oil burner pipe question

jjp76

Hello All and thanks in advance i have a basement oil tank and i need to run the line to the oilfired boiler in the basement also But need to move the line from the tank to the boiler overhead so its not on the floor like it is now Will a single line still work?

Jamie Hall

Maybe… if the flares at the ends are made very very carefully… and there are no splices… and you are lucky. Bit more difficulty priming. Some will recommend a TigerLopp.

EdTheHeaterMan

What happened to the oil line that was on the ground? Is it that difficult to run a new line across the floor at the edge of the wall? As a kid, I remember that the night service man might replace a fuel line and run it across the floor to get the heat back on after finding a leaking fuel line. The next day, it was my job to go back and "Cement the oil line". I got pretty good at using sand mix where the basement wall met the concrete floor. If it had to go across a doorway or across a traffic area on the floor, I was there with a hammer & chisel to make a 2" trench in the floor and dropping the fuel line in, then cement over the buried line.

I can't understand why there are so many overhead lines today. When you attach those lines to the basement ceiling joist, they have a chance of vibration that can be heard all over the house.

But I have also put a fuel line from an outside above ground tank across the basement ceiling. I would use the webbing that is sold for hanging ductwork and my pipe hanger. It may not look as smart as a metal clamp but there is less chance of vibration.

Finally, I am a fan of using a tiger loop if you are going to do the up and over oil line. And using the flexible oil line from the tiger loop to the pump will eliminate that vibration from the pump, so you can attach the oil line to the ceiling joist with metal clamps.