Distance for Fill and vent pipe

anthony_7

I did some remodeling to my house and my fill and vent pipe are unreachable by delivery men unless I keep my garage open all day ( I added a garage to the front of my house where my fill pipe was). I want to extend the pipe to my outside.

This would require a horizontal run of about 10 feet from where my old fill is to where the new one would be. My questions are

1. Is this ok to do? Meaning will the vent alarm sound early enough before the tank fills to much with the oil traveling an extra 10 feet.

2. Do I keep my pitch at 1/4 in per foot or higher for travel of oil and do I need to do same with vent pipe?

3. Do I need to upgrade vent pipe (currently at 1 1/4).

Thanks again.

Al letellier_10

fill and vent

10 feet should should not be a problem. Pitch the fill pipe to the tank, and the vent should be at least level (better pitched as the fill). If it meets local codes and is a 275, 1 1/4" should be OK as well

Big Ed

Vent and fill pitch

Make sure vent and fill is pitched. The pitch on the the fill is needed for the oil driver to disconect with out spilling the oil in the line. The vent is also important to be pitched back to the tank incase tank was over filled by mistake. Extend both fill and vent to the same location so the oil diver could hear whisle. Make sure whisle has not been cut and is full lenght if your tank is a vertical model.Do not use pvc plastic piping to extend , use Iron...

Rookie_3

Also if your in MA remember to keep your vent pipe higher than the fill pipe, min. 3' off the ground with a weather cap on the vent pipe,and a min. of 2' from doors and
windows. You didn't say what size fill pipe. Vent needs to be equal or larger than fill pipe. (1 1/4" Min.)

Good luck......Dan

Dirk Wright

You need to make sure that the service person can hear the whistle or see an indicator while filling in order to avoid over filling the tank. If this tank is in the basement and the fill and vent pipes are high enough above the tank to cause a static pressure in the fill or vent pipe when filled with oil is about 10psig, then the tank, the fill and vent piping has to be tested to withstand that pressure. See NFPA 31.

anthony_7

remote oil level indicators

Well with the extra footage I am going is there a way to CMA and obtain a remote indicator I can put out by the new fill.

If so is there any products you recomend?