Benefits of Choosing a Local Oil Delivery Company

Express COD oil truck

As spring blooms across Long Island, ensuring your home stays warm during those lingering chilly nights is a top priority. While there are many oil delivery options out there, choosing a local company like Express COD offers unique advantages that national chains simply can’t match. With over 60 years of experience serving Nassau and Suffolk […]

Top Home Heating Myths of 2025

setting the thermostat

Common misconceptions have circulated over the years about the best ways to heat your home. They are well-intentioned but often not well-researched. These heating myths can lead people to use inefficient heating practices that result in higher bills. It’s important to understand the differences between fact and fiction when it comes to home heating. 1. […]

How to Be More Efficient with Your Home Heating Oil

home heating oil efficiency

Whether times are tight or not, it’s always good to check in on how much we’re spending on essentials each month to make sure we’re managing our homes efficiently and with care. One of the most essential resources in our home is heating oil. What makes it even more important to be aware of our […]

How a Zone Control System Can Save You Money

zoned heating system savings

In the winter months, home heating is vital for the comfort of your family. As Long Island is one of the oldest suburbs in the country, the homes throughout Nassau and Suffolk have a wide age range, spanning several decades, which means they won’t all heat in the same way. Many houses may need better […]

What Happens When You Run Out of Heating Oil?

empty heating oil tank gauge

There are so many chores to be done around the house in the winter. With a long to-do list, it’s easy for out-of-sight, out-of-mind tasks to slip through the cracks. Checking your oil tank gauge is easy to forget until you run out of heating oil in the middle of a Long Island winter. What […]

How To Read Your Oil Tank

reading an oil tank

Now that we’re firmly in the middle of winter, many of us are finding ourselves very thankful for our home heating. And this winter may be one that we’re grateful for our home heating in particular as we are likely looking at below-average temperatures compared to recent years despite the possibility of less snowfall. This […]

Why Changing Your Furnace Filter Is Important

changing furnace filter

An important and often overlooked way to extend HVAC lifetime is one of the simplest to implement – changing your filters. It is also one of the more neglected aspects of maintenance, probably because people don’t realize just how essential it is.

What to Do If a Flood Damages Your HVAC Unit

HVAC flood damage

This hurricane season has already been record-setting in other parts of the country. That means many of us here on Long Island are rightfully wondering if this will mean a wetter fall and winter season than usual. There are indicators that we may be experiencing a La Nina season this year, which means that the […]

Energy Efficiency and Heat Pumps

heat pumps

With weather extremes becoming more and more normal for Nassau and Suffolk counties, everyone we know is looking for the most energy-efficient ways to heat and cool their homes. So when people ask us about heat pumps, and whether they can cool your home, the answer is, “Let’s talk about heat pumps.” When you have […]

Can Heating Oil Evaporate in The Summer?

cozy warm home on Long Island

As temperatures across the country rocket, heating oil is probably not the main thing on most people’s minds. However, summer is an excellent time to fill up your tank, as you’ll usually get the lowest prices of the year. With the heat as intense as it has been, and a significant amount of it yet […]