Heating your Ohio home with oil or propane? Start here.
Most fuel-delivery questions aren't really about the fuel. They're about the fine print: minimum deliveries, tank fees, will-call versus automatic delivery, budget plans that don't quite add up. This site explains how all of that actually works — in plain language, from the delivery-truck side of the hose — and lists Ohio companies that deliver heating oil and propane, region by region.
We are an independent guide. We don't sell fuel, we don't take orders, and no company can pay to change what we say about how the business works. Company listings are compiled from public sources and carry the basic facts — name, town, phone, website, fuels — nothing more. See how we put this together.
The guides
Start with the topic that's costing you money or sleep:
Minimum delivery gallons
Why companies won't bring you 40 gallons, why the typical minimum is 100–150 gallons, and how the minimum quietly changes your price per gallon.
Will-call vs. automatic delivery
You call when you're low, or the company watches the tank for you. The honest trade-offs of each — including who carries the risk of a run-out.
Ran out of oil? Do this first
The safe first steps when the furnace stops — including the reset-button rule that can save you a service call or cause a much bigger one.
Read your tank gauge
What the fractions on an oil gauge actually mean in gallons, and what a propane percentage gauge is really telling you.
Find a company by region
Southwest Ohio
Cincinnati, Dayton, and the river hills in between.
Central Ohio
Columbus and the farm counties around it.
Northeast Ohio
Cleveland, Akron, Canton, and the lake-effect snow belt.
Northwest Ohio
Toledo and the flat farm plains.
Southeast Ohio
Athens, the Hocking Hills, and the Ohio River counties.
New to oil or propane heat? Read Questions to ask a fuel company before you sign anything. Ten minutes with that checklist can save you a contract you didn't mean to agree to.