Oil heating may not be as common as it once was, but many homes in Trumbull and across Fairfield County still rely on it—especially older homes.
At MVP Plumbing, we service, repair, and replace oil-fired boilers with a focus on safety, efficiency, and long-term reliability. Whether you’re sticking with oil or looking to convert to gas or propane, we’ll help you make the best choice for your home.
Oil heating systems use an on-site fuel tank and burner to heat water in your boiler. That water then circulates through baseboards or radiators to warm your home—or through coils to provide domestic hot water. If you’ve got an oil tank in your basement or outside the house, you’re likely using oil for either heat, hot water, or both.
By law, tanks must now be above ground, and many homeowners are choosing to upgrade to more efficient options.
Just like any heating system, oil boilers should be serviced once a year—typically in the fall, right before the cold weather hits. Routine maintenance helps catch issues early, keeps the burner clean, and ensures the system is running as efficiently and safely as possible.
We offer annual tune-ups and maintenance for our customers to extend the life of their system and reduce emergency calls.
Oil-fired boilers can last around 20 years if well-maintained. But once you pass the 15-year mark, we start looking closely at the condition and repair costs. For example, if you’re facing a $2,000 repair on a 20-year-old unit, it often makes more sense to replace the system than to patch it.
We don’t upsell—we give you clear options and help you weigh the cost, age, efficiency, and risk. Sometimes a repair makes sense. Other times, replacement is the smarter long-term move.
We specialize in oil-to-gas conversions, one of the most common upgrades we perform. Gas is cleaner, more efficient, and often more affordable to operate. If your neighborhood has access to natural gas, we’ll make the transition easy. If not, we’ll work with a propane provider to install tanks and get your home set up properly.
If you’re using oil heat – or thinking about switching to natural gas – give MVP Plumbing a call. We’ll help you maintain your current system or walk you through your best upgrade options with honest advice and expert installation.
So oil heating is basically the fuel source for your boiler. You would have an oil tank. Well, now, by law and code, they have to be above ground. You cannot have buried tanks anymore. So you’ll have an oil tank somewhere in your house or around your house that gets refilled depending on usage. And that’s the fuel that the equipment firms either for heating or hot water or both.
Would be probably a blocked filter because people don’t maintain their equipment or the whole burner motor itself.
