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Should I replace 20 year old oil tank

  • 24-06-2020 7:45pm
    #1
    kerryjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering should I be looking at replacing a 20 year old oil tank, looks OK but how long do they last. I fill it up every summer and does house insurance cover oil that would be lost do to a spillage from a crack in tank and also the clean up. What ye think.


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  • #2
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,323 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    It should be checked on your annual service. What did your report say about it?

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



  • #3
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,965 ✭✭✭jimf


    kerryjack wrote: »
    Just wondering should I be looking at replacing a 20 year old oil tank, looks OK but how long do they last. I fill it up every summer and does house insurance cover oil that would be lost do to a spillage from a crack in tank and also the clean up. What ye think.


    a very warm topic at the moment due to low price of oil

    tanks been filled now that haven't for years

    I expect this year will see an awful increase in the amount of tanks that need replacing

    hairline crack today could end as a split tank tonight

    just have to be aware that a oil spill could run to 100k in the wrong area


  • #4
    kerryjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭kerryjack


    There probably is 400 Litres in it so don't know how I would manage a change over don't want to do it in middle of winter so might try and aim to run it to empty next summer and get it changed than.


  • #5
    bb12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 886 ✭✭✭bb12


    def change it. have seen 2 tanks crack that were both just over 15 years old...luckily both spotted in time and new tanks bought and oil transferred. the sunlight deteriorates the plastic over time.


  • #6
    The Bishop Basher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭The Bishop Basher


    The cost of a new tank pales into insignificance when compared to the potential cost of a spill. It’s a headache you really don’t want even if your insurance covers it.

    My folks just had to replace their tank as the oil delivery man noticed a hair line crack. Fair play to him cause they never would have noticed it.


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