900-gallon Residential Oil Tank Installation
This project might seem ordinary when we tell you that it was an oil tank installation in a brand new home. However, this is no ordinary new home and this heating oil tank has a 900-gallon capacity. The standard size for most homes is 275-gallons. Also, it was installed in a basement 2 floors below ground level.
At the time of installation the home was newly constructed and designed to have 6 bedrooms and 5.5 baths. It is located high on a cliff overlooking Singing Beach in Manchester, Massachusetts. You can imagine the logistics.
To start the project, we submitted a detailed installation drawing along with the tank specifications to the local fire department to get approval to install the oil tank. Then a flat bed truck was required to transport the tank. Additionally, a crane, rigging, and 3-man crew was needed to move it from the truck to the basement. Eighty feet of steel pipe was installed by our technicians to connect the tank to the outside wall so the oil company could access the fill pipe. This job was definitely not your ordinary oil tank installation.
Dan Hoag has worked in the environmental and tank storage industry for 16 years. Dan’s range of expertise includes designing systems for oil spill clean-ups, treating soil contamination through "in situ" oxidation and testing, and inspecting underground storage tank systems. As head of Marketing and Information Technologies at CommTank, Dan draws from field experience to write about fuel, water and chemical storage technologies, and the regulations that affect them. He has developed training courses in home inspection, underground storage tank operator, ultrasonic thickness and tank tightness testing. Over the past decade, Dan has published over 60 articles about industry trends and has documented commercial, residential, and environmental projects through illustration, videos, and photography. When Dan unplugs from technology, he spends his time backyard farming, hiking, and kayaking, while masquerading as a hockey player during the wee hours of the morning.