In my home town they used to throw them in a pond at the dump. I can remember on day us kids found them and were floating around the pond on them ... clearly a different time.
Had to do this. Cut my starter cuts with a grinder then used the saws all to but the rest and cut out 2 stuares on top left and right then other side (kinda in quarters) then did the side panels in 2 halves and rinse and repeat until you get to the bottom where the legs are then just cut that into 3rds then we removed itnfrom the basement. And the steel panels that was once the oil tank make great shooting targets!
AJC ... I still have boxes of wooden matches like this in my garage. Because we don't use them very often a box lasts forever. You can still find "non safety" matches (strike anywhere) if you hunt around.
The best way is to have two tanks. Run one dry. Clean out the bottom with a pump and long stick with a rag on it. Then use all your oil and repeat the process with your other tank. Or you can remove the filter and just let it run dry. It is a good idea to maintain the tank and make sure the water gets out. Make sure your tanks are tipped the right direction. They should not be level.
Probably only 5% of homes here in Canada still heating with oil. Oil produces more BTU's than natural gas or propane, but it's a lot more expensive. Finally converted from oil to natural gas early last November. Annual heating cost dropped from $2,300.00 to $650.00 for the year.
I did mine for free. Ran it almost dry, got the remaining sludge by tilting and draining through the removed oil filter housing. Laid a bunch of cardboard and newspapers under it and cut it into 3 equal sized vertical sections using a Sawzall. Took it to the scrap yard after I wiped it almost clean, slowly burned the sludge with old tree trunks that I cut down.
One result that they didn't mention. Heating oil stinks and it permeates into surfaces like fabrics and carpet. Once you cut that hole in the tank, your house is going to stink like hell for 2 to 3 weeks.
Not true. If the oil is spilled into the floor, it will stink for a month. But just opening the tank won't cause a long stink. Once you remove the oil and tank, the smell is gone within hours at most.
the old video from 8 years ago for removing a tank had the guys doing it trying to convince people oil in tank would explode if they tried using saw they wanted you to hire them with a giant metal nibbler shear to cut tank.
Great. Thanks for posting. I have some walls surrounding my tank so not as open and easy to remove. The local plumbers weren't familiar with how best to remove the tank and don't do it. Where could I find a professional with the pump and proper disposal experience mentioned in this video. Thanks in advance.
Depending on where you live the cost for removal is in the 30G range Your almost better off DIY buy the Pump and reciprocal saw transport sludge and left over oil. Good luck
I grew up in LA and I still have never seen one of these or steam radiator in person. I've seen a hot water radiator in Michigan. Everything there is natural gas or propane.
I'm on the other side of the us, I learned to work on oil fired steam boilers just from living in houses with them. While I was in college, I've even rented part of a house that had a gas fired steam heating system
Yes! When your tank is removed, you must immediately remove any external fill pipes that were used to fill the tank. Failure to remove the fill pipes will void homeowner's insurance coverage if someone pumps oil into your basement. The cost of remediation for such a disaster can cost between $150K to $200K. Oil delivery services have been known to fail to inform the delivery driver, who shows up and pumps 200 gallons of fuel oil into a person's basement. Delivery drivers have also pumped oil into a person's basement when the oil was intended for a neighor's tank.
That happened to a lady I once worked with. She had a brand new house built and ended up with about 6" of oil in the basement! One of the workers was laughing while see was crying. A co-worker threatened to punch the guy out who was laughing.
If I had this problem after watching this video...shop vac the 1/4 tank of oil. Cut the hole myself. Scoop out the crap myself. Get this tank to the curb, and a metal scrapper would pick this up in an hour. For the cost of free. This service probably charges like $800.
no, those are just often the easiest ones to use. If the tank is really too big for the regular doors a Sawzall will turn it into smaller pieces if you are willing to take the time to do it right.
@@victorquesada7530 ... BTW, these tanks are only about 26 inches wide so will fit through most any door. They are only 5 foot long so you can stand it up in a basement if necessary to "walk" it through a tight area.
