A lazy question, just to save me pulling my OFTEC books out and leafing through...
What is the minimum distance between an oil tank and a wooden fence?
Angus
Oil Tank location
Jan 30, 2006
6 Replies
After Hemel Hempstead, a few miles I should think...
Don't know, but half the houses in my village, including break mine, break the rule. So its more than a foot :)
Don't remember anything about such a rule when I looked into this stuff. When out oil supplier offered a free come and check your tank check, they didn't make any comment either (and "passed" the tank installation).
The books came out...
Tanks must be:
760mm from a combustable boundary. 1.8m from a combustable wall of a building.Angus
It can be closer IF there is a fireproof barrier between the tank and the fence or building
Yes.
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