Recent content by clairelen

Yes, I could hardly bare to keep my hand on the hot tank during a bright summer's day. Perhaps a sun-shade of trees would have helped. I guess that, in bunded tanks, the outer skin also provides extra mechanical support to the inner skin. I'll stick to plastic for now.

Yes, it could in theory develop further splits. I am ordering a bunded tank tomorrow, and engaging a workman to extend the concrete base for this larger tank.The main point of my initial note was to warn people that a plastic skin holds stress which may, sooner or later, with temperature and...

In November 2006 I was advised by the installing Oftec engineer that in Pembrokeshire a 2500 litre domestic oil tank could be single skinned.

My 2500 litre single-skin plastic tank was installed by an Oftec engineer 12 years ago on a 5 inch thick concrete base, 2 feet longer and wider than the tank. On 9th March, following a refill, a 2 inch split appeared half way up the tank. I plugged it with a piece of soap, dried the area and...