Heating Oil Tank: Frequently Asked Questions How Long Will My Oil Tank Last? Having a heating oil storage tank on your property offers an important advantage for New Jersey homeowners. The tank in your basement, yard or garage provides an ample supply of heating oil ready for immediate use whenever it’s needed. But there are […]
Are You Making These Common Heating Mistakes? Don’t Trade Your Safety for Potential Savings Whenever those bone-chilling Arctic cold air blasts sweep down into New Jersey, we all appreciate our oil-heated homes. That’s because heating oil is a powerful fuel renowned for warming homes evenly and efficiently. But when outdoor temperatures drop into the single-digits […]
What Is Heating Oil? Where It Comes from, How It Heats Your Home Heating oil comes from crude oil, which needs to be refined to remove impurities. It’s then separated into different fractions. More refined, lighter fractions are used to make products like gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel and No. 2 home heating oil, […]
How Efficient Are Heating Oil Systems? Higher Heating System Efficiency = Savings Did you know that new heating oil systems can heat a home using significantly less fuel compared to older generation equipment? The combination of higher blends of ultra-low sulfur Bioheat® fuel with increasingly efficient heating oil systems serves as the 1-2 punch that […]
Is Heating Oil Bad for the Environment? Heating Oil Is Evolving into Clean, Renewable Energy The advent of Bioheat® fuel has put oil-heated homes in New Jersey on a super-efficient and ultra-clean path. This blend of renewable biodiesel with ultra-low-sulfur heating oil has already led to a cleaner, more efficient fuel and will eventually take […]
Summer Heating Oil Storage Tips Why You Should Keep Your Heating Oil Tank Full If you ended the heating season with less than a tank full of oil, we strongly recommend that you contact your New Jersey heating oil supplier and request a summer fill-up. Here’s why this is so important. Condensation can be a […]
Heating Oil System Maintenance Save Money, Prevent Costly Heating Repairs When you set up an appointment for heating oil equipment service now, you can usually have your pick of appointment times. When the fall chill returns, however, it will be much harder to get a preferred time locked in because of heavy demand. Think of […]
When Is the Best Time to Replace an Oil Tank? Upgrades Are Always Best in the Off-Season While heating oil tanks can be replaced any time of year when necessary, the warm weather months are the ideal time to upgrade since it will cause minimal disruption to your household. And since spring and summer are […]
Is Heating Oil a Safe Way to Heat My Home? Home Heating Oil Has a Remarkable Safety Record Surveys have shown that while heating oil customers have exceptionally high levels of satisfaction with the service they receive from their neighborhood heating oil company, most don’t realize all the ways today’s oilheat can enhance their comfort […]
Why You’ll Stay Warm and Safe with Oilheat Benefits of an Oil Heated Home New Jersey winters can be brutally cold sometimes. Fortunately, it’s on the coldest days that oilheat delivers its greatest value. For starters, New Jerseyans who heat with oil have all the support they need to make their life at home safe […]