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A local Canton 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
Canton has the newest housing of the towns this site covers, with a median year built of 1980, and it is mostly on gas. About 1,600 of 9,600 occupied homes heat with oil, or 16 percent.
Being in the minority has a cost. A dealer deciding which stops to keep looks at how many it has on a street. If your company has trimmed its Canton route, the tank may have had nothing to do with it. Ask them directly.
The Fire Prevention Division is at Canton Fire headquarters, 99 Revere Street, 781-575-6654. Canton's posted fees are $20 for an oil burner permit, $25 to install a residential tank and $25 to remove one. Fire permits are not in the town's online system. The forms are PDFs on the town website and the installer files them.
The Canton Board of Health is at 79 Pleasant Street: 781-821-5021.
No. This is an independent guide for Canton. 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.