainly send you to the right place.
If you need a big gas cylinder to run the heating system, then go to [url]www.paginegialle.it[/url] (online version of the Italian Yellow Pages) and look for local agents. BUTANGAS, AGIP, SHELL are the most important suppliers, but there are others too.