250 Gallon Above Ground Propane Tank
$1,550.00
Underground Propane Tanks
250 Gallon Underground Propane Tank - ASME
ASME CertifiedShips Empty
This tank ships empty. You can add a first fill of propane below. If you do, the tank is filled only after it has been installed and has passed its leak check - a licensed local propane supplier we arrange makes the fill, usually a few days to two weeks after installation. How refueling works
$1,950.00
Factory-direct pricing. Delivery from $350.00, priced by ZIP from our nearest yard at checkout.
The 250 UnderGround Propane Tank is a new 250 gallon tank marked ASME and built for burial, measuring roughly 7 feet long and 2 feet in diameter.
A licensed local installer we arrange excavates, beds and buries the tank, fits the dome, regulator and gas line, backfills and leak-tests every joint. The price shown is the price: the dig is included, not quoted afterwards. Save 5% on the tank and installation together.
200 gallons is 80% of this tank's 250-gallon capacity, the legal fill limit, at $2.67 per gallon. The tank still ships empty: a licensed local propane supplier fills it after it is installed and passes its leak check - usually a few days to two weeks after installation. The pre-fill leak check and account setup are free when you order the fill with your tank. Save 5% on the tank and fill together, or 10% with professional installation as well. How refueling works
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Ships from a yard near you
We dispatch from nine yards across the US, so your order leaves from the closest one, not from the other side of the country.
- Bristol, CTConnecticut, Massachusetts and New England
- Bethel, CTWestern Connecticut, New York and the Hudson Valley
- Cape May Court House, NJNew Jersey and Delaware
- Peach Bottom, PAPennsylvania, Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic
- Mentor, OHOhio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia
- Clarkston, MIMichigan, Indiana and the Great Lakes
- Springfield, ILIllinois, Wisconsin and the upper Midwest
- Kearney, MOCentral states and the Plains
- Von Ormy, TXTexas, the South and the Southwest
Estimated delivery: 7-10 business days. Shipping details
Secure card payment at checkout. You pay at checkout, so nothing is left outstanding. Your order is confirmed and moves into processing the moment the payment goes through. How ordering works · Questions? (210) 570-4603
| SKU | PT4L-250UNDERGROUNDPROP-K0HBP |
|---|---|
| Supplied | Empty - no propane or fuel included |
| Capacity | 250 gallons |
| Condition | New |
| Installation | underground |
| Certification | ASME |
| Shipping | Freight truck - from $350.00, priced by ZIP |
Valves & fittings included
- Fill valve
- Double-check filler valve - the connection the delivery truck fills through. 250 gallons and up take the 1-3/4 inch ACME bulk-fill connection.
- Service / vapor withdrawal valve
- The vapor outlet your installer connects the first-stage regulator to.
- Pressure relief valve
- Required safety device. Vents to atmosphere if tank pressure rises above the set point, then reseats.
- Float gauge
- Dial gauge reading tank level as a percentage of capacity.
- Liquid withdrawal valve
- Draws liquid propane rather than vapor, for transfer and high-demand liquid service.
- Vapor return valve
- Returns vapor to the delivery vehicle during filling and relieves pressure back to another vessel.
Valves are factory-fitted to the vessel. The regulator, gas line and the propane itself are not included - a licensed installer connects the tank and a licensed supplier makes the first fill.
Home delivery - shipped by freight to your address
- Liftgate service is included on residential freight deliveries.
- Delivery is curbside: the driver brings it to the vehicle access point, not to the pad. Moving and setting the tank is installation work.
- The carrier calls the number on your order to book a delivery window, and someone must be there to receive it.
- Delivery is one flat rate, shown and charged at checkout - there is no separate freight invoice afterwards.
- Ships from the nearest of our nine US yards - in CT, NJ, PA, OH, MI, IL, MO and TX.
- Delivered anywhere in the 48 contiguous states.
Full terms on shipping & delivery and installation.
About the 250 Gallon Underground Propane Tank - ASME
The 250 UnderGround Propane Tank is a new 250 gallon tank marked ASME and built for burial, measuring roughly 7 feet long and 2 feet in diameter. It suits a home or small commercial property that needs a modest stationary supply and wants nothing on the lawn but the dome. Add underground installation, excavation included, for $1,950.
Key specifications
- Capacity: 250 gallons
- Approximate size: 7 ft long, 2 ft diameter
- Markings: ASME
- Heavy-duty steel with a protective coating for underground service
- Safety equipment: pressure relief valve, excess flow protection and liquid level gauging
This size or a larger buried tank
The smaller buried tank makes sense when propane covers part of the household load rather than all of it, or when the home is compact and well insulated. If propane will be your only heating fuel in an average or larger house, or you want fewer deliveries, the next size up in an underground tank is the step to consider. The size chart sets the capacities side by side.
Getting the site ready
- Have underground utilities located and marked before digging day.
- Make sure the excavation equipment can reach the spot; the hole has to be larger than the tank itself to allow for bedding and backfill.
- Keep the dome reachable for the delivery hose, and keep the spot clear of future building work.
- Burial depth and setbacks are set by the NFPA propane code and your local authority; your installer sites the tank.
Common questions
How much digging is involved? Enough for a tank roughly 7 feet long and 2 feet across, plus room for bedding and backfill around it. The installation add-on includes the excavation.
Where do I read the level once it is buried? At the dome, where the float gauge shows the level as a percentage of capacity.
A 250 gallon underground propane tank, out of sight
A buried 250 gallon tank holds about 200 usable gallons - enough for home heating in a smaller house, or for hot water, a pool heater and a standby generator in a larger one - without a white cylinder sitting in the garden. Only the dome shows at ground level, flush enough to mow around, and that is the whole point: the capacity of a stationary tank with none of the visual cost.
What burying involves
Underground tanks are built for it rather than adapted to it: a corrosion-resistant coating, a shroud and dome protecting the valves and gauge at grade, and an anode for cathodic protection in the soil. The work is a correctly sized excavation, bedding, the tank set at code depth with proper setbacks, backfill, and the gas line run to the house. Add installation at checkout and it is priced in with the tank - excavation included - rather than quoted back to you afterwards.
Delivery and first fill
Ships by freight to any address in the 48 contiguous states at our flat rate. It arrives empty; a licensed propane supplier makes the first fill once the tank is set and the system has been leak-tested. If an above ground tank would suit the site better, the 250 gallon above ground version is the same capacity for less installed cost.
