275 GALLON RESIDENTIAL OIL TANK LEAKING REPLACED

[@chuckquinn8026]

I’m always amazed at what you can accomplish by yourself Steve! Great job!

[@sydsyd]

Very clean looking job. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@williamdyckman9704]

Steve, alot of work for one guy in humid weather! Stay cool !!

[@peterataconi4103]

Certainly a big job for one guy especially a 275 ,I'm an oil tech on the east coast of Canada in nova scotia certainly your regulations are different, we must install a dip tray under the whole length of the tank, only 2 feet from boiler, 2" fill no need of firomatics ,,outside tanks must be top feed with tiger loop inside,,great videos steve just started watching you just the past month

[@craigharding475]

Interesting.

[@peterataconi4103]

@@craigharding475 also outside requires a compacted gravel base with 12"×30"x 3" reinforced patio blocks and a dedicated dipping port for water

[@craigharding475]

@@peterataconi4103 I am going to look-up a description of that dipping port. Thanks. My tank had what I call a snorkel tube. It intakes fuel about 5'' above the bottom to bypass any water. It gave me a surprise when I first drained the tank when I thought I had ran it dry! It had about 30 gallons of oil and water in it, yet.

[@peterataconi4103]

@@craigharding475Our tanks in nova scotia has 5 opening on top ,fill ,vent ,gauge ,fuel line and one for Dipping for water,,,you can come off the bottom with the fuel line but it has to be a 1"×48" braided flex line from tank to inside home then reduced to 3/8"

[@chongleon]

Hey Steve, what’s a fair price for replacing an oil tank in the Boston area roughly? 275 gallons. No stairs can walk the tank right out the garage. Thanks.

[@kalebkizmet7514]

You didn't "leave the dog at home", Molly took a day off. :P

[@northwoodsguy1538]

Nice work! Wish you were in Northern WI. I would hire you for my HVAC and plumbing. 👍🐶

[@johnwalker890]

Good job Steve. Quality work.

[@georgebaron26]

In the video, you explain that you used a short exterior vent pipe because of the required three foot distance from the window opening on the first floor. What about the basement window opening just inches below? BTW, another excellent video!

[@kevdel]

fumes rise?

[@kevdel]

@@georgebaron26 fair enough.

[@stevea6722]

@@kevdel Some fumes are heavier than air and settle in low spots.

[@craigharding475]

I saw how an old man who was my neighbor did a MacGyver on his oil tank leak. He simply drove a small sheet metal screw into the hole. It lasted longer than he did. He also told me about when he was in Brazil as a naval aircraft mechanic. He said that they could use the foil from a pack of cigarettes to set the gap on the aircraft spark plugs. Well, we won the war!

[@scottk0623]

We are required to do 2” on fill and vent, also our code requires a 12”vent above the fill. Nice job Steve.

[@peterataconi4103]

Insurance companies rule the roost up here in Canada

[@Fireship1]

Nice job Steve. Big job done in one day!

[@danwittels5542]

Really a prefect job! But as a plumber you should destroyed more framing and not fixed it. 😉 Again, great job!

[@tonym6920]

Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again y’all. 👍👍. Mr. Grinch is a lonely dude without Miss Molly. Really nice work Steve, your customer is lucky to have you.

[@normanboyes4983]

Hey Steve I really enjoy your videos and thank you for uploading them. Just wondering would the tank have fitted it with its long axis parallel to the rear basement wall, with the tank valve facing the wall that the boiler is on?

[@donnierobertson3088]

Nice job and video like always ( Steven )

[@ericsalas2362]

Good job 👏 ✌️

[@brianmoore5498]

is the “760” you wrote on the outside fill cap, the capacity of the new oil tank?

[@stevenlavimoniere]

ADRESS

[@purplegoose7907]

Steve's runnin like a well oiled machine man!! Another great job in the books sir.

[@Bob.W.]

Nice pull rig for those tanks. Compact.

[@robertwojtowicz933]

i’m trying to decide on a new tool bag I am interested in Veto Pro tach MC or MCT I am about your age so I like to keep my load light but I also would like to have all my necessary tools HVAC/plumbing. What would you recommend ? Diagnostics, small repairs. I have separate specific toolboxes for installation of HVAC and so forth. I would appreciate your input Steve. Robert W.

[@davidparizek6741]

Nice job Steven for just one guy👍

[@papabear2396]

Man I don't miss the smell after 30 yrs I use to have a washer and dryer in the garage to wash my clothes after I come home during the winter months we put floor flanges on the legs instead of using tank legs we just use nipples tho good times made a shit load of money during the winter for sure great video.

[@marks.4388]

Heck of job Steven!

[@porky7753]

Great job Steven.

[@willbarger2233]

Nice work

[@thomasryan2222]

thanks steve for filming these videos...cant imagine the amount of extra time it takes on each job to entertain our sorry azz's...great job

[@pikadroo]

The house i grew up in, in Illinois had one of these and my parents had it removed. How does this system work does someone come fill it up , is it like gas... maybe it was removed when gas was installed in the house... i dunno. I ask cause i dont know.

