During the annual furnace cleaning for the church and parsonage, Irving noticed that the oil tank in the parsonage was in very bad shape, and they were especally concerned about one leg that was almost completely rusted through. The tank could tip over and rupture, with the resulting leak costing thousands of dollars to clean up.Trustees scheduled the work to be completed within two weeks, and today the tank was successfully replaced. Walter Greer helped get the crew started in the morning, and the whole job was done within a few hours. The tank was only quarter full so was easy to pump out too.
Here is a note from Walter: The old tank, in the process of removing it, had the bad leg collapse! The tank did not rupture, so no mess/no trouble. The men doing the removal said that (most likely) the tank leg would have given way this winter when the tank was filled - causing the tank to list and fall. What a mess that would have been!
Thanks again to all the Trustees for the work you do "behind the scenes."
Closeup of the tank foot that collapsed during the tank removal
The Irving folks who put in the new tank - life expectancy about 25 years for this one, although they guessed the one removed was about 40 years old!
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