Is it possible to have both oil and gas? Say I buy a house that runs on oil but I wanted to use natural gas and then keep the oil as a secondary, is there such a thing ?
Don't why you would want that. People usually pair a petroleum product with electric, like with a heat pump. But, yeah, you would need two furnaces for what you're suggesting. Or, maybe oil furnace plus gas fireplaces?
Your local municipality may not allow you to have both. Believe it or not you need permits for this type of renovation so your local municipality can report the change to the fire department in case there is a fire. The rescue team would need to know what dangers they need to eliminate and how quickly. Example, stove catches fire in the kitchen, they turn gas off outside and enter to fight the fire not knowing they could be standing on a 200+ gallon of fuel oil that wont respond to water very well if it is engulfed. Not likely but fire is fast and very destructive. Especially oil that is on fire when you add water.
I had an underground 550 gallon tank buried in the front of the house. When I switched to gas, I pumped it dry, cut a hole in the top big enough for me to fit in, wiped the insides out then filled the entire tank with sand. Put soil back on top and planted grass. All this with the town’s blessing. 35 years later the grass is still there, and so is the sand filled tank. Love the gas burner!
I demoed my deck and found one buried in the yard. Called a guy and they want to do surveys and all kinds of crap. Thinking about just digging it out myself.
Dump a 25 lb. bag of cat litter into the tank as soon as it it opened. Litter will soak up all the remaining liquid oil, then you can scoop it out with a dust pan into 5 gallon buckets. Snap on a bucket lid and take it to a hazardous waist disposal station.
I think they should have made a better job cutting that hole .... the tank was in a good shape ... it could've been converted into a nice BBQ grill ou a smoker
Yes...they didn't mention that. You have to remove the fill, vent and gauge pipes to vent the tank before you start cutting into the tank with a sawsall. The liquid oil will not ignite with a flame or spark, but vapor in the tank could certainly explode. That's why the gas stations have a sign saying "Diesel vehicles must turn off all ignition sources before filling".
@@chrisgraham2904 ... diesel vapor does NOT explode and that's not why they have those signs in gas stations. The origin of those signs starts with "all vehicles" from the days when most were still gasoline. These days they are all about "no idle" for cleaner air. I believe most locations have a 10 minute idle limit now.
@@rupe53 Not true! Diesel vapor will ignite. As a 12 yr. old kid, I lived close to a drum recycler. Drums of diesel were supplied to local farms for the farm equipment and returned to the recycler for reconditioning, but they often had a litre of diesel left in the drum. On a nice hot day, we would removed the bung from the drum and drop a match in. The drum would lift off the ground about two feet as the vapor exploded. An enclosed tank with just a little diesel and a lot of air is far more dangerous than a tank filled with diesel with no air.
@@chrisgraham2904 ... on a nice hot day those drums were pushing the low end of the flash point, which isn't possible in a New England basement where it seldom goes above 65 degrees. They also could have had a mix of kero or gasoline. Drum recyclers are not all that fussy. I did tank removal for years and half of our staff worked at the local fire department as their other job so I would have heard about it if that was even remotely possible in our situation.
Or just drain fuel out and give it to someone who has a oil heater and take it to the scrap yard with other steel and make money instead of spending it,but to each there own
It’s basically diesel fuel with a red additive to identify it as such.truckers cannot use it for fuel because it’s not taxed and will carry a hefty fine if caught.it’s been used in the Northern part of the country for ever.its commonly referred as #2 fuel oil. I have a tank twice that size buried in my yard which now-in this day and age is illegal as all hell.
@@StoneysWorkshop here in Spain it's more or less the same, only it's diesel type C, being A for general use and B for farmers and such (tractors, that kind of stuff), while C is for burning. They also have some coloring additive to tell them apart and, also, if they catch you using type B in your car, you will pay some extra for it...
@@StoneysWorkshop yeah it’s a big big heating fuel source up in the cold ugly North.I don’t burn much since I put in my pellet stove.baxk then this oil was $4.45 a gallon and it was a $1000 a month expense...that was really horrible.Had to use fire or go broke-Fire rules!
