ᐅ How large should the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank be? / Renting or buying?

Two questions that are currently on our minds.

We are building a prefabricated house with about 120sqm (1,290 sq ft) of living space. The entire settlement uses liquid propane gas for heating. How large should the tank be? Is it better to buy the tank (underground) or to rent it?

Who has experience with this?

Thanks in advance!

Good evening,

how about providing a bit more information .. ?

Regards, Bauexperte

amelie74 schrieb:
We are building a prefabricated house with about 120 sqm (1,291 sq ft) of living space. The entire neighborhood is heated with liquid propane gas.
How large should the tank be? Is it better to buy or rent the (underground) tank?

If the whole neighborhood paints their houses brown, will you do the same?
Are you required to heat with liquid propane gas due to the development plan or other regulations? If not, I would have a heating load calculation done and choose the most suitable heat generator for your needs! That can be liquid propane gas, but it doesn’t have to be!

In a neighboring development area to ours, there is no gas pipeline either. Everyone there heats with ground-water heat pumps. Whether this solution makes sense is another question, but the basic point raised by @Wastl is correct.

@ Bauexperte: Unfortunately, I can’t provide more detailed information yet, as we are still in the planning phase.
@ Wastl: We don’t want pellets. An air-source heat pump is too expensive for us to purchase. So, we won’t paint our house brown just because everyone else does. Additionally, a fireplace will be installed... but that is not the main issue for my question at the moment.
The tip about the heating load calculation is useful. Today, we received advice from the local authority (LRA) on where to find this information (Energiezentrum Allgäu).

Thanks for the suggestions.

If you decide to go with liquefied petroleum gas, compare the prices carefully. Pay special attention to the aspect of renting versus buying the tank. When renting, you are often tied to a specific supplier, which usually affects the price of the gas. When buying, you have more freedom of choice. So it’s worth researching and calculating this in advance.