This propane tank outside of my new house is going to cost $1300 to fill.. wtf?

Do you have an electric stove? If so, you can heat water for your baths on that. You don't really need hot water to wash your hands or do laundry.

Just get a Blue Rhino. They're only like $20 bucks.

Electric heat for your water would probably cost more actually. How about simply having them fill the tank with less? I was on a propane tank for years, only paid for what I used according to the meter.

Shop around.

There is a control valve on the water heater towards the bottom, it usually has a red or black knob on top of a silver looking box. Turn that to the off position and you are good to go.

FYI, you don't have to fill the tank, most places have 100 gal. minimum.

Last Edited by TheGasMan II on 02/03/2014 02:18 PM

so whats the doom? $3.25 for gas is pretty cheap.

I have a wood furnace in the house that works well, I can heat up a big pot on top for hot water for baths for sure. Also I guess I could fill up the washer with the warm water right?

Umm.. pretty sure that's ridiculously expensive.. can someone find a chart of the price of propane? I guess it skyrocketed recently. In CO by the way.

Microwave?

What's Blue Rhino?

Considering the $6/gal peeps in Midwest are paying right now but $3.25 is still high.

Why would you completely fill a 500 gal tank at a RENTAL house.I would get enough to get through this winter and wait till prices go down in the fall if I was still living there.

small 20lb propane tank

Last Edited by the deplorable ar-15 nut on 02/03/2014 02:21 PM

No its very cheap for this time of year and with the shortage thats happening now.That will let up once the winter has passed.I would get a couple hundred gallons and wait for the price to drop.

Are you talking about disabling the boiler? I found a switch, and before it had been clicking nonstop (a toilet upstairs was running constantly) and i turned off this switch and it doesn't turn on anymore.

So I should be good there, correct? Also, my landlord just said that I need to get at least a little bit in there because some of the pipes underneath the house will freeze, or something like that? Do you know anything about that?

Thanks GasMan

A 20 lb tank does not have enough pressure to run a home heater plus it dangerous to hook anything up gas without the pressure regulated correctly.A 20 lb tank would cost more anyway because they dont last long when used for heat.

Get your landlord to pay for it

Mont Belvieu spot price is:

2014 Jan-27 to Jan-31 1.515

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Last Edited by TheGasMan II on 02/03/2014 02:25 PM

You don't need to fill the tank. Just buy what you can afford and conserve on that.

My LP supply guy just came by.
He was here about a month ago and filled it to 75%. I was at 40% today and it will cost me 610.00 to get it to 80%. Thats 200 gallons. When we started with him he just filled to 50 or 60 % and each time he came we got the % up more till we were at 80. This winter has been especially cold.
He gives us a discount on the price, 3.05 (todays price) per gallon if we let him come by when he is in the area.

Last Edited by Intruth on 02/03/2014 02:28 PM

I'm in WI and LP gas cost over $5.00 a gallon right now....If you can get it. You got a good deal.

Ok well I wouldn't need it to heat the house, i can do that fine with space heaters and the wood furnace.

I use propane tanks for my glassblowing, I just looked and I have 2 Blue Rhinos right now, empty of course. If i got those filled, could they heat the water?

Not real familiar with boilers, we don't have those in TX. The clicking you heard could have been a auto pilot start that lights the pilot light. When you turned that switch off, it probably turned off the auto ignite function. If you turned it to off, you should be okay.

Now, there could be some pipes that can freeze if they don't have hot water in them so be aware of that. Where are you and how cold is it?

Last Edited by TheGasMan II on 02/03/2014 02:31 PM

Yeah the lady on the phone didn't even present me with that option, so I didn't even realize that was possible.

Guess i'm gonna fill it 100gal and see how long that lasts.



Thanks GLP.. I knew you could figure this out for me. lol

That must be very local..They havent been that low in years in my area.

Here is the average nationwide.Looks to be $4.00
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High in the Boulder mountains, 27 right now, down to about 15 at night recently.

An electric tankless water heater may be what you are looking for [link to www.lowes.com]

Yes they can. I would recommend at least a 100# (25 gal.) so you don't have to get it filled every day. But make sure you unhook the line at the tank valve. When you connect a yard line to a rhino tank (any tank for that matter) you have to have the regulator in line to regulate the pressure.

There is usually a copper line that is sometimes curled like a pigtail, (some installers curl them, some do not) that comes out of the shut off valve on the tank and goes to the regulator. You need to remove that line from the shut off valve, leave connected to regulator(make sure to turn the tank off first) and the screw that into a rhino tank. The threads on the tanks are reverse threads, so lefty tighty, righty loosy.

Then use a mixture of dish soap and water in a spray bottle to check your connections for leaks. Spray on connections liberally and look for bubbles. No bubbles, no leaks. If bubbles, tighten connection or use some Teflon tape on threads.

Last Edited by TheGasMan II on 02/03/2014 02:58 PM

See how long that hundred gallons lasts you. We have 150 gallon minimum and its $4.50-$5.00 here in midwest depending on if you own your tank or not. I have feeling prices will come down once the reserves are filled again in spring and summer. Usually best time to buy is midsummer/fall. Just watch the prices once all this shortage is over. Some companies allow you to contract a certain amount, maybe 2 or 3 tankfuls and up as well if you need multiple tanks to get through the winter.

Just out of curiosity whats the smallest that could be hooking inline to heat a home with. I have several 100 gallon tanks around.

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