@@fadetounforgiven yep if you're going back home across any border that has a weaker economy they will dip your fuel tank and see what color it is if you drive a diesel vehicle, mostly European borders
Two companies, that I talked to, who pump oil from residential tanks, don't pay the homeowner anything for the oil they pump out and they charge exorbitantly for the pumping service. Before my tank was removed, I ran the tank as low as possible and for a few weeks, until my new gas furnace was installed, I ran gas station diesel, 5 gallons at a time, so I could keep the heat on.
Didn't realize a big oil heater was a thing! It just seems weird to be burning oil for heat/seems like it'd be dirty. (I know it's just my limited experience -- I grew up in a little town in Oregon where people have propane tanks or wood/pellet stoves to heat essentially every house -- I had never heard of someone heating their house with oil!)
Several errors, The Sawzall is not a "non sparking tool" so caution must be exercised. This is considered a confined space so caution must be exercised. The young guy cleaning it should be wearing a respirator with OV cartages.
Steve S ... Fuel oil has a flash point approaching 200 degrees but only if vaporized. Never heard of anyone starting a fire while removing an oil tank, even if you do get sparks directly from the saw blade. Hearing protection is a must. The noise level while doing this is amazing. Eye protection goes with any power tools. The opening in the side of the tank is almost the size of the tank so no longer a confined space.
3:37 just going for a walk with my oil tank, gotta keep it on a leash so it doesn't run away when it see another oil tank or even worse those house owner's who has oil barrels in their yard or a bbq made out of a split oil barrel...oil tank goes nuts when it see them
Oil out and gas in! Seems like a wasted opportunity, just changing one type of burning thingy to another burning thigy! 😨 Changing straight to a geothermal energy or an air to water heating system would've been better! Any heat pump really!
Geothermal units require multiple ground loops each ranging from 600 to 1000 ft long. Not something you can easily swap a fossil fuel system to. Heat pumps start to lose efficiency after temps drop below 30. In places with harsher winters it’s generally more cost and thermally efficient to use gas heat.
@@moorefilmltd We have plenty of harsh winters here in Finland, especially up north, but nobody ever chooses gas or oil over heat pumps! Must be because gas and oil are expensive, but still you get very good SCOP numbers with air to water pumps!
@@moorefilmltd ... you forgot to mention doing that 1000 feet of pipe in a yard that's only 50x50 and already has a septic tank. or a water well. Then of course there's issues with the zoning department and their 20 ft (or more) setback from the neighbor's property.
Lmfao I landed a contract a few years ago for a clean up job on a residential home. The home owner took the sludge and dumped it out the back window. Got rid of the tank, sold the house. It all came under the foundation and threw it. Made the whole house stink. Had to remove 40 yards of dirt inside and outside and underpin the entire rear of the house. Was a disaster.
you guys are ususlly pretty godd but this time i'm sad that you wear all the required safety gear that is mostly made to identify someone as a construction worker. Tehn you could have cut that tank in half horizontally , sovent cleaned it , had it checke d at the authorities and then made it into a smoker for Bob villas back yard. Repurposing items is a much better way to salvage and recycle . The match trick blew me away when my friend consistently would therow is lit cigar into our bucket of gasoline that we used to clean parts and it never blew up. How about explaining lower and upper explosion level limits at that point?
Orrrrr. You could Just remove it like. Normal people & have a few buddies come over help lift out of basement, and haul it to scrap yard LMAO 😂.. instead of all this "we gotta do this eco friendly guys"!!! LMAO Christ
A new 900 gallon tank weighs about 350 lb. A couple of big buddies can bring a new tank into the basement, but if you add another 100 to 150 lbs. of sludge in the bottom of the tank, that's still sloshing around, manhandling it out of the basement isn't quite as easy. The scrap yards simply refuse to take old tanks unless they are cut open and cleaned.
I just called my oil dealer, to see what a gallon of oil is going for. And I should note--it's the month of June. They quoted me $5.26 a gallon, even with my discounts--Let's Go Brandon!
