Replacing Domestic Oil Tank - anyone ever done this themselves?

[DaveB]

Bet it wasn't a 'Rayburn Nouvelle MKIII' then. You'd get more heat from lighting up the horse farts.

God knows, this thing was ancient and had been converted to oil burning from solid fuel at some indeterminate point in the past.

The warming oven was perfect for drying out your boots

[bogeyman]

[QUOTE=wurzel;753219]

I used to have a Rayburn with the old style vaporising burner (i.e. with a wick) and that took forever to get up to temperature. The one I have now has a fan burner and the whole thing heats up much quicker. Truth be told though if I'd known the nightmare is was going to be to get it installed in terms of jobsworth plumbers, red tape, health and safety etc I wouldn't have bothered!

Yeah but they look the business don't they?

Like so much today.

[PM-Junkie]

I think tanks have to be bunded now partly for security. Single skinned oil tanks are ripe for having the oil nicked out of them apparently. Drill a hole through a bunded tank and all you get is a mess.

I don't see that that will necessarily stop them though.

[bogeyman]

God knows, this thing was ancient and had been converted to oil burning from solid fuel at some indeterminate point in the past.

The warming oven was perfect for drying out your boots

Exactly - a great appliance for dying out clothes and boots but don't ever expect to cook anything with it except the odd casserole or hot pot.

[Chugnut]

I think tanks have to be bunded now partly for security. Single skinned oil tanks are ripe for having the oil nicked out of them apparently. Drill a hole through a bunded tank and all you get is a mess.

I don't see that that will necessarily stop them though.

It would be easier to cut the line where it leaves the tank. I suggest CCTV watching the tank and a couple of large, hungry hounds.

[PM-Junkie]

It would be easier to cut the line where it leaves the tank. I suggest CCTV watching the tank and a couple of large, hungry hounds.

much more effective to lay a few mines...

[bogeyman]

It would be easier to cut the line where it leaves the tank. I suggest CCTV watching the tank and a couple of large, hungry hounds.

I fear that feeding the large hungry hounds would probably cost more that converting to gas if you average it out over 2-3 years.

[DaveB]

Exactly - a great appliance for dying out clothes and boots but don't ever expect to cook anything with it except the odd casserole or hot pot.

Mayeb you just had a duff one then. I cooked all sorts on mine. You could even stir fry on it if you took the top plate off of the fire box and sat the wok over the burner flame. Had to watch out for the fumes though

[Chugnut]

much more effective to lay a few mines...

I don't want to blow the dogs up. Or the oil.

[wurzel]

[QUOTE=bogeyman;753227]

Yeah but they look the business don't they?

They certainly do - mine's in the classic cream coloured enamel but the British racing green looks the part too.