small Keroscene tank

minterno

hi guys,im thinking of either buying or making a small keroscene tank for my central heating,i have a 1000litre tank but as i cant afford to fill it and am sick of throwing 50litres in from cans every few weeks and worried in case it runs out so a smallish tank about a hundred litres or so that i could top up easly and be able do dip it when i need to is what im thinking, im not stuck on 100 litre,50litre would probably do, can a 50 litre tank be bought,would a converted wheelie bin do the job,things are tough at the moment so cheapest solution will have to do,bearing in mind safty also,any one got any thoughts they might like to share,regards

heinbloed

If your consumer (boiler?) has a pump then why not taping straight from the can?
Talk to a heating engineer before you start DIY jobs using a wheely bin etc..
There are small tanks available, yes. Some fit into kitchen cup boards.

DGOBS

Firstly, DO NOT put an oil tank in your kitchen cupboard!

If you went to a local fabricator, it wouldn't be huge money for them to make a small metal tank with the correct fittings on it, then you can paint it yourself to weather protect it.

Adapting things like wheelie bins will only end in tears, especially when it ends up all over your garden and someone like the EPA come knocking.

Whatever way you approach this, think safety, if you chose to locate a small oil tank indoors be careful you don't end up invalidating your house insurance. Internal oil storage have a lot of restrictions to them from a safety perspective.

minterno

thanks for the reply guys,i was hoping to find a plastic tank(small) and it would be located beside my 1000 litre at the end of the garden,im a metal fabricator by trade although im a welder for a living,but unemployed and no facilities to fab a small vesel but id prefer a plastic one with no maintainance,also i had loss/leak of about 600litres of kerosene on my first fill of the tank about 12 years ago,the oil iine was severed under ground during the landscaping,a standard block was resting on the oil line and i suppose a jcb or dumper drove over it,the result was a major leak on my first fill,just as well i turned off the valve on the tank over night or the full 1000 litres would have been gone,i got on to the builder who ignored me so i got on to the auctioneers who sent me to the builders who again ignored me so i told the auctioneers that i was going to disrupt all viewing of the showhouse until it was sorted,shortly after the builder arrived and more or less told me to bugger off,i got on to the council and after after trawling through about 6 different departments i finally got a guy who could tell me what had to be done,end result was the builder had to export to holland all the contaminated soil and after treatment return it to cork and bury it which must have been a lesson learned.the pipe they installed was actually a water pipe,i replaced the line with the required one ie copper with a white plastic coating,the plumber who worked for the builder was a cowboy,the toilets in the house were leaking,the hot tap were on the cold,shower had to be changed within a month or two,pipes from the sinks outside the drywall,sinks very off level,typical cowboy stuff so i would be very aware of the risks and wont be taking chances,the wheelie bin was just throwin out there to get the ball rolling so to speak,if a small tank can be bought where would i buy it,cheers

DGOBS

A very expensive lesson for the builder, usually about €10000 or so, he's lucky it didn't reach the water table or a river, then clean up can be extremely serious and expensive

You may find doing a bit a fab is the easiest and cheapest as small oil tanks tend to expensive, to maintain a steel one would amount to a lick of paint every two years or so, so not a whole ton!

minterno

thanks for the reply,it i was working id make one up in an hour or two using some 16in ss pipe with no maintainence issues but i dont think my old company would like to leave me use the workshop due to insurance reasons,if i was working for them there would be no bother,they were great if you wanted to do a foxer for yourself,i made ss fold down ladders for boats,a good few sets of gates, ss railings for boats,anything you wanted to do was no problem but the way things are with fellas taking slips and compo dives thats a thing of the past nowdays for most of us,regards

liveandnetural

am i missing something here?????????
just order 100 or 150 euros worth and put in the tank you have!!....... because if you buying it from pump on a fourcourt its at least 10% more the a bulk price

studdlymurphy

What about one of these

minterno

studdlymurphy wrote: »

What about one of these

thanks for the link,they could be just the job but id be afraid to use anything unless it was designed for kerosene,a few years ago i made a small washer out of some plastic from a bucket,when i bled my systen the first time i overtightened the bleed nut/bolt and destroyed the threads so i tapped out a bigger thread(m12 i think)and used the plastic diy washer to get a seal,well it lasted about 6 months and then perished and i had a leak in the kitchen and had a smell of kero in the house for months,i know the guy says the drums are suitable for oil but the sellers on done deal(should be called 'you'll be done')will say anything to make a sale,there is no feedback system on donedeal and its a well known haven for the cowboys,thanks anyway but i will have to find something designed for kerosene just to be safe,regards