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Getting an lpg tank removed

sheepers · 2015-10-19 20:41:24

I bought a house 18 months ago that has a calor lpg heating system with a bulk tank out the back. I decided to change the heating system to natural gas and get rid of the lpg tank. I called calor and they came out and drained the tank and disconnected it. Unfortunately they said the clearance at the side of the house was…

19-10-2015 8:41pm

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sheepers

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I bought a house 18 months ago that has a calor lpg heating system with a bulk tank out the back. I decided to change the heating system to natural gas and get rid of the lpg tank. I called calor and they came out and drained the tank and disconnected it. Unfortunately they said the clearance at the side of the house was too narrow and that they'd need to get a crane to lift it out over the house.

6 months later, they called and said they'd be sending a crane around the following day, and that they'd need to block off the road for an hour to get the job done. They told me to inform my neighbours myself! I explained that I live in a busy cul de sac and I'd be denying 30 houses access to their homes, and I simply wouldn't be able to get permission from all of them to do that. At that point they told me they'd try and get permission themselves and they'd get back to me at a later date, but it very much felt like a fob off.

12 months later and I haven't heard back from them since. I really don't think they're ever going to take the tank away.

My back garden is small, and the ugly tank takes up a huge portion of it. What options do I have?

I realise it's calor's property, but they're never going to come for it so I don't care about. I'm more concerned about whether it would be dangerous to let someone cut it up for scrap for example? As I said, it's been emptied by calor, but I guess there could be a small amount of gas remaining in the tank?

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