Oil to Gas Conversion
in the Capital Region, NY

It comes down to one thing: whether a natural gas main runs down your street. Your gas utility can tell you if one passes your address, and on the free in-home visit we confirm it and check that the house has, or can get, a service line and a meter. If no main reaches the property, a conversion is not possible there and we recommend a high-efficiency oil or propane system instead.

Three main pieces. First, a new gas line from the meter to your heating equipment, with the utility gas hookup coordinated. Second, a new high-efficiency gas furnace if your home is forced-air, or a condensing gas boiler if you have radiators or baseboard heat, sized with a real load calculation. Third, the oil feed is capped and the old tank has to be dealt with. We pull the permits, run the venting to code and see the job through municipal inspection.

The old tank cannot just stay connected. Once the oil feed is capped, the tank has to be dealt with, and how that is done depends on the tank and where it sits. We go over your tank during the free in-home assessment so it is settled before the written quote.

Yes — a gas-line installation and a heating change-out are permitted, code-inspected work, and we handle all of it. ESP pulls the permits, runs the gas line and venting to code, coordinates the utility gas hookup, and sees the job through municipal inspection. We are licensed and insured, with City of Albany license #PLBG21-147, so the work passes inspection and your home stays safe. You are never left chasing the town hall after the install.

It depends on the length of the new gas line, whether the house needs a furnace or a boiler, and the venting, so we do not guess a number before seeing the house. A flat written price follows the free assessment, and the job is only booked after you agree. Our heating replacement cost guide covers the factors involved, and financing can spread the payments.

It depends. Gas and heating oil prices both move, and the result also turns on the size of the house, how efficient the old system is and how efficient the new one will be. We will not promise a dollar figure on a web page. On the visit we lay the conversion next to what you pay for oil now, so bring a delivery receipt or two if you have them and you can decide with real numbers.

How long it takes depends on your house: the new equipment, the gas line, the utility hookup and the inspection each add time, and the utility’s schedule is outside our control. We give you a timeline with the written quote.

A conversion burner swaps just the burner on old equipment, so the furnace or boiler keeps its age, its wear and its efficiency. A new gas furnace or boiler replaces the whole system, and that is the path we scope. If you want a straight like-for-like replacement without changing fuel, see furnace replacement or boiler replacement.

Then there is nothing to convert to. The choices are a new high-efficiency oil or propane furnace or boiler, or a heat pump where it suits the house. We check the main first so you do not pay for a plan that cannot go ahead. Start with furnace replacement, boiler replacement or heat pump installation.

Yes, wherever a gas main reaches the street: Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga Springs, Clifton Park, Colonie, Delmar, East Greenbush and the towns between them. We work from our shop in Nassau, NY (Rensselaer County). See the local pages for Albany, Schenectady and Troy, or call (518) 482-4205 and we confirm what gas access your address has.

Yes. A conversion is a bigger job, with a new gas line and a new system, and financing is available through Acorn Finance. See the current terms on our financing page; at the quote we put the monthly payment next to the flat price.