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Haha. Yep. Would prefer it if this thread didnt take that turn
the metal place built a big press thing for squishing down tanks ,, it was made from jcb scale rams and old factory I beams ,,, tough bit of kit ,,,
the tanks broke it. those tanks are mighty tough ... glad to say I had nothing to do with the press on this occasion , but I may do the next one for them ,,,
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Thread deviation on this forum ….. Nah that never happens!
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Bear in mind there are regulations regarding clearances between oil tanks and air vents, non fire rated eaves, boundaries, and the edge of the base it’s sat on (to name a few). Building regs document J covers them. If you change size and/or shape of tank an installation that was compliant might not be anymore. I have a different view on this to some as I am an ex oftec engineer. Most tanks I came across didn’t comply with regs.
Best keep quiet about it then
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Well no not really... If you buy an old tank and it fails and you have a non compliant installation it could be a bit problematic. Hopefully that’ll never happen but thought it was worth sharing. You can guarantee that insurance companies will look for any reason to not pay out. Also more regs now on bunded and non bunded tank locations etc etc. It’s becoming much more regulated.
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build it out bricks and concrete top then brick build it
it will be cheaper last longer as well
then coat it with board and coat it with grp
make a good lid for it and it will last a lifetime
ya cant drill that or poke a hole in it thats for sure and it wont look like an oil tank either
it will be cheaper last longer as well
then coat it with board and coat it with grp
make a good lid for it and it will last a lifetime
ya cant drill that or poke a hole in it thats for sure and it wont look like an oil tank either
A quick scan localish to me and there is an 1800L for £60 and a couple of 2500L at £150 one at £200 but there are loads of them, you do get the odd person who thinks they are worth more.
If you have a trailer and some help at hand immediately then you may be in a position to get one of the real bargain. Even a 2500L isn't that heavy to move once it's empty. We moved ours from the back of the house to the yard so I could clean it a couple of years back just me and one of my kids.
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Rich be careful about single skinned tanks if you even appear to be a farm.
I think the rules changed notably for diesel tanks where they had to be bunded by April last year or the year before (about the time I moved back to Wales). A lot of the oil companies around us were getting shirty if you still had a single skinned tank even if it wasn't for diesel.
They almost refused to fill my parents red diesel tank but because the driver was there and Mum managed to convince him to be a nice bloke (I think a bacon sarnie was involved) he did actually fill it up but said the next guy probably wouldn't.
If you're 100% private then they don't have an issue but farms have had a clamp down.
These kind of things are another really good reason to always use the same supplier, with the company we use we've had the same driver probably 5 out of the last 6 deliveries.
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Not quite that simple. Yes the heat pump can work either way but you need a separate chilled circuit internally or you get huge condensation problems
Have installed a few in schools though to maintain the correct temp year round
