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Homes that have heating oil tanks or
propane tanks that are located low-lying

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areas may be flood-prone how this could
be along rivers that can be along

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coastal areas it can be a long bays

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but if you're a low-lying area

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it's important to anchor the tanks
because it's possible that you can have

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rising water you could have title surges
second float the tanks off the ground

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most banks are not normally tied down

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the simplest way to tie down tanks

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is to use ground anchors

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ground anchors have been used for many
years

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to tie down mobile homes

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they are metal rods that screw into the
ground they have an auger head on them

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and you use a machine that screws them
into the ground

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now before you start anchoring tanks the
first thing you want to do is you want

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to check with your local utilities and
make sure there are no buried

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utility lines I'm  talking about water
lines

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natural gas lines, electric lines, sewer
lines, telephone lines. It could even be a

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sprinkler system at the home

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you want to make sure that you're not
going to try and auger a four-foot

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long ground anchor

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into anything but dirt. 

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the best way to install ground anchors
on fuel tanks is you install two anchors

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on each side of the tank and when
they're in the ground four feet

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they have a pullout strength of around
five

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thousand-pound

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so these anchors are very strong

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grab anchors are installed with a

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specialized machine

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this machine is used by people that the
stall anchors for mobile homes

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now once the ground anchors are installed two
on

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each side of the tank you merely run the
straps over the top the tank

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and there's a slotted bolt

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on each one of these ground anchors
heads the strap go through and then you

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just literally wind it up and tighten it

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and then lock those bolts in place and 
the tanks anchored. It's just that simple

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now we recommend that you use

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galvanized anchors

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and we recommend that you use stainless
steel strap

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It would be a good idea to put some kind of
rubber sheeting on the straps

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the tanks are painted and you do not
want to damage the paint

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which is a protective finish on the tanks

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tie down systems will last as long as
the tanks they are there holding down

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propane tanks which are the horizontal
tanks have four anchors, ground anchors and

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they have two straps going over the top

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the vertical propane cylinders

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have a harness that goes around the top of
the vertical propane cylinder

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and they attach to a ground anchor on
each side of the cylinder

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heating oil tanks are not pressurized

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they have a vent pipe

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and they have a fill cap

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both of these are places where water can
get into the tank so you want to extend

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the height of the vent pipe now how high
you extend that vent pipe

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you'll have to talk to your local flood
plane manager at your local community

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they will give you an idea how high you
may expect flood water to rise at the

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location of the tag which means that
you'll know is it going to be a foot

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above the tanker is going to be four
feet above the tag

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once you determine that flood height

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you want to extend your vent at least one
foot higher than that level

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the oil fill camp is another

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problem area on a heating oil tank

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make sure that the all ill fill camping
is a

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screw on cap

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that has a gasket

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so that if

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flood water rises above the height of
the cap

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water will not get into the tank in
order will not get out of the tank

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in summary

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the three things we do to a heating oil
tank as we enter the tank to the ground

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so it will not float

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we extend the height of the vent pipe so
flood water will not get in

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and we use a sealing

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fill cap so that no flood water will get
in

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and no oil will get out

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well we have now is a tank that's flood
proofed

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you will not cause pollution

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at the location of your home in your
neighborhood

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it's a good thing to do

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