People may wrongly assume that, because it has “oil” in its name, heating oil is highly flammable and not safe for home heating. But this is not true. It’s a fact that before combustion can occur, heating oil must first be vaporized by an oil burner into a fine mist at temperatures above 140°.
High-risk flammability is just one mistaken belief about heating oil. The reality is that home heating oil has always had an excellent safety record in New Jersey and everywhere else. Home heating oil has been widely used for nearly 100 years!
With a heating oil tank on your property, you can always count on having a secure, on-site supply for your home. Heating oil is easily transported and managed by highly trained professionals using equipment and techniques that keep safety at the forefront.
Modern heating oil storage tanks have been designed to be virtually leak-proof. Whether your heating oil storage tank is in your basement or outside your home, the heating oil tanks being installed today have been designed with corrosion-resistant materials.
A heating oil system also poses a very low risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. If an oil burner malfunctions (most often due to a lack of maintenance), the safety devices in the unit will typically shut the heating oil furnace or heating oil boiler off.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that heating oil consumers shouldn’t have working carbon monoxide detectors inside their homes, especially near all bedrooms. Besides a malfunctioning boiler or furnace, there are other sources for carbon monoxide leaks, including:
Make sure you check your carbon monoxide (and smoke) detectors regularly to confirm they work properly. You should also review manufacturer guidelines about when to replace your detectors, which will eventually wear out.
In New Jersey, you’ll find heating oil companies that deliver Bioheat® fuel, which is renewable, clean, energy-efficient and exceptionally safe. And it requires no modification of your present heating oil system. Benefits include:
Speak with your New Jersey heating oil company and you may be amazed by all the modern innovations in heating oil equipment. It’s vastly different than it was just a generation ago, when your parents may have relied on an old boiler that had been converted from coal to oil.
Additionally, oil-powered water heaters provide unlimited low-cost hot water. Not only does a water heater powered by heating oil save homeowners a substantial amount of money, it’s also perfect for homes with a high demand for hot water.
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