Beating the cold winter can be made easier if you just have the right equipment and supplies. During the early days, coal was used by people to provide heat for their homes. Today, coal has been replaced by heating oil. The oil is usually ordered from vendors who deliver them straight to your home. The oil is then heated in gigantic boilers or furnaces to increase the temperature in your home. Home heating oil is usually used by people to warm up their homes during cold winters. Furnaces instead of boilers are the ones more used in homes today, as boilers need a separate room specifically built for them to accommodate the boiler because of their size. When buying heating oil, one can chose between three different types, which are named after number one ,two and three. The number one has the best quality and the other two are cheaper and has less quality.