Early June is delivering an unusual mini heat wave to Nova Scotia, making it is easier to think of cooling down rather than heating your home. With furnaces earning a well-earned rest during the next few months, it might be a good time to book an annual furnace cleaning and tune-up.
There are many choices for home heating, including electricity, natural gas (where available), heat pumps, wood, propane, solar and heating oil. With all these options, why would you heat your home with oil?
Today, heating oil is still a popular choice because of its cost-effectiveness, stability, comfort, and availability. Compared with other methods of home heating, oil provides many advantages:
It is extremely safe. Unlike natural gas or propane, which are very flammable, heating oil cannot be lit by a match. Heat oil requires high pressure and high heat to ignite. Oil deliveries take place from outside the home into industry-regulated tanks located either inside or outside the house, allowing the homeowner to control their supply.
New technology for oil heat allows for a more effective burn of the product that helps reduce pollution. This makes it a much better choice than electricity, which still uses some coal to generate its power in Nova Scotia. Oil is also very efficient, and it provides more BTU’s per liter of fuel than any other furnaces including natural gas and wood. Compared to heat pumps, oil furnaces will deliver heat when the temperatures drop far below minus 5 – 10⁰C, which makes it an excellent method for our cold winter climate.
Oil has been heating homes in Europe and North America for centuries. Oil furnaces run quietly and last a long time with annual tune-ups and minimal maintenance. Installation and repair of systems are also done by certified Red Seal technicians, with parts and accessories that are readily available in the local area. The capital cost of installing a new oil furnace and tank can also be much less than heat pumps and solar systems.
If you would like to know more about heating with oil and about the newest in high-efficiency furnaces, our convenient budget payment plans, or our all-inclusive price per liter, we’d love to talk with you. At Scotia Fuels, we’ve been keeping homes in HRM warm for 50 years. So please visit us at https://scotiafuels.com/contact-us/, or even better, call us at 902-453-2121. Our local staff will answer the phone within 2 rings.