[horsepooisgood]

having spent the best part of 6 quid on 4 ltrs of paraffin from Homebase it seemed a lot of dosh.
How much is everyone else that uses it paying?

[meterman]

£4.00 for 4.5 lts from a small hardware store sold loose so take your own container

[Celtic Eagle]

£5 a gallon local garden center

What sort of price is bottled gas for comparison?

[vegikev]

hi i have a local garage that still operates a parafin pump which was 47p per litre

[mikem]

hi i have a local garage that still operates a parafin pump which was 47p per litre

That reminds me of "the good old days"!  Does he also fill your car with petrol, clean your windscreen and check your oil for free?  I guess that your local garage isn't Tescos!

[SnooziSuzi]

hi i have a local garage that still operates a parafin pump which was 47p per litre

Sounds great!  hopefully there's someone nearer to me that does the same....   Do you have any contacts in Durham by any chance?

[Cazzy]

This time last yr I was paying around £3.50 for 4ltrs, within a month or so it jumped up twice in price to £4.95 and then £5.44.  I enquired about the hefty jump and was told the price was increasing along with the price of oil. 

As much as I understood why parafin prices would rise along with oil prices, I was shocked (but not surprised) last week when I went to b n q and low and behold they haven't brought the price down even although oil has come down a fair bit in price.

[randombod]

hi i have a local garage that still operates a parafin pump which was 47p per litre

Sounds great!  hopefully there's someone nearer to me that does the same....   Do you have any contacts in Durham by any chance?

no frills in darlington sell it for £3 per 5ltr bottle  however down whesso rd is a guy who you take your own bottle and he will fill it up i forget price but its v cheep i shoudl know i used it and i am tight

[Kagganz]

I'm getting a parrafin heater this week, this threads been really informative 

Thanks all xx

[horsepooisgood]

I have just bought 20lts from a local oil company and paid 90p/ltr, thats better than Homebase.

[upert]

if anyone should know of cheap paraffin at the pumps in the west mids be sure to let me know. cheers.

[Elcie]

I want a paraffin heater for my greenhouse from about mid march once my seeds are in.  Just to take any risk of frost off in the evenings.  Sounds like it might be expensive though!

[Ice]

I got a paraffin heater from Argos for £20.  4L of paraffin costs £5.50 ish and it lasts just under two weeks running constantly.

[Kanute]

In North Wales I paid £4.99 last year.  This year it's £6.99-£8.99 for 4 lts.  Send some of that pump paraffin this way please!

[wighty]

We sell 4 ltrs for £5.00.  The high price is the same as the price rise in white spirit, the next step up in the filtration process is aviation fuel.  Where are they going to make their profit.  All paint by 2010 will be water based and most of the companies we deal with are phasing out their spirit based products now.