well, our Oil Tank shit the bed today

[matcom]

there is $1,000 down the drain :eyes:

luckily Mrs Matcom smelled oil this morning and found the leak before too much escaped or anything go ruined.

she told me as soon as I returned from Lowe's with the new kitchen countertops.

timing is everything i guess :eyes:

[Droopy]

1. Is that a tank for fuel oil?

I had one of those when I lived in a trailer

[matcom]

2. heating oil - standard here in New England

275 gallons worth. and yes, we got an oil drop yesterday

i now have 8 50 gallon drums in my basement holding all my oil until they get a new tank in here

[Droopy]

3. Shit

I hate household repairs. Well hopefully things will turn up for you pretty soon. Buy a lottery ticket, what the hell.

[Sydnie]

4. Bummer Matcom!

That's not going to be cheap either. The fees for getting rid of an old oil tank are high because they are considered hazardous waste.

Could be why they often find them buried under things huh?

Good luck!

In the meantime, what are you doing for heat? It's gonna get burrrr cold up here tonight.

[matcom]

6. we are good

they ran a special line to the furnace from the 50 gallon drums.

like i said: $1,000+ before all is said and done

[Sydnie]

15. That's cool

I'll have to remember that little trick if it ever happens to me. I have two tanks in my basement and I am not sure I have a door big enough anymore to get them out if it did.

Glad you are going to stay warm.

Now, go up those counters together! LOL

[shawcomm]

21. Glad you were able to come up with 8 drums in an emergency...

I've been searching, fruitlessly, for just one.

[matcom]

22. our oil company supplied them

had them here in under 30 minutes

[trof]

27. oh.

nevermind

[trof]

26. Hold it. HOLD IT!

You just "happen" to have eight 50 gallon drums back there in a corner of the cellah?
What ELSE you got down there?

[Kali]

5. not familiar with fuel oil, but

can't you repair the tank? I have used gas tank repair epoxy on a couple of vehicles - it seems to hold pretty good and you don't even have to empty the tanks when you apply it.....

[matcom]

7. against the law

its now hazardous waste.

can't repair them. must have new installed

[Kali]

17. this doesn't really apply

since you said elsewhere that the thing was 30 and end of its lifespan, but....just because somethign is against the law.....well I mean....you know.....obvioulsy the crew that just filled your tank didn't see it....

I mean a $5 pack of epoxy vs $1000 tank...however since its that old and likely you will be needing many $5 packs of epoxy I can see your point.

[notadmblnd]

18. maybe now is a good time to check out propane?

nt

[slutticus]

25. Hank?

[RoeBear]

14. A good idea!

Just get down that basement with your welding torch and patch her up.
I'll be sticking my head out the window and see if I can tell what direction the 'BOOM!' comes from.

[Kali]

19. EPOXY

you know, two-part putty goop. No explosions required.

[shawcomm]

24. yep. JB Weld is the best form

but still a notch below duct tape.

[MikeG]

8. Covered by homeowners insurance?

[matcom]

9. nope

100% mine

its ok. we have it, just didn't plan on spending it on this

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. any warranties on it?

[matcom]

13. honey, this tank is at least 30 years old

maybe more. that is about their life span

nothing to warranty

at least we are lucky and ours in in our basement and NOT burried in the ground

[Mr.Green93]

10. Ouch!

Hope the Haz-Mat crews don't show up and declare an emergency.

[DainBramaged]

12. Gives the BFEE snoopers reason to question you

Uh sir, we smelled oil, mind if we come in? No, well we can come in sir, why do you have diesel oil in 55gal. drums? No difference sir, heating oil, diesel, both #2, just the additives are different. Now, have you bought any fertilizer lately?


Terror in the streets, the Bushsniffers are out in force.

[SarahB]

16. I am so sorry.

That sucks. :(

[B Calm]

20. I have a 1000 gallon underground oil tank that started allowing

water seepage into the tank. I bought an above ground tank and had the oil man pump my fuel from underground into the above tank. Water and oil do seperate, so it wasn't that big of deal. Last winter my oil furnace went out and my heater man talked me into a gas furnace. I hate gas heat, for some reason it is not as warm as oil heat. I saved maybe a thousand dollars going with a new gas furnace, but if I had to do it over I would have spent the thousand dollars and got another oil furnace..

[trof]

23. Now there's a good ol' New england expression.

I haven't heard "shits the bed" since I left Nashua.
Leaking at a jernt or a hole in the tank?