Your heating contractor will work with you to determine your best conversion options. Take the complete Electric-to-Oil Conversion Tour to determine your options.

Generating Heat
A compact heating appliance fits in a utility closet, basement, garage or even outdoors. An oil-fired boiler (1) heats water and pumps it to baseboard units as well as other heating devices such as towel warmers. An oil-fired furnace (2) heats air, forces this through duct work and into your home. A further choice is an outdoor unit (3) which houses and vents the boiler or furnace outside.

Circulating Heat
New duct work (4) can be installed with minimal structural change to carry hot air to registers with new duct work, you can also install central air conditioning!
Using existing ductwork, many contractors report that an oil furnace provides warm air at the register at 120-130^oF as opposed to 90-100^oF typical of an electric heat pump. A boiler works too: with a fan coil (4b) air is forced around hot water coils and then into the home.

A third option is a slim baseboard unit (5)connected to an oil-fired boiler that distributes hot water to each unit. Different zones on individual thermostats allow for customized heating and energy efficiency.

Hot Water Savings
With oil, you should enjoy more hot water and energy savings over an electric water heater. Water heating choices include an oil-fired water heater (6) or an indirect water heater (7) in which water from the boiler heats water in a separate storage tank.

Oil Storage
Oil provides the comfort of knowing you can always have reserve heating. Your choices include a space-saving upright tank (8) or the traditional basement or outdoor fuel oil storage tank (9). Other modern space-saving tank sizes and shapes may be available through your dealer... be sure to ask!

Venting
Your oilheat appliance requires a method of venting combustion outside of the home as well as bringing in necessary fresh air. One option is the installation of a compact chimney inside the home (10) with the option of a traditional chimney cover (11) or outside the home (12) with the choice of boxing it in. A simple alternative is the modern side wall direct vent (13) or power venter (14) which connects from your appliance through-the-wall much like a dryer vent.