[@orangie8426]

It's home heating oil. The heating oil composition is a lot like diesel fuel. You buy the liquid heating oil fuel from a company that delivers the heating oil via a tanker truck which pumps the heating oil into that in home tank like Steve just installed.. There is a pipe that feeds the oil from that in home tank to a burner which is attached to either a furnace or boiler. The burner has a pump that draws the oil from the in home tank to the burner and within the burner is both a spark igniter and a nozzle that sprays (atomizes) the fuel. The igniter lights the fuel creating a sort of flame thrower which is either used to heat up ducted fins (heat exchanger) inside a furnace, or heat up water in a boiler.. The rumble vibration you can often hear on above floors of a home when an oil furnace is running is the flame the burner produces. It's pretty much a flame thrower.

[@pikadroo]

@@orangie8426 so, do they use like a long hose from the truck to where ever the tank is? In my case the tank was in the basement near a window, i can’t imagine someone feeding a hose end into the window then down to the tank. That seems like a crazy amount of effort. Is there just no natural gas in some areas and this is better/cheaper/ ect than propane?

[@erikj.2066]

@@pikadroo yes oil delivery trucks have a large diameter hose on a reel at the back of the truck, and a pump that meters the amount of fuel delivered. Natural gas is not available in allot of places in New England, and propane is typically more expensive to use.

[@gvnumber3200]

“…. get a little smurf-jizzum on there, Mama.”

[@J-Colt]

Heck of a job Steven, Thanks for posting!

[@larryfine6013]

Top notch, as usual steve

[@patrickhemken5722]

Hey could have been an ad for "Flex seal". Haha

[@croyal4240]

You don't have double bottom tanks there ?

[@erikj.2066]

There’s Roth tanks, but they’re significantly more expensive.

[@Okanagan48]

It's nice you didnt need to cut in half.

[@picklerix6162]

Steve’s a workin’ man, yo! Hopefully, I installed my last condensing unit last year. I don’t want to lift any more heavy coils or furnaces. I may have to install another water heater though.

[@glascoe96]

Can you do an update video on your generator 👍

[@vandenboschtechniek]

Real working man 💪

[@PRO4XKEV]

Looks like a damn good installation.

[@MrHowieZ1973]

I don't think that people understand that any water that gets into a tank like that will sit at the bottom for years and rot out a tank.

[@craigharding475]

True. When i bought my place, I drained my outside tank dry (about 25 gal.) to get the water out, and installed a shut-off and a filter which it did not have. 35 years later no leak, so far. I asked if I should paint the tank black to discourage freezing. I was told "No", and to use aluminum paint instead to avoid condensation better. We are in VA. Proved to be good advice, but I have seen a few outside black tanks around. I wonder if Flex seal would work on that tank in the video. Any opinions?

[@frankrizzo3915]

Big Job for one guy.

[@seniorcomputer3292]

Fantastic job on the install. Thank you for the lesson.

[@patmadix172]

Nice job

[@russellhancock9765]

When I used to have a House, my tank like that didn't leak, but it was full of rust. I gave it to a Friend of Mine. I told Him that it was full of rust.

[@TLeightonWomack]

Do you ever use teflon tape?

[@myronsmith2114]

When you have heavy jobs like this Steve give a call I’ll come hold the camera for you

[@tracythompson1692]

i bought a 150g kerosene barrel with 115 gal of kero and monitor 2200 to put in a trailer.

[@tracythompson1692]

God what a job

[@anthonygasparini1734]

Nice work Steve you were all ass and elbows on that job your gonna sleep good tonight Momma!

[@gerard46ify]

now's time 4 a few cool ones!

[@robpbandit]

Another great informative video! I quite enjoy seeing what you get up to. Good luck and take care from The UK 🇬🇧

[@duanewilson3941]

Thats a lot of work for one guy.

[@SteveKluver]

I just took two very nice ones out of my basement, and they are for sale! 😁

[@stevenlavimoniere]

PROBLEY FULL OF BLACK SLUDGE / MUCK

[@SteveKluver]

Why yes, of course @@stevenlavimoniere! 😁 I did slosh around the last seven gallons in each, before doing the final drain. So they're not too bad.

[@ClickinChicken]

Screaming' Nancy told me Man that guy works hard... wow, and she said he's efficient too!

[@robertschuster2674]

that fit in your truck?

[@stevenlavimoniere]

cut in 4 pieces

[@halestorm5248]

Our 275 gallon oil tank was installed in 1964. We had it removed, sold the oil and tank and put in a split system heat pump. More efficient and now we don't have to screw with getting it filled. With Biden at the helm, oil prices will continue to climb!

[@bradcrooks3891]

The President don’t have nothing to do with gas prices. Wal street is where commodity prices are traded. Supply and demand.