Small-minded people love to bring politics into any conversation. Why don't you explain to all of us how the cost of heating oil is "Brandon's" fault. We'll wait.
@@maximusmax4557 Start with him stopping the Keystone pipeline; then move on to his phoney-baloney green/climate change policies; then his stopping all drilling for oil on federal lands. You must like paying $5.00 for eggs and an extra $10,000 to buy a car. And need I mention him printing tons of paper money to fund the Ukraine, built back better, reduce inflation policy, and pork barrel Covid giveaways. All that paper money has driven up the price of commodities such as oil.
@@maximusmax4557 I can help with that… on 10/7/20 I paid $1.53 a gallon on 12/7/22 $3.65, you can figure out the rest, may have had something to do with buying oil from overseas and that would have been Brandon’s move
In Toronto, Canada the problem isn't the government. The problem is the insurance companies. They want to see all the certificates that the tank has been removed by certified technicians according to environmental regulations. Without it, you homeowner's insurance policy is cancelled and you can't get re-insured anywhere else.
Yeah, those government agencies that regulate clean air and clean drinking water sure do suck! Just dump all your hazardous waste down a storm sewer, eh?!
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So that means the sawzalls safe...Yes.. Lets get back to our project.
Thats literally all I came here for.
@@philipdillon83 same
Same here lol
Not going to lie… me too! No KaBoom from sparks is all I was worried about!!!!
In my home town they used to throw them in a pond at the dump. I can remember on day us kids found them and were floating around the pond on them ... clearly a different time.
AMAZING video! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Had to do this. Cut my starter cuts with a grinder then used the saws all to but the rest and cut out 2 stuares on top left and right then other side (kinda in quarters) then did the side panels in 2 halves and rinse and repeat until you get to the bottom where the legs are then just cut that into 3rds then we removed itnfrom the basement. And the steel panels that was once the oil tank make great shooting targets!
1:20 not gonna lie, that old box of stop and shop matches took me back.
AJC ... I still have boxes of wooden matches like this in my garage. Because we don't use them very often a box lasts forever. You can still find "non safety" matches (strike anywhere) if you hunt around.
How old is that box of matches? Stop & Shop hasn't had that logo in like 20 years.
The scary thing is that every time I talk about a project a video pops up about it. Is my cellphone listening?
LOL! So true. I was just talking about this with a friend of mine, and now this pops up.
No but alexa is.
mitch denner This is true. I think even Siri listens in.
Me too
Yes it is...
The best way is to have two tanks. Run one dry. Clean out the bottom with a pump and long stick with a rag on it. Then use all your oil and repeat the process with your other tank. Or you can remove the filter and just let it run dry. It is a good idea to maintain the tank and make sure the water gets out. Make sure your tanks are tipped the right direction. They should not be level.
You can't run it dry
That tank looked very nice. Could've made 50 bucks as a storage tank. And FYI people still use oil heat. It's actually better than propane.
I'm one of the few still using an oil heater in Australia. Lovely heat. Will never get rid of her.
Exactly! I am in the USA and I still use oil burning furnace for heat.
Yeah, my oil heat is pretty darn lovely too.
Probably only 5% of homes here in Canada still heating with oil. Oil produces more BTU's than natural gas or propane, but it's a lot more expensive. Finally converted from oil to natural gas early last November. Annual heating cost dropped from $2,300.00 to $650.00 for the year.
Guy sounds like he gargles with whiskey and charcoal.
Doesn't everyone?
Thank you for sharing.
2:15 That guy really punished that bunghole.
great video, just how much does it cost
I did mine for free. Ran it almost dry, got the remaining sludge by tilting and draining through the removed oil filter housing. Laid a bunch of cardboard and newspapers under it and cut it into 3 equal sized vertical sections using a Sawzall. Took it to the scrap yard after I wiped it almost clean, slowly burned the sludge with old tree trunks that I cut down.
Come on! Show me how you removed pipes thru foundation.
probably just capped em off actually
@@ryank5281 , good point.
Mine were just capped at my house
You can also cut flush and cement both ends
Cut the fittings off....Loosen with a 5 lb. sledge hammer....And pull.
