Pressurized tank install question...

[dogwood]

Could be you don't have rebar being used in MA residential work. I tied off rebar for a whole summer, but that was in New York City and commercial work at that, and am not familar with residential practices up there. I've got a block foundation and put rebar in the footing myself. I still would not recommend weakening a corner, rebar or no, but could be wrong. Concrete has a lot of compressive strength to support weight, but not a lot of tensile strength, resistance to shear or bending. Solid corners would appear to help prevent the latter, and foundation cracks. Someone correct me if I'm off base here. I do tend to overbuild and exceed code requirements.

Mike

 

[SolarAndWood]

I'm with you Mike. I rebar every footer, vertical through any block walls before they get cored and extensively through the slabs.

 

[Hunderliggur]

For moving my tanks in my basement, I borrowed a pallet dolly from my farm store overnight to move two stacked 500 gallon tanks. You could move your boiler the same way. I was lucky (actually planned ahead). I have a 6 foot wide french door in a "walk out" basement. I was able to use my Bobcat to lift the tanks in to the basement and then lift a tank up and slide the other under it for stacking. When I was build I had the Bobcat in the basement to lift beams but I can't now that the door is installed.

If you cannot add to the side of the house (setbacks or other restrictions), the torpedo solution looks good.

 

[Chris S]

I cut a foundation last week for a window install. I own an ICS saw, but was surprised to find taht you can rent them for under $100/day. The place I went to in NJ to get a chain also has some type of system for charging for chain use which was pretty reasonable. I cut in 2 - 36" x 48" windows in 8" concrete. 2 tanks of gas each window, total cutting time approx 90 minutes. Hang plastic inside, and have somebody in there with a wet vac if you try this. Concrete cutting contractors will charge a flat charge of 2-300, then a per foot charge of 30-50$ for this service.
Something that wasn't mentioned- put a well in - we use Wellcraft they are 20" tall, you might only need 1, then window or door, you're all set

I have a JD 4500 tractor. my neighbor who has 15 International tractors- down from 50 says JD paints them green so they can hide in the tall grass from the real tractors.

I have 2 500gallon tanks available, one is the fatter, shorter version, but I'd have to measure it for accuracy