Oil Burner Service in Shoreham
Shoreham is a village in Suffolk County. It is an incorporated village on Long Island's North Shore, about 60 miles east of New York City, in the Town of Brookhaven. It borders Long Island Sound to the north and lies near Rocky Point, East Shoreham and Wading River. The ZIP code is 11786.
Local Homes and Their Heating Systems
The village has a mix of housing eras and styles. Its comprehensive plan says most homes are at least 50 years old; early development included late-19th-century farmhouses and woodcutters' cottages, and many homes in the older village were built in the first two decades of the 20th century. A significant building period occurred from 1965 to 1974. Styles include Arts and Crafts four-squares, ranches, Cape Cods, Colonials, estate homes and modern homes. The plan notes that some early summer houses had poor foundations and little insulation before later upgrades. What that means on a service call: the burner might be a Beckett from the 1980s or a Riello fitted last year, and the boiler behind it anything from a cast-iron sectional to a condensing unit. The truck is stocked for the whole range.
Heating Fuel in This Area
Heating oil use versus natural gas cannot be reliably quantified from the sources found. The fuel does not change how we work. Oil burners get a nozzle, filter and strainer with every cleaning, gas boilers get their igniters and valves checked, and both get a combustion and safety test before the technician leaves.
Our Oil Burner Service Routes
We take calls from every part of Shoreham, including Old Village, Estates and Shoreham Slopes. New York State Route 25A, North Country Road, Woodville Road and Woodville Landing Road are the routes our trucks use into town. Houses around Major Hopkins Park, Western Parkland, Shoreham-Wading River Rail-to-Trails route and Former Wardenclyffe LIRR station site have had our trucks on the block for years. Long Island Sound is the closest open water.
Cold Nights and Emergency Oil Burner Calls
The village is exposed to coastal storms and erosion along its Sound-facing bluffs; its comprehensive plan reports that Hurricane Sandy damaged the beach and downed trees. It also describes stormwater overflow during extreme storms that has flooded nearby yards and basements around Overhill Road. The plan's 2008 flood map identified the beach up to the bluff as a special flood-hazard area; this is not a current flood determination. Near the water, the usual winter failures are a gelled outdoor line or a filter clogged with tank sludge. Both are quick fixes when the truck carries the parts, and ours do.
About the Area
The Village of Shoreham was incorporated in 1913. The former Shoreham LIRR station opened in 1895 as Wardenclyffe; train service ended in 1938.
If the problem is the boiler rather than the burner, see our page on boiler repair in Shoreham.