Heating Oil East Northport NY

How to Prepare for a Fuel Oil Delivery

You need fuel oil to keep your home warm, but you don’t want to pay ridiculously high prices. That’s why you should call Suffolk Oil for all of your home heating oil needs. Offering some of the most affordable prices on the highest quality fuel oil on Long Island and providing the most convenient delivery services, there’s no other company that compares to Suffolk Oil.

If you’ve just scheduled your first Long Island fuel oil delivery with Suffolk Oil, you’ll want to make sure that the process goes as smoothly as possible. While their team of professionals will certainly go the extra mile to make your delivery convenient, they’ll certainly appreciate it if you help them out to make the delivery even easier.

Here’s a look at some simple things that you can do to prepare your home for a delivery of heating to make the process easier for both you and our Suffolk Oil delivery technicians.

Make Your House Easy to Find

Suffolk Oil uses state-of-the-art navigation to pinpoint the exact location of your home; however, making sure that your house is easily visible will certainly be appreciated.

Check to ensure that your house number is easy to see, whether it’s on the mailbox or displayed on the front of your home. If your delivery is scheduled after the sun goes down, keep a light on.

The more visible your house is, the easier it will be for the driver to find you, and the faster your tank will be filled up.

Ensure Easy Access

Find out where the inlet for your home heating oil is located. If you’re home when the delivery technician arrives, you may want to take a moment to tell him or her where the inlet pipe is. If you aren’t home, highlight the area so that the technician doesn’t have to waste time searching for it; for example, if it’s behind a fence, leave the gate propped open.

We’d also appreciate it if you take a few moments to clear the area. Clean up anything that could obstruct access, such as landscaping tools, garbage cans, snow and ice, leaves, or any other debris. If you have bushes or shrubs planted near the inlet pipe, keep them trimmed. You should also clear the space leading from your driveway or the road up to the inlet pipe. The delivery technician will be pulling a large hose from the truck to the inlet, so making sure that any branches, rocks, and other hazards are moved out of the way will be extremely helpful.

Make Sure You can be Reached

Though the professionals at Suffolk Oil will go the extra mile to ensure deliveries are received in a timely manner, emergencies can arise. Weather can change without notice, road closures can occur, and accidents can happen. If the unplanned does occur, you want to be sure that the fuel oil delivery technician can reach you.

When you schedule your delivery, make sure you provide the best number to contact you. That way, if something does happen and the technician needs to reach you, he or she will be able to. Even if everything does go as planned, the driver may want to give you a call just to confirm that the arrival and completion of your Long Island fuel oil delivery.

Taking these steps will simplify our technicians job and ensure that the delivery of your home heating oil goes as smoothly as possible. The easier it is for us to deliver your oil, the more convenient the delivery will be for you. We want to assure you that your efforts are greatly appreciated!

To schedule a delivery for fuel oil, either give us a call, or for the ultimate in convenience, schedule your delivery online using our automated scheduling. You can choose your delivery time, the type of oil you would like to receive, see the latest oil prices, track your deliveries, and pay online ahead of time. Talk about home heating oil delivery made easy!

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