On 1 Oct 2010 22:00:22 GMT, ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote:

I'm trying to get a pair of customer-owned 1000 gallon underground
propane tanks installed in New Hampshire. I had talked to a couple
of propane dealers who would supposedly do the job but they just faded
away. (They obviously preferred to rent the tanks to me. I wish they
had said up front that they wouldn't do the job rather than stringing
me along and disappearing...) The general contractor thought he could
buy the tanks but found that it has to be done through a propane
distributor. Can anybody recommend a propane company in New Hampshire
that is friendly to (or at least not seriously hostile to) customer-owned
tanks?

Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com


Dan,

I see no one has answered your question. I own a buried propane tank
in NH, but I did not do the installation. It was done years ago and,
although the propane company thought they owned it, they did not have
any documentation. Since I did not want to pay the yearly rental, as
I would be using far less than one tank full per year, they decided to
just transfer ownership to me.

The tank was originally used to fuel a 400,000 btu heater for an
inground pool. However, we do not use the pool or the heater. I use
it solely to fuel a backup generator. Unless we have a long power
outage (which does occur some years), my annual usage is minimal.

As I recall, when I was dealing with all this, there was a firm in
Nashua who did installations, but I can't recall their name. I had
the "line work" from the propane tank to the generator done by Energy
North Propane. They may know where you can purchase a tank; I don't
know if they will arrange for underground installation. You are
probably aware of this but I should emphasize that the tanks for
inground and aboveground installation are different. And you cannot
install and above ground tank in the ground.

You will need to check with your town about permits. An inspection by
the Town was required where I live.