WHY OUR CUSTOMERS STICK WITH OIL HEAT…
PRICE– The price of Heating Oil and Natural Gas fluctuate all of the time. However, for most of the past 20 years, Oilheat has been less expensive. Plus the gas company adds on charges for delivery, usage, and several different “adjustments” that add to your monthly bill.
SAFETY– GAS IS EXPLOSIVE!! – Oil is not. Utility gas home heating systems are the leading cause of death from carbon monoxide poisoning in the U.S.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY– Utility gas is mostly methane which is 20 times more harmful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Plus oilheat systems are the only home heating equipment currently able to accept renewable fuels– BIOHEAT.
LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED– Your gas utility is a massive company with more than 3 million customers. Our company is family owned and operated. You will always talk with a real live person and can usually talk with the owner any day. Good luck reaching the CEO of your gas company.
SERVICE – Oilheat dealers offer full service around the clock. Oil deliveries, maintenance, installations…. Service with your Utility Gas company usually means them telling you to call a plumber.
Good luck with that in the middle of a cold winter night!
June 15Happy Father’s Day! |
Congratulations Graduates! |
IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM OUR CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
Enclosed you will find your last regular budget billing of this season. You should remit your regular budget amount due OR if you are sure that you will not be receiving another delivery this season, and
your actual balance is less than your scheduled payment, you may elect to pay your account balance at this time. Any balance remaining on your account after this billing must be paid in full before July 30,
2015. Any credit remaining on your account will be applied to the next seasons budget amount. Our new budget season will begin August 1, 2015. As always, we at Rand-Handy would like to sincerely
THANK YOU for your patronage last season and we look forward to once again serving your home comfort needs in the future.
MOVING, OR SELLING YOUR HOME?
If you are, please let us know at your earliest convenience. You may want us to monitor your oil deliveries, or measure your tank for oil when it comes time for the closing. We would like to connect with the new buyers after your closing and can offer to extend the service contract to them. You may also find it helpful to have service records of your heating system available to any potential buyers. In any case, please feel free to call us if you need anything– we would be happy to help.
STAY COOL THIS SUMMER-ECONOMICALLY
Use of fans instead of air-conditioners can be both practical and economical if done properly. By nature, warm air rises to the ceiling and cool air settles to the floor. Opening a window at the top lets warm air out. By opening the lower portion of a window on the opposite side of the room, you achieve air flow. Opening doors in stair hallways allows air to move up stairways and out through second floor windows– as you would expect, fans will do this faster. A fan at the top of a second floor window exhausting warm air is more efficient than one pushing air from below. If you use a fan to draw cool air into the house, be sure and do it from the shaded side of the house, not the sunny side. Other suggestions: Close up early. Before the days heat arrives, close all windows and doors and pull shades on the sunny side of the house. Go easy on cooking or hot jobs – wait until it’s cooler or use smaller appliances. Turn off some lights. Don’t boil on the stove or take long hot showers-this will increase humidity.
FOOD FOR THOUGHTIt was the accepted practice in Babylon, approx. 4000 years ago, that for a month after the wedding the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all of the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month….which eventually became known as the “Honeymoon”. |
OUTDOOR ALMANAC—LATE SPRING
| June | 6-8 | Bugs appear |
| 10-12 | Field wildflowers in bloom | |
| 15 | Fireflies appear in grassy areas | |
| 18-20 | Watch for baby birds on lawns and shrubs.
(Most seemingly lost babies are not orphans; parents are nearby.) |
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| 21 | Summer Solstice– Longest day of the year | |
| 23-25 | Gray tree frogs begin singing about this time. |
A NOTE FROM OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT:
Throughout the year, we ask our service technicians to note any problems, deficiencies, or recommendations for equipment improvements they feel would be of benefit to your heating system. The ideal time to address these problems and recommendations is during the summer and prior to Labor Day. Not only are we better able to accommodate your schedule, but we can also have the technician that knows your system the best to perform the work for you.
If we have made note of any follow up work on your copy of a service invoice, please fell free to call us to discuss this. (781-834-8831) We have most likely tried to reach you about scheduling this work also. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STYLES
There are many different ways to tell workers they are no longer needed. Like Major League Baseball Manager Tony LaRussa, when he visited the mound and asked the pitcher if he had heard the weather forecast. When the pitcher said, “No”, LaRussa said, “Showers”.
May OIL DRAWING WINNERS
1st Prize: Alison T., Pembroke
2nd Prize: Daniel C., Marshfield
3rd Prize: Sarah B., Duxbury
CONGRATULATIONS to OUR Winners!