Home Heating Oil Fuel Tank Leak, What to Expect, What to Do
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Coming home to the smell of fuel oil is awesome. It means you have a bad night ahead of you. This is what happens...call your home heating provider, and then they call in EPA services for clean up...I'm lucky this wasn't worse...I caught it early. If your oil tank is 50 years old, replace it!
Got mine replaced Today,spotted a tiny leak a week ago and went online looking for the cheapest price since everyone quoted me 5k.
So found a company that replaced my tank,lines, pump existing oil into the new one and taking the old one away for 3.500 dollars
Good catch
I’m in CT and I have a pan under my leak rt now- Memorial Day wknd. Ooof. So $3,500 is a bargain? Good to know. Wondering about $$
@@VJJBodhi I can refer you to the guys who did it for me and get a quote too. In in CT as well,Give me your contact info in a message if you want to get it done before it burst.
@@Tahara-Aichi can u put the company who did it here? I was going to call brass city out of Waterbury in the morning and a few others I got from friends
@@VJJBodhi didn't I send you the info yesterday?
Oil pan under my tank and it is Memorial Day! Ahhhhhhhh someone coming Tuesday. Moving stuff around. Ugh.
Sucks
How much did it all cost? How old was your tank? I have one that I just inpected and cleaned all around mine... Mine has no issues as of right now...I up in Mass and need to fill mine up, was going to have them (Oill Co) inspect it to get a letter for my homeowner insurance...
Clean up, pumping out fuel was like 3K and new tank was another 3K...6K total. Insurance fucked me. The tank was probably original to house like 1953.
How much did all of this came out to ? 😮
Like 6k for cleanup and new tank. Could have been worse if leak was big
@@KAFKUBA Thank you. I hope your home insurance took care of that
@@josereyes8397 nope...Allstate sucks
Wish I had seen this video a month ago. Never realized tanks go bad. Mine is about 50 yo. Now I know and have to go thru all the bs mentioned in the comments. - Really didn’t need this. 😬
Sorry friend
This just happened to me tonight.. they are coming tomorrow to pump out my tank. Wish me luck
It's the worst
Having the same problem. How long until the smell dissipated?
It is never going away unless you remove everything that absorbed the fuel or try treating it as I did in 2nd video...I'm still having odor unfortunately
I saw your comment from a year ago where you stated you still have odor problems. Is that still true, meaning was that before the product in video 2 or still after using the product?
Odor gone after product
@@KAFKUBA Amazing. Thanks!
Hello , so what was the cost for the new tank ? what was the cost for the clean up ? what was the cost for the removal ?
6000$ but that was a small leak. Could cost your house
New tank and lines and removal and install were 6000...cleanup was like 1500 about
We had our oil tank leak back in December. Thankfully it was caught in an early stage so that it could be cleaned up. Then the oil was pumped out of the tank and into a temporary tank. We had the temporary tank until today (March 31, 2022) and a brand new tank was installed. The old tank was from 1954. It served well. I do think that it is a good idea to replace an old oil tank (more than 50 years old) to play it safe. This way you can avoid dealing with a leaky oil tank.
For sure
I wouldn't even risk 50 years!
Did you get sick from the smell?
Pretty much
Hey! We just had a leak caused by overfilling that we are resolving. Much smaller volume than yours fortunately, but still stinky! I see it’s been over a year now since this happened to you. Are you still dealing with odor?
As the video description says, the product took care of it! No issues. Highly recommend.
@@KAFKUBA I might be blind, but I don't see any product mentioned in the description. I saw the environmental workers spreading something (kitty litter? some other granulated substance?). The guys taking care of ours spread something out, but I'm looking to see if I can have something on hand to use if I find the odor doesn't go away. I will definitely be looking into replacing our tank once we've burnt through this oil (since the tank itself isn't leaking). its 50+ years old as well.
Oh it's in Part 2 sorry
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Would u switch to propane? Is it less of a headache than oil?
Too much of an investment with a working system
Those also develop leaks over time, and since most are in the ground it can be even more of a headache...
Time to sell the house
All houses come with shitshows
Did it smell like petrol or corn / rice crispy treats?
It smells like hell on earth which is what my life has been
@@KAFKUBA the corn smell is biomass.
@@davidsturm7964 have another mushroom
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Just replaced mine proactively for this reason, it was 36 years old and had a bunch of rust,, and I highly recommend others do the same, as it can be 10K plus for the cleanup!! Dude you won't have to put up with that smell for a while, it won't go away!
My video fixed the smell. Amazing product. But yes I do recommend a you've done.
I have a slow leak at the bottom of mines and nobody can come out until tomorrow my main concern is the price how expensive was it to have that take care of?
Figure 4000 for new tank and lines and depending on clean up, 3000...if its under concrete they may want to lift your house...could be 6 figures...depends
@@KAFKUBA it's above ground tank on concrete I kinda caught it early and I have something picking up the leak until somebody comes in the morning to check the situation out I'm hope they can pump in into barrels like they did your and re introduce it into the new tank. This was very unexpected I've just moved into the house in March.
@@bizzothagreat you did the right thing...just make sure the leak doesn't find a crack or drain...the EPA will make your life expensive. I have another video on organic chemicals that might help you...the EPA won't tell you about this product but trust me, it works
@@KAFKUBA thank you! I will definitely check it out, it's been a pretty stressful day the tank is a good distance away from the drain or any cracks from I can tell so far so good and I'm just checking on it now from time to time... hopefully this process can be done quick as possible. How long did it take with your process?
I had a solid stream I caught late...but it was nothing compared to what it could have been...clean up crew was there in an hour, cleaned and pumped full tank into 5 barrels...oil company came in a week to take old tank and install new tank and pump oil back in
Here is a very cheap temporary fix until you burn off the oil heating your home. You need three things: car jack, rubber foam hose pipe cover (used to insulate copper hot water lines, so that size), and kitty litter. So, you do this GENTLY! Take 3 inch section of hose, place it on the jack and lift that up to the leak to keep it from leaking more. Put kitty litter on the oil that has already dripped and put extra if your fix leaks a bit. You can tighten the jack as needed, to a point of course. Let the tank run empty, then get that sucker out of there - you should be able to do that yourself - it's not so hard (safety first, right! If you cut it in place as some people do, don't blow yourself up, ok?), and remember to put the filter and hose part in a bucket after you take it off the tank. You will then have to prime the hose when you fill the new tank. That's a good time to have your furnace cleaned, filter replaced, etc. by a professional.
Watch part 2 link at the end
@@KAFKUBA sorry, but I don't see the link.
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