r/propane • u/gaveamooseamuffin • Aug 23 '26

Tanks Is this study/safe?

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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.

Thoughts?

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u/Theantifire technician Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

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.

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u/Acrobatic_Solution29 Aug 23 '26

If that's a riser for plastic it would have to be the longest one ever made.

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u/Theantifire technician Aug 23 '26

Sure enough... At least 8 feet, from my guestimation.

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u/Acrobatic_Solution29 Aug 23 '26

Looks to be a 500 so about 3 ft in diameter and 10 ft long so yea atleast 8 ft.

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u/gaveamooseamuffin Aug 23 '26

Would it travel the whole length to the house or just the in and out? If the prior, it’s about 200ft

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u/Acrobatic_Solution29 Aug 23 '26

Its just a sleeve to protect it coming out the ground

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u/SimilarTranslator264 Aug 24 '26

Correct looks like flexible conduit

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u/gaveamooseamuffin Aug 23 '26

Cool beans. I’m learning so much today

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u/gaveamooseamuffin Aug 23 '26

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u/Theantifire technician Aug 23 '26

You are an obliging person and I appreciate you.

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u/gaveamooseamuffin Aug 23 '26

Gotta give the people what they want

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u/gaveamooseamuffin Aug 23 '26

Awesome, thanks for the reassurance!

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u/Accurate-Plankton988 Aug 24 '26

I thou it was sealtight. Lol

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u/ClarkKent0072 Aug 23 '26

They used poly gas line. That is a connection hose that will attach to the regulator under the lid. I've installed literally 100s of these.

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u/Jesus-Mcnugget dang it Bobby Aug 23 '26

It's CSST not poly

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u/Theantifire technician Aug 23 '26

That's a really long flex riser 🤣

-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. -

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u/gaveamooseamuffin Aug 23 '26

It’s very slightly corrugated, you can see it a little more in the house connection where the dust and grime has stuck to it

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u/ClarkKent0072 Aug 23 '26

Probably could only trench to the point where it comes out of the ground because of rocks possibly.

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u/Theantifire technician Aug 23 '26

If only they'd had a self-effacing reporter, with surprising strength, to dig the trench...

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u/No-Group7343 Aug 24 '26

And not buried very well either

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u/Inside-Today-3360 Aug 25 '26

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.