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Mandatory Replacement Years for Home Heat Tanks

Published date: January 6, 2023
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Mandatory Replacement Years for Home Heat Tanks (calculated from the year of manufacture)
Steel Thickness Outlet/Connection Type Mandatory Replacement Year
Non-metallic tanks Not applicable No mandatory replacement year
Double-bottom metallic tank Not applicable No mandatory replacement year
Metallic tank with nominal

steel thickness of 2.0 mm		 Tank end or top burner connection 15 years from year

of tank manufacture
Metallic tank with nominal

steel thickness of 2.0 mm		 Bottom outlet burner connection 20 years from year

of tank manufacture
Metallic tank with nominal

steel thickness of 2.3 mm		 Tank end or top burner connection 20 years from year

of tank manufacture
Metallic tank with nominal

steel thickness of 2.3 mm		 Bottom outlet burner connection 25 years from year

of tank manufacture

Who can I contact for more information?

Chief Boiler Inspector

J. Elmer Blanchard Building

31 Gordon Drive

Charlottetown, PE

Telephone: (902) 368-5567

Fax: (902) 368-5526

 

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Inspection Services

J. Elmer Blanchard Building

31 Gordon Drive

Charlottetown, PE C1A 6B8

Telephone: 902-368-5280

Fax: 902-368-5526