One result that they didn't mention. Heating oil stinks and it permeates into surfaces like fabrics and carpet. Once you cut that hole in the tank, your house is going to stink like hell for 2 to 3 weeks.
Not true. If the oil is spilled into the floor, it will stink for a month. But just opening the tank won't cause a long stink. Once you remove the oil and tank, the smell is gone within hours at most.
Why are they upload topics they have covered before?
More view = More Money
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I actually needed this as I’m thinking of getting mine removed. I never saw the old one.
the old video from 8 years ago for removing a tank had the guys doing it trying to convince people oil in tank would explode if they tried using saw they wanted you to hire them with a giant metal nibbler shear to cut tank.
Great. Thanks for posting. I have some walls surrounding my tank so not as open and easy to remove. The local plumbers weren't familiar with how best to remove the tank and don't do it. Where could I find a professional with the pump and proper disposal experience mentioned in this video. Thanks in advance.
Depending on where you live the cost for removal is in the 30G range Your almost better off DIY buy the Pump and reciprocal saw transport sludge and left over oil. Good luck
@@PeterPan-kz2si Wow, 30G sounds high.
@@PeterPan-kz2si More like 1.5g.
@@DAS-Videos That’s what we were quoted, about 1.5
is gonna go twa savage yaad but no juss any savage yaad
"Oil doesn't burn as easily as people think"
"I know..."
Jez man, let the guy talk a little, know it all
Loved It!
I grew up in LA and I still have never seen one of these or steam radiator in person. I've seen a hot water radiator in Michigan. Everything there is natural gas or propane.
I'm on the other side of the us, I learned to work on oil fired steam boilers just from living in houses with them. While I was in college, I've even rented part of a house that had a gas fired steam heating system
I’ve heard stories of basements getting filled with stinky heating oil after the tank was removed. Not a pretty site.
Yes! When your tank is removed, you must immediately remove any external fill pipes that were used to fill the tank. Failure to remove the fill pipes will void homeowner's insurance coverage if someone pumps oil into your basement.
The cost of remediation for such a disaster can cost between $150K to $200K. Oil delivery services have been known to fail to inform the delivery driver, who shows up and pumps 200 gallons of fuel oil into a person's basement. Delivery drivers have also pumped oil into a person's basement when the oil was intended for a neighor's tank.
That happened to a lady I once worked with. She had a brand new house built and ended up with about 6" of oil in the basement! One of the workers was laughing while see was crying. A co-worker threatened to punch the guy out who was laughing.
You guys messed that tank up.. that would had been a bbq grill.
If I had this problem after watching this video...shop vac the 1/4 tank of oil. Cut the hole myself. Scoop out the crap myself. Get this tank to the curb, and a metal scrapper would pick this up in an hour. For the cost of free. This service probably charges like $800.
If you suck oil out with a shop vac you're gonna start a fire. Just use a siphon
Important thing is the certificate, need proof it was removed or you'll get fined
@@SHKEKEKE You don't need it removed unless you want to remove it for some reason.
Very good boy, he showed the proof with match in the video. Its safe to shop-vac it
@Jack Myhre ... they all have a drain fitting in the bottom.
Is there “code” that it must be removed via a Bilko door? Or can any door be used for this ?
What are you high?
no, those are just often the easiest ones to use. If the tank is really too big for the regular doors a Sawzall will turn it into smaller pieces if you are willing to take the time to do it right.
@@victorquesada7530 ... BTW, these tanks are only about 26 inches wide so will fit through most any door. They are only 5 foot long so you can stand it up in a basement if necessary to "walk" it through a tight area.
what kind of cutting blade is that
How long have you been fixing things.
Is grinder safe or to many sparks ?
Fuel oil like that won't just ignited with sparks.
Boy I thought he was gonna walk up and ask Bill Kazmaier to pick up the oil tank and throw it out of the house. -U10
Is it possible to have both oil and gas? Say I buy a house that runs on oil but I wanted to use natural gas and then keep the oil as a secondary, is there such a thing ?
