500 gallon propane tank

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9:55p, 10/15/13

AG

I'm building a house. Should I pour a concrete pad for my propane tank or just put it on concrete blocks?

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10:01p, 10/15/13

AG

I'd build a slab.

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10:01p, 10/15/13

AG

A tank that size should be on a pad. Especially if it is going to be hard lined into the house.

[This message has been edited by Ag in Jax (edited 10/15/2013 9:01p).]

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10:06p, 10/15/13

AG

Slab, without a doubt. I wish my tank was 500. I have a 200.

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10:07p, 10/15/13

AG

Thanks, that's what I was leaning towards.

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10:13p, 10/15/13

AG

Why not burry it?

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10:15p, 10/15/13

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quote:
Why not burry it?

More expensive and requires permits and annual inspection.

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10:15p, 10/15/13

Bury it. The best solution.

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10:45p, 10/15/13

AG

schmellba99, do you have to do permits and inspection even in unicorporated areas? Is it State or Federal?

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10:53p, 10/15/13

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I think it is county or state. Mine is above ground, so I don't know much on the specifics of buried tanks other than a permit and inspection is required. Pretty sure my neightbor said he has to have yearly inspection, and we are in unincorporated county.

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10:55p, 10/15/13

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TCEQ - state registration.

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11:02p, 10/15/13

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Interesting - I hadn't heard that.

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11:08p, 10/15/13

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quote:
Clyde Bruckman: You'll find the woman tomorrow morning, by the fat little white Nazi stormtrooper at Glen View Lake. Her body is floating in Glen View Lake. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I've seen enough death for one night.

[cut to next scene; a body is being pulled from the water, Mulder is looking at a large round propane tank]

Mulder: Be honest, Scully. Doesn't that propane tank bear more than just a slight resemblance to a fat little white Nazi stormtrooper?

Scully: Mulder, the human mind naturally seeks meaningful patterns and configurations in things that don't inherently have any. Given the suggestion of a particular image, you can't help but see that shape somewhere. If that tank weren't there you'd see it in a, in a rock or in a tree...

Mulder: Would you answer my question?

Scully: [grudgingly] Yes, it looks like a fat little white Nazi storm trooper, but that only proves my point!

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12:54a, 10/16/13

We moved into our house two years ago and the home had an existing 500 gallon propane tank on concrete blocks. Is there any danger in this or is slab just the better option when starting from scratch?

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12:56a, 10/16/13

AG

If there was danger, the gubmint would make you fix it!

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9:19a, 10/16/13

AG

There is no danger CU. A slab is just better over the long term, looks better and is easier to maintain versus blocks.

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9:28a, 10/16/13

AG

Maintain is the operative word....blocks could be subject to movement from a variety of sources. I placed a storage building on blocks, and granted it's been many years, but some blocks have settled dues to erosion, critters digging under storage building, etc.