Energy Savings: Looking Beyond Your HVAC System When it comes to saving energy and money, there’s a lot more to it than just your home’s heating and cooling systems. While your HVAC system represents a major part of your home’s energy output, there are also other components. This means that homeowners have numerous opportunities to […]
Staying With Heating Oil Vs. Converting New Jerseyans who have heating oil equipment that’s 20 years old or older have a decision to make sooner or later: should they replace their heating oil system with a new model or switch to another fuel to heat their home? If they do decide to convert, the payback […]
What Is Bioheat® Fuel? If you’ve been in New Jersey for a while and use oilheat to keep your home warm, you probably know something about Bioheat® fuel. If you’re new to our state or you are using oilheat for the first time, you can count on hearing about Bioheat fuel a lot in the […]
Why Do Pipes Bang When My Boiler Makes Heat? A noisy boiler can be a fairly common problem for people who have a closed loop hot water boiler. Similar to a radiator in your car, your boiler is filled with water. But if air leaks into the system, the pressure rushes through the pipes. This […]
Is Heating Oil A Safe Fuel For My Home? Many families in New Jersey rely on oilheat to keep their homes warm. And they can do this with confidence, knowing that heating oil has always been a remarkably safe fuel. Yet, surveys have shown that while heating oil customers have exceptionally high levels of satisfaction […]
Why You Hear A Whistling Sound During A Delivery If your oil tank is located in your basement and you’re home when a driver makes his delivery, you’ll probably hear a whistling noise as your tank starts to fill up. But don’t worry. This is perfectly normal. Besides the tank itself, your heating oil storage […]
Why You’ll Stay Warm and Safe with Oilheat We all know that New Jersey winters can be brutally cold sometimes. Fortunately, it’s on the coldest days that oilheat delivers its greatest value. And New Jerseyans who heat with oil have all the support they need to make their life at home safe and warm, thanks […]
Furnace Tip For The Fall: Change Your Air Filter Easy maintenance for greater efficiency and longer system life With proper maintenance, the average oil furnace can last 15 years or longer. One way to make sure that your system reaches its full life expectancy and operates efficiently is to perform an easy do-it-yourself maintenance task—changing […]
How To Care For A Heating Oil Tank In The Summer Everyone wants their fuel storage tank to last as long as possible. Well, here’s an easy way to protect your tank and in the process extend its life: Don’t let the fuel level drop too low before the weather warms up. A lot of […]
Welcome to the Oilheat New Jersey Website Welcome to OilheatNewJersey.com! This site is your one-stop shop for learning about oilheat in the Garden State and, most importantly, in your home. The Benefits of Oilheat and Bioheat® Fuel Launched by the Fuel Merchants Association of New Jersey (FMANJ), OilheatNewJersey.com includes an overview of the benefits of […]