Dennis;
Are oil fired things, (furnace/water heater) common in your part of the country? We lived in a couple houses with oil furnaces, but I never heard of an oil water heater. LP or natural gas is probably used in 90% of the homes around here with wood and electric taking up the rest. Our house in town still has the old flat side oil tank in the basement with no way to remove it unless it was cut up, so there it sits with a bit of fuel in the bottom yet.
Both of our houses have LP furnaces with one having an electric water heater and the other an LP water heater.
Thye electric heater has been replaced at about ten years with a leaking tank, the LP one is older than dirt and never needed any attention, yet.
I think every appliance including the LP furnace,(twice), except the fridge has been replaced in the ten to twelve year age, just out living the warrantys by a year or two. on the farm house built in 1997.

Frank.

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