Fall is here and chances are you’ve already begun turning up the thermostat. This is the beginning of the heating season, which means your boiler or furnace is going to consume more heating oil now than it did during the warmer and milder months.
Have you ever found yourself wondering about the heating oil your heating system uses and whether it’s the best option for your Hudson Valley home?
Valley Oil wants to put all of your questions about heating oil to rest. Heating oil is a safe and affordable way to heat your home. And Valley Oil offers quality oil, low prices, and fast heating oil delivery. So you can feel good about being a heating oil customer. And you can pay less and smile as a Valley Oil customer.
Let’s take a look at some heating oil basics and answer some questions you may have in the process.
Heating oil is a product of crude oil that has been put through a refining process called distillation. During distillation, hydrocarbons are removed from the crude oil and further purified and blended to make the heating oil that operates your furnace or boiler.
Oil heat is a safe way to heat your home. Heating oil doesn’t explode. It won’t even ignite if you drop a lit match into a container of it. Heating oil only becomes combustible once it’s been vaporized by an oil burner at temperatures greater than 140° Fahrenheit. And your furnace or boiler has a safety mechanism that will shut it off before a dangerous amount of carbon monoxide is able to build up.
The heating oil used today is much cleaner than the heating oil that was used ten or twenty years ago. And the industry keeps improving. Valley Oil is proud of the quality oil we deliver to our customers.
Modern oil heat systems can be up to 95% efficient. That means heating oil is pretty efficient! And having a highly efficient heating system means you’ll need less fuel to keep your household warm and comfortable versus someone with a less efficient heating system.
Heating oil burns up to 20% more efficiently than gas, and it’s 30% more efficient than electricity when it comes to home heating.
Yes! Heating oil is a very good choice for your home. It’s safe and efficient. And with each advancement, it becomes cleaner to use.
You should make Valley Oil your heating oil supplier because we offer our customers in Dutchess and Ulster counties quality, affordability, and dependability—even in tough weather conditions. With Valley Oil you get discount heating oil and a promise to deliver that you can count on. We also make it even easier to be a Valley Oil customer by offering free automatic heating oil delivery.
Contact Valley Oil today to start paying less and smiling more!
Valley Oil provides discount fuel oil to price-savvy customers in Dutchess and Ulster counties.
Try our easy-to-use oil delivery calculator to determine how much fuel you’ll need to order.
Valley Oil works with local Home Energy Assistance Programs (HEAP) to help you afford fuel.