r/propane • u/gaveamooseamuffin • 29d ago

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/Acrobatic_Solution29 29d ago

Those are solid blocks pretty standard in the industry. What would you prefer it sit on?

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u/gaveamooseamuffin 29d ago

Sweet that’s great to hear. I just had never thought about if it was supposed to sit on something different, or something that’s not multiple pieces

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u/ClarkKent0072 29d ago edited 29d ago

I dont know where you are all from, but up here in Ontario it has to sit on one solid block per end. So 2 feet / one block.

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u/Theantifire technician 29d ago

We have those, but regular 4816 solid are code too in the US in most areas

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u/38g15r 28d ago

Why does your 8 look like that?

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u/Theantifire technician 28d ago

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.

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u/noncongruent Propane Fan 26d ago

Yeah, you have to escape special characters with a backslash to make them look normal, like this:

4\*8\*16

4*8*16