December 1, 2025
When the weather outside in New York and Connecticut gets frightful, you likely start to think about your heating oil tank, trying to remember everything you need to do to ensure you and your family experience the cozy warmth that heating oil provides. Marshall Oil is here to help with everything you need regarding heating oil, including when you should place your next order.
How to Read Your Heating Oil Tank Gauge
Follow these three simple steps to reading your fuel level, and you’ll be an expert before you know it.
- Oil tanks can be found inside and outside, but they are typically located in the basement of your home.
- Find the small glass cylinder or dial on top of the tank. The gauge will show a small marker that indicates how full your tank is. The levels are typically marked as F for full, ¾, ½, ¼, and E for empty.
- If your tank is at or below ¼, it’s time to place your oil order. Ordering now will allow us to get you on our delivery schedule and reduce the chance of a runout.
How to Prepare Your Home for Oil Deliveries
With winter weather here for the foreseeable future, it’s important that homeowners follow these tips for safe heating oil deliveries.
Unlock Your Gates
Have a fence with a gate on your property that’s between our driver and your fill pipe? Make sure it’s unlocked, so our driver can easily deliver your fuel.
Shovel a Path
Please be sure to shovel a path to your fill pipe and clear any branches or brushes that may be obstructing it. Also be sure to remove any buried tripping hazard in the ground.
Keep Your Animals Inside
Please bring dogs and other household pets indoors before we arrive to deliver your fuel.
Plow and De-Ice Your Driveway
Keeping your driveway free of snow and ice is an important step to ensure smooth fuel delivery. Remember that our trucks are wider than your car, so they need some extra room! If your driveway is icy, please do your best to clear it, so our trucks can move more easily.
How Does Automatic Delivery Work?
If you like saving time, we offer automatic fuel delivery for heating oil users. Using degree-day calculations and usage history, we create a custom fuel delivery schedule for your home.
Why Should I Sign Up?
- Peace of Mind: You can count on our service team to deliver your fuel when you need it. Though it’s always good to check your gauge periodically, our efficient monitoring system will keep track of your fuel usage and schedule deliveries accordingly.
- Smarter Spending: Marshall Oil creates a delivery schedule based on educated estimates. More effective fill-ups translate into more efficient fuel use, which means lower annual energy costs.
- Improved Protection: Running out of heating oil can cause significant damage and unnecessary safety risks. Customers who sign up for auto delivery minimize the likelihood of a no-fuel emergency. If you do find yourself without heating oil, we offer 24/7 emergency services.
- No Additional Costs: At Marshall Oil, customers will only pay for their heating oil, enrolling in automatic delivery comes at no extra cost for this service.
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Get Started with Marshall Oil
Stay on top of your home heating with Marshall Oil. We’re here to protect your home this winter with great benefits, like no delivery fees, emergency services, and dependable team members who are always here to help. Our experienced team is dedicated to keeping NY and CT homeowners warm, safe, and stress-free. Contact us at Marshall Oil to place an oil order or get started with automatic delivery.