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Repair Oil Tank ??

  • 12-07-2015 2:27pm
    #1
    IsThisOneFree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭


    So, we recently installed oil boiler and oil tank for the first time. The oil tank is a slimline (rectangular) tank which has two "windows" in the middle. As part of the installation, we asked the plumber to install a watchman sonic so we can monitor oil levels from the house. I've told the plumber three times now that I don't think it's working properly, as the gauge never moves. Each time he says it's fine.

    I guess some of you can already guess where this story is going :-) I decided to go at this myself at the weekend to try to figure out what is wrong. Long story short, the sensor has been installed directly over one of the windows. I would have though common sense dictates that this is clearly wrong ... but just in case, it even says so in the installation instructions !!

    In my plumbers defence, the instructions do state that the sensor should be no higher than the filing point, and the area he chose is the only area on to which is not higher than the filing point. Still ... I'd have thought putting it 2 inches higher than the filing point is better than putting it in a place where it can't see the bottom of the tank !!

    Anyway, I need to get him back to rectify the problem. But of course moving it will leave us with a not-insignificant hole in the top of our oil tank !! I figure an a better method might be to buy a secind sensor, and leave the existing one there just to plug that hole. But I doubt he'll be happy with me insisting on that.

    So, I'm just wondering what other options are available ? I think I read somewhere that there's some kind of expanding foam available for these tanks, but how will that work at the top .. how can you fill it without any of the foam doing into the pool tank ?

    Any opinions greatly appreciated. I do also realize this isn't strictly a heating problem, but I figure members on here are most likely to have experience in this area :-)

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Ging Ging
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭Ging Ging


    He feffed up the install, so he should rectify it for free. No need for a new watchman, the existing hole can be made weather tight by the plumber with a blank or bung of some sort. Its on the top of the tank so it doesn't have to be oil tight, it just needs to prevent water ingress.


  • #3
    IsThisOneFree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭IsThisOneFree


    Yea sorry, I'd no intention of paying for rectifying the issue ... was just wondering what can be done by way of repairing the old hole. FYI, he's been back since and moved the sensor (it works well now :)) He covered up the hole where the sensor was with a silver plate ... the two smaller holes where the screws would have been he filled with standard silicon though. Is silicon sufficient though ? Will it not erode over time when it's so exposed to the elements ? I know silicon has it's uses, but I've seen it "overused" in the past to be honest.


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