Don't why you would want that. People usually pair a petroleum product with electric, like with a heat pump. But, yeah, you would need two furnaces for what you're suggesting. Or, maybe oil furnace plus gas fireplaces?
Your local municipality may not allow you to have both. Believe it or not you need permits for this type of renovation so your local municipality can report the change to the fire department in case there is a fire. The rescue team would need to know what dangers they need to eliminate and how quickly. Example, stove catches fire in the kitchen, they turn gas off outside and enter to fight the fire not knowing they could be standing on a 200+ gallon of fuel oil that wont respond to water very well if it is engulfed. Not likely but fire is fast and very destructive. Especially oil that is on fire when you add water.
I had an underground 550 gallon tank buried in the front of the house. When I switched to gas, I pumped it dry, cut a hole in the top big enough for me to fit in, wiped the insides out then filled the entire tank with sand. Put soil back on top and planted grass. All this with the town’s blessing. 35 years later the grass is still there, and so is the sand filled tank. Love the gas burner!
Cool
I wish you should coming out of basement 1 piece
how much does a job like this cost on average ?
One hundred...billion...dollars......mwahahahahaha!
$600
Was quoted from $550 - $800 by 3 different companies.
I did mine for free
Only one company in my city is certified for tank removal and they quoted me $2,200.00. I bought a new sawsall blade for $22.00 and it's gone.
Hi
I demoed my deck and found one buried in the yard. Called a guy and they want to do surveys and all kinds of crap. Thinking about just digging it out myself.
I'm my community that thing would be out and never seen again in 10min flat.
jimmy you live in Detroit?
@@NFLYoungBoy223 close. South Chicago
Cut the tank in half lengthwise, leave the legs on, and you have a nice burn bin. Burning sticks and stuff in it will get rid of all that oil residue.
jimmy yes sir same here
I don't even have oil but I clicked anyway
“How we gona get the sludge out?” “Well we have to take out all the virgin oil, then cut a large hole, then scoop it out” two geniuses right here lol
Dump a 25 lb. bag of cat litter into the tank as soon as it it opened. Litter will soak up all the remaining liquid oil, then you can scoop it out with a dust pan into 5 gallon buckets. Snap on a bucket lid and take it to a hazardous waist disposal station.
Textbook this old house
I think they should have made a better job cutting that hole .... the tank was in a good shape ... it could've been converted into a nice BBQ grill ou a smoker
Can there be any oil vapor in the tank ?
Yes...they didn't mention that. You have to remove the fill, vent and gauge pipes to vent the tank before you start cutting into the tank with a sawsall. The liquid oil will not ignite with a flame or spark, but vapor in the tank could certainly explode.
That's why the gas stations have a sign saying "Diesel vehicles must turn off all ignition sources before filling".
@@chrisgraham2904 ... diesel vapor does NOT explode and that's not why they have those signs in gas stations. The origin of those signs starts with "all vehicles" from the days when most were still gasoline. These days they are all about "no idle" for cleaner air. I believe most locations have a 10 minute idle limit now.
@@rupe53 Not true! Diesel vapor will ignite. As a 12 yr. old kid, I lived close to a drum recycler. Drums of diesel were supplied to local farms for the farm equipment and returned to the recycler for reconditioning, but they often had a litre of diesel left in the drum. On a nice hot day, we would removed the bung from the drum and drop a match in. The drum would lift off the ground about two feet as the vapor exploded. An enclosed tank with just a little diesel and a lot of air is far more dangerous than a tank filled with diesel with no air.
@@chrisgraham2904 ... on a nice hot day those drums were pushing the low end of the flash point, which isn't possible in a New England basement where it seldom goes above 65 degrees. They also could have had a mix of kero or gasoline. Drum recyclers are not all that fussy. I did tank removal for years and half of our staff worked at the local fire department as their other job so I would have heard about it if that was even remotely possible in our situation.
Or just drain fuel out and give it to someone who has a oil heater and take it to the scrap yard with other steel and make money instead of spending it,but to each there own
Being in Louisiana this is new to me.
what kind of oil is this?
