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A local Holbrook 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
In Holbrook oil and gas are tied. About 1,800 of the town's 4,400 occupied homes heat with oil, which is 41 percent, and gas has the same share. No other town this site covers is close to that.
It is also a town of single-family houses, 84 percent of the housing, with a median year built of 1957. That adds up to a lot of basement tanks owned by people who have used one oil company for decades. When that company changes its rules, a large part of town feels it in the same month.
A tank replacement or a new burner needs a permit from Holbrook Fire-Rescue at 300 South Franklin Street, 781-767-2234. The town does not post the fee. The department links to an online permitting portal from its page, so ask the installer whether the application goes in there or on paper.
No heat in a rental is a call to the Holbrook Health Department at Town Hall, 781-767-3030.
No. This is an independent guide for Holbrook. 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.