This is not a discussion about the pros and cons of oil heatiing verus propane heating.
The original poster wishes to change from an existing oil to propane. Big difference.
To heat a home you will need usually a 500 gallon tank. These are not placed against the home. So dig up is necessary for that route.
You can get a series of smaller tanks lined up against structure.
Prices are not stable for propane. Sorry. Just plain not.
Prices vary year to year and company to company. Prices vary day to day. Amerigas was $3.07 for pre-buy last summer. While Eastern last fall was about $2.12. Seems to me to be a large difference.
I have seen over these many decades folks switching from oil to natural gas, from oil to propane. And all is fleeting. Lots of factors involved. From demand in China to the number on tankers in the ocean to the size of the natural gas pipelines.
Natural gas is not propane though.
The original poster needs to do a serious cost analysis - the total cost to change from oil to propane and the variable cost of the fuel itself.
This is not simple as there are so many variables. Cost of modifying home. Cost of installation. And cost of fuel.
A simple analysis of the cost of propane today and the cost of oil today leaves much to be desired.
Just a note about any furnace or boiler you purchase. Stick with the Ford and Chevrolet. Ask your installer what brand and model is used the most by others. If you decide to get into the high tech very high efficiency you are just asking for issues. A speck of dust here a droplet of moisture there and the thing shuts off. Some of these run by circuit boards and a multitude of computer chips. Good luck when you have to pay to replace one of those.
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