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A local Hingham oil dealer that still delivers to older tanks, inspects on the spot, services the burner, and takes will-call orders without a contract. Call before the first freeze. Based near Braintree.
(781) 325-837824 hours, 7 days
About 2,700 of Hingham's 9,700 occupied homes heat with oil, more than a quarter. The housing is newer than in the towns closer to Boston. The median year built is 1976, so a fair number of tanks here are the first and only one the house has had, which also makes them the oldest in service.
Hingham Fire Prevention is at 339 Main Street, open Monday through Thursday from 7 to 5: 781-741-1488. The town uses the state Department of Fire Services forms for tank and burner work and takes them by mail or email. It does not post a fee, so ask the installer.
Hingham has its own electric company, the Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant, and it offers a heat pump rebate to customers whose main heating fuel is oil. If a dealer tells you the tank is done, price that option alongside the new tank before you decide. Current amounts are on the light plant's website.
The Hingham Health Department is at 210 Central Street, 781-741-1466.
No. This is an independent guide for Hingham. The number connects you directly with a local family-owned dealer that still delivers to tanks other companies turn away.
Usually one of three things: the supply line is not sleeved or has no oil safety valve, the tank shows rust or weeping, or the tank is simply older than their internal cutoff. Only the first two are safety issues, and both can be fixed. Ask them to say in writing which one applies.
Look at the gauge on top. If it reads a quarter or less and it is below 40 degrees out, order today. Deliveries in a cold snap run two to five days behind.
A full tank before you go, automatic delivery on a degree-day schedule, the thermostat at 55 or higher, and a neighbor or the dealer with a key for a no-heat check. Tell your insurer the house is unoccupied if your policy requires it.
You are required to keep heat on for tenants, and a no-heat complaint goes to the board of health the same day. Call for an emergency fill and a tank check first, then set up automatic delivery so it does not happen in January. A written tank inspection also answers the tenant and your insurer.
That is the landlord's problem to solve, not yours, and the law does not accept it as a reason for no heat. Give the landlord this number; a local dealer can usually fill after a same-day check. If nothing happens within 24 hours, call your town's board of health.
Stop. Do not run the burner. Call the fire department, then the Massachusetts DEP spill line at 888-304-1133. A dealer cannot deliver to a tank that is leaking, and that is the right call.