Help!!! We have our heating oil fuel tank located in the back of our garage. For the last several years, our fuel oil company has filled it with no problem. Last year, the delivery driver left a note on his delivery card that he would not fill the tank until we ran a line from the tank to the outside of the house. My husband did this. I couldn't say for sure how he did it, but the line goes from tank to a capped off pipe to pour the fuel oil in. This was done with pvc pipe and it is about 7' from the ground up, attached to the outside of the garage. It makes sense to me to have it high for the fuel to travel at least
10 feet to the tank. After numerous calls to our fuel oil company, they finally came and filled the tank yesterday. NOW the delivery driver says AGAIN that they will not deliver until we lower the fill pipe and replace it with iron pipe. Is it necessary to use iron pipe and if we lower the pipe, won't that restrict the flow of fuel being poured in? I don't mean to sound ignorant, I just want to do what is right and get this straightened out once and for all. Any information you can provide would be most appreciated. Thank you Terri- posted
17 years ago