Oil heating is a safe and cost-effective option for heating your home. If you have a house with an oil tank, you should expect to replace the tank every 10 to 20 years. The average cost to replace ...

How to identify an oil furnace Look for an external fuel tank that’s metal or poly-coated metal. Most fuel oil tanks are a flattened oval. Viewed from the end, they resemble a typed zero (0).

Lucinda Tyler and Aaron Raymo sit outside their home with fuel containers they used to fill their heating oil tank at their home, Oct. 5, 2022 in Jay, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) ...