[@halestorm5248]

@@bradcrooks3891 Duh! Ever hear of the pipeline?

[@bradcrooks3891]

@@halestorm5248 what pipeline the keystone? The keystone pipeline oil was going to be sold to oversea, so none of that oil was never going to be sold here. Do your homework.

[@michaelkatzenbach9478]

@@bradcrooks3891plus we’re pumping more oil then we ever have

[@michaelkatzenbach9478]

Hay Steve love the video question why don’t you put caps on the bottom of those feet to help distribute weight that tank weighs over a ton on 4 small legs

[@ClickinChicken]

You see those things on highway as milk cow sculptures. Even in N. MN. I think it'd make two kick butt Bio Char burners! Dual purpose have a fire and make biochar for whatever reason.. haha @#$%$ from the peanut gallery LOL

[@cleanadrainltd1246]

When you making your next broth stew 🇺🇸🇬🇧🤘

[@rileypup5959]

Nice job. This was a big job in general. For you to do it by yourself shows your knowledge, experience and work ethic. Plus you also stopped to film and narrate.

[@GB-ue6wr]

Wow, Steve, the stuff you get into.. we don’t have too much of that nonsense here in California.. but we got other nonsense that’s for sure..😂.. “it ain’t easy being cheesy mamma”

[@rodneyskinner7741]

Afternoon Steve and “Miss Molly”! Stand up job!

[@SovereignTroll]

I was point tech on call to oil not working, brand new Beckett furnace (nice). I replaced the Cu lines in dirt floor and primed and primed. Then worked on filter and lines, nothing still. They claimed the tanks were filled 2 weeks before so thought sludge was deep in tanks causing the problem. Had another set of eyes come and my Gosh, all 500 gallons had soaked all over the clay dirt floor and been absorbed, the tanks themselves were rusted through from the inside. The whole place stunk and the owners got a 12k bill for just the clay removal and then two new tanks, there was no floor drain fortunately. I was glad to be moved on to two heat pump jobs.

[@craigharding475]

What a horror story!

[@PlumbsmartPaul]

You’re a hard worker, mama. They don’t make ‘em like you anymore.

[@jonathanmessore1907]

thats gotta be about a $2500 job, mama...

[@jameswelch7516]

Where are the floor flanges for the tank legs

[@backwoods3214]

i picked up gruman van today old 292 .

[@dosgos]

Why not double up the trash barrels you are filling into? That might reduce failure risk.

[@stevenlavimoniere]

THEY WILL NOT FAIL ....

[@bruceschwab]

You defiantly aren't allergic to work! Great job Steve!

[@normanvarvel4649]

Unbelievable

[@mabbaticchio]

Steve, need help with that tank? Steve: Hold my beer

[@Longeno55]

Great Job Steve! "He's working again ya'll!"

[@gordonknight2676]

If it was easy somebody else would be doing it.

[@jblyon2]

"They're real thick" Just like some of the customers!

[@zack9912000]

Those suck to do

[@stevenlavimoniere]

YES THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR ONE MAN

[@jacktorres8691]

great video.....the oil tank/METAL.... industry is fooking folks.....just like refrigerants...a scam ......Commercial gas stations and buildings are using fiber glass tanks. Depending on city you live in...politics....code will only allow metal.....fiber glass just like pex will not corrode, leak, or freeze easily.....a shame.... other point SL.....why not get an apprentice to help you? pass the trade along? that is what us old timers did......teach the future.....thank you sir for videos.....

[@grandlarceny211]

Laughing all the way to the bank mama.....

[@bobbywenger5595]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@prettycureforever7102]

Whats the point of oil tanks if we dont even have a proper was of evacuating it ?

[@joeylawn36111]

Steve, take a white marker and write "She's a Leaker, Momma" on the old tank......😉🤣

[@meatballmagoo6134]

3 day job easy

[@Evansautorepair]

Steve working again yawww

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

Others would have a crew! You are the crew ! 🍺🙂👍 🍺🍺🥃🥃🍇🏌 Stay safe. Retired(werk'n) keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses.

[@richardsawtell256]

just a random question from a kiwi but why do americans pronouce solder as sodder ?

[@richardsawtell256]

@@barackobama5304 we say it how is it spelt and sold-er

[@BrickTop900]

@@richardsawtell256 the way it’s meant to be said

[@richardsawtell256]

@@BrickTop900 fair enough but here in nz ive never heard it said that way and i work with it in my job most days

[@BrickTop900]

@@richardsawtell256 I’m Aussie mate, I reckon we say it the right way!

[@kaib1125]

Another lump of metal for the pile

[@Gordonseries385]

Steven is tanked up today.

[@carljoyce496]

First

[@joshuabest100]

Steve coming out of the closet

[@stevenlavimoniere]

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET ON YOUR MIND??? MYSELF I LIKE LADIES

[@darrenw2803]

@@stevenlavimoniere lol who's coming out of where these days

[@oldcarnocar]

@@stevenlavimoniere Ha!