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A lazy question, just to save me pulling my OFTEC books out and leafing
through... What is the minimum distance between an oil tank and a wooden fence? Angus |
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Fentoozler wrote:
A lazy question, just to save me pulling my OFTEC books out and leafing through... What is the minimum distance between an oil tank and a wooden fence? After Hemel Hempstead, a few miles I should think... -- Adrian C |
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Don't know, but half the houses in my village, including break mine,
break the rule. So its more than a foot  |
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emma wrote: Don't know, but half the houses in my village, including break mine, break the rule. So its more than a foot Don't remember anything about such a rule when I looked into this stuff. When out oil supplier offered a free come and check your tank check, they didn't make any comment either (and "passed" the tank installation). |
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"Fentoozler" nospam@mapson wrote in message
... A lazy question, just to save me pulling my OFTEC books out and leafing through... What is the minimum distance between an oil tank and a wooden fence? Angus The books came out... Tanks must be: 760mm from a combustable boundary. 1.8m from a combustable wall of a building. Angus |
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"Fentoozler" nospam@mapson wrote in message ... "Fentoozler" nospam@mapson wrote in message ... A lazy question, just to save me pulling my OFTEC books out and leafing through... What is the minimum distance between an oil tank and a wooden fence? Angus The books came out... Tanks must be: 760mm from a combustable boundary. 1.8m from a combustable wall of a building. It can be closer IF there is a fireproof barrier between the tank and the fence or building |
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"John" wrote in message
... "Fentoozler" nospam@mapson wrote in message ... "Fentoozler" nospam@mapson wrote in message ... A lazy question, just to save me pulling my OFTEC books out and leafing through... What is the minimum distance between an oil tank and a wooden fence? Angus The books came out... Tanks must be: 760mm from a combustable boundary. 1.8m from a combustable wall of a building. It can be closer IF there is a fireproof barrier between the tank and the fence or building Yes. |
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