The UK sees spells of extreme weather annually, particularly during the winter months. Storms, snow, freezing temperatures, or periods of heavy rainfall can cause issues for heating oil deliveries.
Delivering heating oil during bad weather can be difficult, whether you live in a rural or urban area. Here, we cover what you need to know about the impact of extreme weather conditions on heating oil deliveries.
How Extreme Weather Impacts Heating Oil Deliveries
Domestic heating oil deliveries can be impacted in multiple ways during a bad weather spell:
- Heating oil delivery challenges: Snow, high winds, and heavy rain can make it difficult for drivers to safely deliver your fuel. Fallen trees, flooding and other factors can also lead to access difficulties in extreme weather.
- Higher home heating oil prices: Heating oil demand tends to increase with colder temperatures. However, as demand for heating oil products increases, so do crude oil prices.
- Heating oil supply chain interruption: Weather conditions can also impact deliveries and manufacturing higher up in the heating oil supply chain. For example, low temperatures can cause issues for oil refineries.
How to Prepare for Bad Weather Whilst Living Off Grid
Domestic heating oil deliveries can be impacted in multiple ways during a bad weather spell:
- Heating oil delivery challenges: Snow, high winds, and heavy rain can make it difficult for drivers to safely deliver your fuel. Fallen trees, flooding and other factors can also lead to access difficulties in extreme weather.
- Higher home heating oil prices: Heating oil demand tends to increase with colder temperatures. However, as demand for heating oil products increases, so do crude oil prices.
- Heating oil supply chain interruption: Weather conditions can also impact deliveries and manufacturing higher up in the heating oil supply chain. For example, low temperatures can cause issues for oil refineries.
Order Heating Oil Ahead of Winter
Plan your oil delivery for early autumn to avoid running out of fuel in the midst of winter. Not only will you save money by ordering early, but you will also guarantee a cosy winter period.
Discover our heating oil payment plans.
Schedule a Boiler Service
Regular oil boiler servicing will help to keep your boiler in good condition. Even if you have heating oil remaining in your tank, a malfunctioning boiler can press pause on your heating.
Find more out about our boiler care services.
Install an Oil Level Monitor
To avoid unexpectedly running out of oil and needing an emergency oil delivery, consider purchasing an oil level monitor. The monitor will help you to keep an eye on the amount of oil left in your tank. With handy alerts from a mobile app, our FoxRadar tank monitor will let you know when it’s time to top up.
Learn more about the FoxRadar heating oil tank monitor.
Sign up to Cold Weather Priority
We offer priority heating oil delivery to our customers aged 75 and over as well as those considered vulnerable. Learn more about our Cold Weather Priority scheme.
Read our helpful guide for more tips on preparing your oil-heated home for the winter months.
Can I get an emergency heating oil delivery during bad weather?
We always strive to deliver home heating oil to our customers as quickly as possible regardless of location. However, extreme weather can cause severe delays in our oil delivery service. Therefore, we can’t guarantee urgent heating oil deliveries.
In the case of extreme weather, our local teams will complete all heating oil orders as soon as it is safe to do so. However, we will deliver to those on the Cold Weather Priority scheme first.
Preparing for power outages and temporary periods without heating oil are a must for anyone living off grid. Learn more off-grid tips that will help you to handle bad weather in our beginner’s guide to off-grid living.
If you’re eligible, join our Cold Weather Priority scheme today.
Order your delivery of home heating oil for winter to avoid running out when bad weather hits.
