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furnace oil tanks
My wife works in the oil business. She tells me those tanks can be special ordered in any size and can be purchased in 150 gallon size off the shelf. I assume you have a 275 in the basement? We have many people in our area that hook two in tandem to achieve the storage capacity they require, enabling them to be installed in the basement.
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Happens to me all the time, I think way past the problem/obvious solution when the answer is right in front of me. I believe there is a name for that but it eludes me now. We have a rebate here in this state for replacing old tanks. They have to be vented and have an alarm outside to prevent overfill but don't know of any other regulations other than those for burried tanks. You are in Canada aren't you, I am sure our laws aren't the same.
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The alarm is the whistler. Don't know of any restrictions YET on inside tanks so don't say it too loudly. Since a leak will usually develop slowly over a period of time and #2 doesn't have the flash point of some other fuels it is pretty safe. I have seen basements filled with it as a fireman and never seen a home lost from it. Of course the full basement was due to either homeowner or distributor error, not a leak. I can't tell you how many gas (propane and natural) explosions I have been involved with, lost count over the years.
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I think replacing the old tank is a good idea simply as a preventative measure in your case. What I was trying to say was the reason I believe we don't have much regulation on inside oil tanks is because they are low risk. But you certainly are correct about having to protect people from themselves, unfortunately. I have a stainless steel liner in my chimney due to poor maintenance by the previous owner. That thing cost me 2k ten years ago and I don't think they used 20' of pipe total. It is one heck of a chimney now though, fireproof insulation in the anular space around it, then tile and lastly cement block. Not much worry when the fire is vented into something like that, been to many chimney fires where folks lost part or all of their house due to poorly maintained stacks and never wanted to be on the receiving end!
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