Description
Middle of the range, and often the right answer: substantial storage without the footprint or the delivery minimum of a bulk vessel.
Typical service is a small house, a holiday let, or a well-insulated property with a light heating demand.
Filled to the 80% limit this vessel holds about 200 gallons of propane — roughly 18 million BTU, or about 848 lb of product. Against a steady 100,000 BTU/hr load that is roughly 8 days of continuous running before it needs refilling.
Against the 200 gallon it buys real headroom; against the 320 it saves footprint and pad. That trade-off is usually decided by the site, not the load.
Key specification
- Water capacity: 250 gallons
- Usable propane at 80% fill: approximately 200 gallons
- Product weight when full: approximately 848 lb
- Heat content at full fill: approximately 18 million BTU
- Installation: Above ground
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Certification: ASME stamped
- Condition: Confirmed on your invoice
- Fuel: Propane / LPG
Installation and siting
Surface installation keeps the whole vessel inspectable. Coating faults, valve seepage and gauge problems are all visible before they become expensive, which is the main argument for staying above ground where the site allows it.
Installation is a licensed trade. We will get the vessel to your site on an insured carrier; setting, connecting and commissioning it is work for a qualified propane contractor.
Certification and paperwork
Condition is confirmed on the invoice. Whichever we ship, it is stamp-verified, pressure tested, and documented for the specific unit you receive.
We check the relief valve, the service and fill connections and the float gauge on every unit. These are the parts that fail first and the parts that matter most.
Cost of ownership
A tank you own has no rental charge attached to it, and no clause tying you to one supplier’s posted price.
Before you commit
Buy the documentation, not just the steel. A vessel without a legible stamp and a test record is worth a fraction of one with both, whatever the listing says.
Have the appliance ratings to hand when you call. Total BTU and the climate decide the capacity; everything else is siting.
