Home Inspectors

• Oilheat 101
• Dispelling the Myths
• How to Inspect an Oilheated Home
• How Does an Oilheat System Work?
• Oilheat Tank Safety
• Advances in Oilheat

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Dispelling the Myths

Learn the truths about Oilheat and why it is a safe, dependable fuel that so many customers rely on for their home heating!

MYTH: Oilheat poses a health hazard.
FACT: Oilheat does not harm one's health.
The possibility of an Oilheat system releasing carbon monoxide is extremely rare. However, encouraging your clients to install CO detectors throughout the home is still good advice.

MYTH: Oilheat explodes.
FACT: Oilheat does not explode.
Oilheat will not burn in a liquid state. In order to light heating oil on fire, you must heat it to the temperature at which it begins to vaporize, which is 140°F. If you were to drop a match into heating oil, it would go out as if dropped into water

MYTH: Oilheat is dirty.
FACT: Oilheat burns clean.
Achievements in oil burner technology have resulted in emissions levels approaching zero.

MYTH: Oilheat is not dependable.
FACT: Oilheat suppliers have always kept their customers warm, and will continue to do so.
With more than 50 oil-producing countries, there is no need to worry about the world supply of crude oil - the U.S. is not dependent on any one source for our supply. In addition, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the United States has a capacity of over 720 million barrels - the world's largest emergency crude oil stockpile.