kerosene leak

Colin Wilson · 2008-02-14T20:20:28+00:00

Nothing to do with me, just interested in a topic that I overheard=20recently due to the costs - just over 100 litres were allegedly=20"lost" due to damage to pipework over a period of a month or so, but a=20claim has gone in for over =A330,000 for damages (!)Apparently the owner is claiming for damage to the fabric of the=20building (the bulk of the cost I believe) amongst other things, but=20sounds on the high side to me...How far away are these tanks normally from habitable buildings ?Does it evaporate, or would it pool and need to be pumped away ?Would the ground be classed as contaminated, and have to be removed=20for specialist disposal ?As a sideline question to the above, the damage happened while it was=20pi$$ing down in the height of summer last year - how long would it=20normally take to use ~100 litres of it for heating in crap weather ?

kerosene leak

Feb 14, 2008 22 Replies

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Paul Matthews 18 years ago

How flooded? How many of the computers got water in?

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Steve Firth 18 years ago

Runs in the family, and extends to those not related by birth. It sounds like you've caught a particularly nasty meme infection there.

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The Natural Philosopher 18 years ago

IIRC it was just over the door sills.

So the carpets got wet.

That was allegedly the problem. Something to do with unclean agricultural water and germs..but as I said, he is an incoherent tosser at the best of times, so who knows what was really said..

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