why remove the old fill pipe?

clammy

I too have heard this a few times not to bash any one but i know myself on converstion to remove the old fill and cement or seal the opening but on more then one ossication i have had plumber friends do conversion and not bother with the tank removal and the fact of sealing and removing the vent and fill kinda get lost in the mix .I personally have always removed them myself it the last thing i want to happen but when the past HO converted they probably never pulled a permit so the fill pipe just sat ther waiting for years for a small little drink ,too bad peace and good luck clammy

David Sutton_6

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got this off the news, i removed some names fron the news note, but i have seen way to much of this kinda of thing,if your going to switch someone from oil to gas we MUST remove or CAP off BOTH ends of the fill pipewe had ahouse around here and it was almost 2 yrs before they could move back in...David




2 hours ago

BETHPAGE, N.Y. - Oil's not well at thehome. A driver for a Long Island company mistakenly pumped at least 50 gallons of heating oil into the family's Bethpage home through a long-idle filler pipe after misreading the address on a bill, said , who were forced from their home by the error.

The oil flooded their basement and rendered the house uninhabitable for at least a month due to the fumes, the couple said. Everything in the basement _ including carpeting, furniture and pictures _ was ruined.

The couple was out running errands on Tuesday morning. They returned home to find the unwanted delivery.

"When we came home, we smelled it," said Juliann . "There was liquid on the floor of the basement and we said, 'Oh my God, it's oil.'"

Neighbors confirmed their assessment, telling the that a truck from the of Smithtown had just made the delivery. The oil was intended for another house on their suburban Long Island street.

said the driver pumped 50 gallons of oil through the pipe before realizing the mistake less than a minute into the delivery. The s estimated it was 150 gallons.

"We are doing everything we can for the people," said. "We hired a company to restore the house."

The homeowners said they had switched from oil to natural gas about 35 years ago, although the pipe on their property remained intact.

"You can't even

Dan Goodridge

oil fill

I think that it should be a criminal offense to remove an oil tank without removing the fill pipe !!

The HO must also take some responsibility for leaving the fill pipe regardless of whether they removed the tank. The "I'm an idiot" theory of denying responsibility doesn't cut it with me.

Mitch_6

In mass the

fill pipes must be physically removed it is the law.

Love it when they pump 300 gallons into a 275 Tank.

Mitch S

Ken D.

Oil

In Pennsy, most municipalities require the old fills be removed. It is a local responsibility. It should be required everywhere! It is plain negligent to leave one there. Yea, the oil driver made a mistake, but he's human, as we all are. (well, almost all are!) Leaving a fill in place is inviting a disaster. Who would leave an open LP or natural gas pipe inside a house? (I wonder....)It is a common problem that must stop.

Constantin

A good law...

... leaving fill pipes invites someone to fill them. Remove the pipes, remove even the possibility of an errant hookup. KISS. Besides, how hard is it to remove the pipes? 15 minutes with a hacksaw, tops?