How to Estimate Your Daily Heating Oil Use
Burt’s Reliable can help you plan your heating oil delivery schedule.
Home heating comprises nearly one-third of the average home’s annual energy costs. This means that households in Jamesport and all throughout Long Island’s North Fork and East End need to plan carefully for their heating oil usage, which is a huge portion of their overall energy budget.
This kind of planning can be tricky because so many competing factors affect a home’s daily heating oil use. The Burt’s Reliable team can help you with this planning.
Planning Your Daily Heating Oil Usage
The most significant factor impacting your daily heating oil usage is the outdoor temperatures. On a 50-degree day, your heating system may consume less than one gallon of heating oil. However, if the average temperature outside is 30 degrees, you may end up using two or more gallons in a day. That daily consumption will increase to three to four daily gallons when the average outdoor temperature drops below 10 degrees.
We have found that the average 2,500-square-foot home in the Northeast will consume roughly 880 gallons of heating oil per year.
Variables Affecting Your Heating Oil Usage
In addition to the weather outside, many factors inside your home will influence the amount of heating oil you’re using throughout the heating season. These variables include:
- Your home’s square footage
- How well-insulated your home is
- Your heating system’s efficiency
- The ages of people in your home
- How much time you spend in your home each day
The size of your home’s heating oil tank will considerably affect how often you need to request a heating oil delivery. But we can help.
Burt’s Reliable can track your heating oil usage — and stabilize your bills!
As you might imagine, calculating how quickly you will use your heating oil is a complicated process. We understand this at Burt’s Reliable because we do it every day for your customers. We’re happy to do the math for you — and it won’t cost you a dime.
Most Burt’s Reliable customers use our automatic heating oil delivery option. Our computerized system factors in all of the variables listed above (including current weather forecasts and your oil tank size) to determine when you’ll need more fuel, and then we schedule your next delivery way in advance. You never need to worry about running out of fuel right before a cold snap or a nor’easter rolls in.
We can also help you avoid big heating oil bills in the winter. With our free E-Z Pay budget option, we will estimate your annual fuel cost based on past usage and current market rates. Then we divide this into 12 even monthly installments. You’ll always know how much you need to budget for each month, and your winter bills will be much lower than if you paid in full at delivery. And don’t worry — we’ll adjust your account if the estimate proves to be too high or too low.
Burt’s Reliable wants to make receiving heating oil 100% stress-free. Reach out today to join our growing family of customers.