Oil Tank - when to replace

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cannugec5 said:

Interestingly neither our regular boiler service engineer nor the fuel delivery guy had ever mentioned the tank being non compliant prior to this issue, but either or both could have condemned our system.

Two years ago the guy who serviced our boiler noted on the inspection certificate that the tank location was non-compliant due to the fireboarding  not covering enough of the adjacent garden shed. Roll forward a year and the same guy made no comment about the fireboarding and ticked the "passed" box. He did however register a "fail" due to proximity to a drain, but only after I had pointed it out to him! Fuel delivery guys have never commented.