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If you are experiencing an issue with your system for heating oil in Reading, PA, it is good to have a professional diagnose and solve the problem. Our customers have access to 24/7 emergency service from our trained professionals and if you have a service contract there may be no charge for this service! In the meantime, monitor any changes until our technician arrives and can assess the situation.
Oil-fired furnaces do not have a pilot light. If you are asking this question because you do not have heat or hot water, there may be an issue with your system for heating oil in Reading, PA that our trained technicians will be able to help you solve!
The majority of oil tanks inside homes are 275 gallons; some houses also have two 275 gallon tanks piped together for 550 gallons. There are other less common tank sizes as well. Before we make the first delivery to a new customer, we inspect the tank so we can determine the size. Please feel free to reach out to us regarding heating oil in Reading, PA if you still need assistance.
Usage for heating oil in Reading, PA is based on a number of factors including the size of your house, age of equipment, insulation in your home, number of people in your home, whether you also use heating oil to heat your hot water, as well as the temperature outside. The easiest way to determine this would be to get this information from the previous owner of your house. If that information is not available, there are other ways we can assist in figuring this out, so please feel free to contact us!
To put it into perspective, in 2019, residential consumers in the Northeast used about 2.9 billion gallons of heating oil, equal to about 86% of total U.S. residential heating oil sales (per the EIA).
If you think you ran out of oil because the furnace is not running, verify that you are out of oil and there is no issue with your oil burner, furnace, boiler, etc. If you are out of oil, call to schedule a delivery. The oil burner will likely need to be restarted. If you are not able, the delivery driver can usually restart the furnace after making the delivery. There is a small fee for this service. If you are calling each time you need a delivery for heating oil in Reading, PA, please ask us about switching to automatic delivery to prevent this from happening in the future.
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