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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A boiler as an expensive money pit? A new boiler is expensive, no doubt, but operationally it's much less expensive than forced air and creates a more comfortable environment. It's also smaller than a forced air unit, so I'm not sure hyour "waste of space" argument makes much sense. Are you sure you know what this is?[/quote]

Radiators take up room and [b]who wants to have an oil truck come and fill up a dirty smelly oil tank[/b]. Yes we all know they make nice heat but most buyers don't want to put up with that shit.[/quote]

Says someone who has never lived in a home with an oil tank?  They aren't dirty or smelly.  You don't know what you are talking about.

And depending on where you are looking, it definitely does not scare away buyers.  There are no gas lines in my neighborhood, and oil furnaces are commonplace.  Many people have propane tanks installed for cooking, but many of us are somehow able to prepare wonderful meals with an electric range.  Heat is heat, people.  Yes, I would much prefer a gas range, but it isn't a dealbreaker.  If it were, I would spring for the tank.[/quote]

I lived in two houses that came with oil tanks. It reeked every time it got refilled. The boiler stank when running. We replaced it with a gas boiler after a year. The 2nd one already had a gas boiler, but someone had left the old tank when they upgraded. It developed a leak and had to be removed at great expense and stank to high heaven. Oil is nasty business.

I would never have oil heat again unless I had to because I lived in the woods in a very cold place where electric heat wasn't practical.

Now, all that said, radiator heat is awesome! If you can run the boiler on gas.

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