How To Estimate Your Daily Heating Oil Use
Ways you can track how much you use
It is no secret to anyone that it gets cold here on Cape Cod. Therefore, if you use heating oil to heat your home here you’ll want to make sure you have an ample supply on hand at all times so that you don’t run out. Having an idea of and knowing how to estimate your daily heating oil use will help ensure you have enough at your home at any given moment.
Let’s take a look at how you can do this.
Tracking how much heating oil you use on a daily basis
Your exact daily heating usage will, of course, vary depending on certain elements and factors. But there is a way to get a pretty good idea of how much you’re going to use on average.
If temperatures are hovering around 50 degrees Fahrenheit, a homeowner can expect to use about 2 gallons of heating oil a day. Once temperatures drop to about 40 degrees Fahrenheit that number increases to about 3.7 gallons of daily heating oil. When the weather gets a little colder (closer to about 30 degrees Fahrenheit) you can anticipate using about 5.3 gallons of heating oil a day.
How to order the right amount of heating oil
On top of using the above estimations, here are some additional tips that can help you order the amount of heating oil your home and family needs:
- Homeowners who haven’t yet spent a winter in their home can check in with their neighbors who have a similar sized home to see how much heating oil they typically use a season.
- If you have been in your home for previous winters (or a home of a similar size in the same area) you can take a look at your old heating bills and previous heating oil orders to get a sense of your heating oil usage and how much heating oil you’ve previously ordered at a time.
Things that impact how much heating oil you use
We mentioned before that one’s heating oil usage is impacted by certain factors and elements. So what exactly are the elements and factors that affect the amount of heating oil you use? Here are a few:
- The natural temperature of your house: Some homes just naturally feel colder than other homes. When that is the case, a homeowner is going to need to use more heating oil to feel warm.
- Your heating system’s current state: Heating systems that are in good working condition and receive annual maintenance and tune-ups work more efficiently. Just like any piece of equipment or machinery, an efficiently working heating system doesn’t have to work as hard to produce results and, therefore, requires less heating oil to warm a home.
- Insulation: A home that is well insulated is naturally able to keep more heat inside, which means you will need less heating oil to stay warm in a well-insulated home.
- A home’s size: As you may have guessed, the larger your home is the more heating oil you will need to use to heat it.
Heating oil services from Cape Cod Oil & Propane
Cape Cod Oil & Propane has been providing heating oil to homeowners and business owners all throughout Cape Cod since 1974. On top of heating oil deliveries, our heating oil services include:
- Installation, repairs and maintenance on heating oil tanks, furnaces and oil-fired boilers
- The option of free automatic delivery services
- Payment and pricing programs
When you need heating oil that you can count on, turn to Cape Cod Oil & Propane. Contact us today to become one of our many happy customers!
