Jaime, How did they discover the tank and the leak? Disclosure - has there ever been an underground oil tank?
I am wondering because I will one day be dealing with a tank that pumped and filled with sand. That tank is under a concrete slab/front porch. The house was converted to natural gas 20 years ago. On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: > Underground heating oil tanks are very common here in northern New Jersey > where many houses were built from the 1920s-50s. In many cases, there was > no natural gas service available and oil was the best solution. Slowly, > all these houses have had their tanks removed. Lucky ones remove them > without any event. Unlucky ones have a leaking tank that turns into an > environmental disaster. Its enough of a problem here that you can get an > insurance policy to protect yourself. > > We are house shopping now and any house with an underground tank is a big > red flag. To buy such a house, its common to request the tank to be > removed as a condition of sale. > > My neighbor in my old neighborhood got really screwed. He had the tank > pumped and filled with sand, as was the common practice 10-15 years ago. > He passed away and the family tried to sell the house. They can't find any > documentation about what was done to the tank. An inspection showed the > soil around the tank was contaminated. The sale fell threw, and now the > house is in foreclosure because the family just can't deal with the bills. > The tank is under the driveway and on the properly line of the neighbors. > The property is probably 60 ft wide... extracting the contaminated soil > involves pulling up two driveways, working against the foundation of > houses, etc. Its a real shame, the house is just beautiful. But its been > vacant for two years now and its deteriorating fast. > > Jaime > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Curt Raymond > <curtlud...@yahoo.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > No basements in Alaska? > > > > In New England most oil tanks live in the basement, no problems with fuel > > gelling. The folks who have their tanks outside generally live in > > trailers... > > > > > > -Curt > > > > Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:21:04 -0800 > > From: clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net <javascript:;>> > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com <javascript:;>> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues > > Message-ID: <832b9524-ae4a-4ebc-87d0-85196c15f...@comcast.net<javascript:;> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > A proportion of the NE heats with Citgo and that is underwritten by our > > buddy Hugo Chavez. When he dies, that subsidy goes away. > > > > There is no great use of heating oil in Alaska that I am aware of. Too > > much freeze to allow it to flow and severe enviro-weenie regulations that > > do not allow it to be stored under ground anyway. > > > > clay > > > > On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:51 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > > > > You forget oil. Much of the northeast heats with oil. > > > > > > In older houses here hydronic is pretty common, usually in the form of > > baseboard hot water though theres still a fair amount of steam around. > Its > > much easier to add (like in my house) baseboard than to run ducts for hot > > air. > > > > > > -Curt > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