It’s basically diesel fuel with a red additive to identify it as such.truckers cannot use it for fuel because it’s not taxed and will carry a hefty fine if caught.it’s been used in the Northern part of the country for ever.its commonly referred as #2 fuel oil. I have a tank twice that size buried in my yard which now-in this day and age is illegal as all hell.
John M thanks for the info
I have heard of #2 diesel
Guess I never thought about it heating homes on this scale
@@StoneysWorkshop here in Spain it's more or less the same, only it's diesel type C, being A for general use and B for farmers and such (tractors, that kind of stuff), while C is for burning. They also have some coloring additive to tell them apart and, also, if they catch you using type B in your car, you will pay some extra for it...
@@StoneysWorkshop yeah it’s a big big heating fuel source up in the cold ugly North.I don’t burn much since I put in my pellet stove.baxk then this oil was $4.45 a gallon and it was a $1000 a month expense...that was really horrible.Had to use fire or go broke-Fire rules!
@@fadetounforgiven yep if you're going back home across any border that has a weaker economy they will dip your fuel tank and see what color it is if you drive a diesel vehicle, mostly European borders
@4:05: So you didn't show what you said was the most important thing.
One too many cigarettes lol
Where does my paid for oil go? That's my money!!
Two companies, that I talked to, who pump oil from residential tanks, don't pay the homeowner anything for the oil they pump out and they charge exorbitantly for the pumping service. Before my tank was removed, I ran the tank as low as possible and for a few weeks, until my new gas furnace was installed, I ran gas station diesel, 5 gallons at a time, so I could keep the heat on.
20 minutes to pump a quarter of the tank?
Didn't realize a big oil heater was a thing! It just seems weird to be burning oil for heat/seems like it'd be dirty.
(I know it's just my limited experience -- I grew up in a little town in Oregon where people have propane tanks or wood/pellet stoves to heat essentially every house -- I had never heard of someone heating their house with oil!)
Heating oil is very similar to diesel. Which isn't the cleanest fuel, but still not anywhere near as dirty as burning crude.
Extremely common here in PA.
>1:06
>Implying it's not kerosene
It’s so sad
Several errors, The Sawzall is not a "non sparking tool" so caution must be exercised. This is considered a confined space so caution must be exercised. The young guy cleaning it should be wearing a respirator with OV cartages.
Steve S ... Fuel oil has a flash point approaching 200 degrees but only if vaporized. Never heard of anyone starting a fire while removing an oil tank, even if you do get sparks directly from the saw blade. Hearing protection is a must. The noise level while doing this is amazing. Eye protection goes with any power tools. The opening in the side of the tank is almost the size of the tank so no longer a confined space.
You could drop a lighted match in the oil and it will go out. Heating oil has a high flash point.
When I was little I thought Jesus was in that until today 💀 idk why
3:37 just going for a walk with my oil tank, gotta keep it on a leash so it doesn't run away when it see another oil tank or even worse those house owner's who has oil barrels in their yard or a bbq made out of a split oil barrel...oil tank goes nuts when it see them
"Dis is gonna go to a salvage yahd"
So you don’t have to wear a mask if its toxic?
Cut a hole in the tank what is it just me that thinks that doesn’t make any sense
WT? How did they get it out of basement? Thumbs down
Mask?
No mask and you'll end up talking with a gurgle like Shawn Clarke 3:47
I’m no expert, but you’d think they’d be wearing masks.
I'll agree with that, your no expert.
@@mitchdenner9743
*you're
About how much would it cost for me to dispose of that sludge myself? Judging by the accents, you live near me.
James ... in most areas you can take it to a hazardous waste day (sponsored by town / city) and whoever takes the waste oil will handle it.
Most Hazardous Waste depots take waste oil at no charge to you.
Oil out and gas in! Seems like a wasted opportunity, just changing one type of burning thingy to another burning thigy! 😨
Changing straight to a geothermal energy or an air to water heating system would've been better! Any heat pump really!
Unless you live in an area that's actually cold, like the northeast for example.
