"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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ahh the perspective homeowner wouldnt be able to get homeowners
insurance if the tank is over 20 years old........

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Nonsense. Houses are sold and insured every day with tanks that are 30
years and older. There may be a few instances where that is true, but I
know of plenty that have never had a problem.

Actually, it is not nonsense. Insurance companies are finding that a leaking
tank can cost them many thousands of dollars to cover contamination of the
house and soil under the house. Many if not most have set an arbitrary life
on a fuel tank of 20 years. They are decreeing that they must be replaced
whether they look good or not and some want them replaced with a double wall
tank. I have a friend that had the threat of cancelling his insurance if he
didn't replace the tank.