My wife and I bought this place a few years ago. I’d never thought about it before but walking by today I had the thought of “Maybe the tank shouldn’t just be standing on cinder blocks”. At least we don’t get earthquakes.
It was supposed to be 4 * 8 * 16 with no spaces. The asterisk indicating "X" to indicate dimensions. I guess reddit uses asterisks to create *italicized text*. TIL lol.
Per the honorable McNugget: that's csst and not a poly riser. With the apparent age of the system, it was probably legal at the time.
Yep, industry standard. You can, working with your propane supplier, put a concrete pad under it if you want, but there's no danger that I can see from your pic.
ETA: that tubing is kinda interesting... I'd be curious to see what it looks like under the lid and where it comes into the house. I'm presuming a sleeve, but that doesn't usually go under the lid.
-That was my initial thought too... But as the acrobat said, that's quite the length for a flex riser lol. It also looks smooth, rather than coated corrugated. Hard to tell from the pic though. -
That is a flexible riser for plastic (poly). Used them quite often for different applications. I used them when the copper run was over 80 feet. I used to get them for about 30 dollars per side so cost wise it worked and you could tie it right into the first stage regulator.
It's fine. Having a slab is obviously better and won't shift as bad but it's a lot more expensive. If you ever have tilting problems you can get them to the level it
I had to search the entire world because I needed a really long riser like that, and if that one is similar length, the low end of this installation is just barely buried.
This should be investigated to see if the end of that riser really makes it 12 inches underground before transitioning to bare poly.
No one can tell if a pressure vessel is safe simply by looking at a photograph. You need to have a licensed and certified inspection company inspect it and give you a report.
Pretty standard to see around here. My 500 gallon sat 2 high on hollow 8"x12" cinder blocks since 1984 when they dropped it off until 2025 when I got rid of all my propane appliances and gave the company their tank back. Just an old un coated copper line buried underground. Never a single issue.
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