Geothermal units require multiple ground loops each ranging from 600 to 1000 ft long. Not something you can easily swap a fossil fuel system to. Heat pumps start to lose efficiency after temps drop below 30. In places with harsher winters it’s generally more cost and thermally efficient to use gas heat.
@@moorefilmltd We have plenty of harsh winters here in Finland, especially up north, but nobody ever chooses gas or oil over heat pumps! Must be because gas and oil are expensive, but still you get very good SCOP numbers with air to water pumps!
@@moorefilmltd ... you forgot to mention doing that 1000 feet of pipe in a yard that's only 50x50 and already has a septic tank. or a water well. Then of course there's issues with the zoning department and their 20 ft (or more) setback from the neighbor's property.
Heat pump in Vermont, no problem.
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Lmfao I landed a contract a few years ago for a clean up job on a residential home. The home owner took the sludge and dumped it out the back window. Got rid of the tank, sold the house.
It all came under the foundation and threw it. Made the whole house stink. Had to remove 40 yards of dirt inside and outside and underpin the entire rear of the house. Was a disaster.
you guys are ususlly pretty godd but this time i'm sad that you wear all the required safety gear that is mostly made to identify someone as a construction worker. Tehn you could have cut that tank in half horizontally , sovent cleaned it , had it checke d at the authorities and then made it into a smoker for Bob villas back yard. Repurposing items is a much better way to salvage and recycle . The match trick blew me away when my friend consistently would therow is lit cigar into our bucket of gasoline that we used to clean parts and it never blew up. How about explaining lower and upper explosion level limits at that point?
Orrrrr. You could Just remove it like. Normal people & have a few buddies come over help lift out of basement, and haul it to scrap yard LMAO 😂.. instead of all this "we gotta do this eco friendly guys"!!! LMAO Christ
A new 900 gallon tank weighs about 350 lb. A couple of big buddies can bring a new tank into the basement, but if you add another 100 to 150 lbs. of sludge in the bottom of the tank, that's still sloshing around, manhandling it out of the basement isn't quite as easy. The scrap yards simply refuse to take old tanks unless they are cut open and cleaned.
@@chrisgraham2904 y'all are going to the wrong scrapyard haha
@@jlthomas531 Yeah...I guess our scrap yards are pussies who follow environmental regulations and don't want their business licenses pulled.
I just called my oil dealer, to see what a gallon of oil is going for. And I should note--it's the month of June. They quoted me $5.26 a gallon, even with my discounts--Let's Go Brandon!
Small-minded people love to bring politics into any conversation. Why don't you explain to all of us how the cost of heating oil is "Brandon's" fault. We'll wait.
@@maximusmax4557 Start with him stopping the Keystone pipeline; then move on to his phoney-baloney green/climate change policies; then his stopping all drilling for oil on federal lands. You must like paying $5.00 for eggs and an extra $10,000 to buy a car. And need I mention him printing tons of paper money to fund the Ukraine, built back better, reduce inflation policy, and pork barrel Covid giveaways. All that paper money has driven up the price of commodities such as oil.
@@maximusmax4557 I can help with that… on 10/7/20 I paid $1.53 a gallon on 12/7/22 $3.65, you can figure out the rest, may have had something to do with buying oil from overseas and that would have been Brandon’s move
Thanks to the EPA this is a huge pain in the ACE and it's expensive. You never want to get an oil tank as a result the government.
In Toronto, Canada the problem isn't the government. The problem is the insurance companies. They want to see all the certificates that the tank has been removed by certified technicians according to environmental regulations. Without it, you homeowner's insurance policy is cancelled and you can't get re-insured anywhere else.
Yeah, those government agencies that regulate clean air and clean drinking water sure do suck! Just dump all your hazardous waste down a storm sewer, eh?!
This was the must insulting video yet. This show gets worst and worst. Looks like they are running out of interesting topics to cover.
Havi ... not sure why you were insulted. This is a common issue in parts of the USA and it was done to normal industry standards.
"Worse and worse."
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How long have you been fixing things.