Our house was built in 1959. Although much of the house has been updated, either by us or the previous owners, there are still things that are original... like the oil tank. It's a 250 or 275 gallon tank that sits in a corner of our basement that is likely corroding from the inside out (much like our water pipes!). There is no way for us to test or know how sound the walls are. It could last us another 15 years. It could also leak tomorrow.
As part of the basement remodel, we've decided to reclaim some basement space by moving the oil tank outside. We have asked the oil company to supply a double walled stainless steel tank that has an oil leak sensor in between the two walls. The oil company is coming on Friday to do the installation.
The location we expect to put it is behind the privacy fence, up against our deck, closest to DJ's room. The other appliance we plan to put in that section is a high efficiency air conditioning compressor when we decide to drop the coin to replace our entire HVAC system.
Either way, moving the tank outside gets us space in the basement to move all of the water filtration system pieces, the water tank, and the washer/dryer/laundry tub further down the wall. Then we will officially have the space to build the new bathroom we want in the basement.
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