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Oil tank stand

  • 22-08-2015 11:38am
    #1
    gizmo73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭


    Anybody know of anywhere that does up bases or stands for oil tanks. Thanks


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  • #2
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Your local builder or Oil Storage Tank Installer should be able to construct a base that conforms to the requirements of the manufacturer and the guidelines of OFTEC. They are usually concrete base and block and concrete slab construction.

    Here are OFTEC links to a Guide To Oil Tank Base Construction Pdf and Domestic Oil Storage Pdf which should help you to see what you need to have in place as a support for an oil tank.






    Typical%20Oil%20Tank%20Base.jpg


  • #3
    DGOBS
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    K.Flyer gets helpful post of the month *****!


  • #4
    jimf
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    it certainly beats the ones youd see abandoned on top of a few pallets


  • #5
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,378 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Put it on the base that Kflyer displayed. Use a tigerloop and forget about the blocks and slabs.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



  • #6
    agusta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭agusta


    Why would someone fit a tiger loop when they dont have to


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  • #7
    Dtp1979
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    agusta wrote: »
    Why would someone fit a tiger loop when they dont have to

    Cause it's neater than having a tank 6ft off the ground in my opinion. Plus no airlocks when they run out of oil.


  • #8
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Cause it's neater than having a tank 6ft off the ground in my opinion. Plus no airlocks when they run out of oil.

    And when you consider the price of lentils and blocks v tiger loop there's not a huge difference


  • #9
    agusta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭agusta


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Cause it's neater than having a tank 6ft off the ground in my opinion. Plus no airlocks when they run out of oil.

    where do you get th 6ft from,would it not be much less.


  • #10
    agusta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭agusta


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    And when you consider the price of lentils and blocks v tiger loop there's not a huge difference

    The difference is huge in my opinion. you cant sit an oil tank on gravel etc,it stil needs a base.3 lentils,blocks equals half the price of tigerloop without fitting,long term maintenance,zero.tigerloop,flexible hoses needs to be changed every two years


  • #11
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    agusta wrote: »
    The difference is huge in my opinion. you cant sit an oil tank on gravel etc,it stil needs a base.3 lentils,blocks equals half the price of tigerloop without fitting,long term maintenance,zero.tigerloop,flexible hoses needs to be changed every two years

    3 lentils?
    Every inch of the tank must be covered so your talking bout 6-7 lentils usually. Plus blocks, cement And somebody to do it.
    5-6 foot to the top of the oil tank when it's up is about the norm
    Also, I think OFTEC states that the max height not be over 1.2 metres( which doesn't suit most real world situations in fairness )


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