Jen seemed to smell the oil every time we had oil delivered, so she decided to call the oil company and come out and do an inspection of the system on 2/9/2024

At the end of the inspection, we were told that the heater is fine, but there is a small leak at the valve on the oil tank. They will provide a couple companies that can tell us if it CAN be fixed or if the tank needs to be replaced. They also tell us that they will NOT deliver oil to us until the tank is fixed or replaced. Fuckers!

Jen set up an appointment on Monday 2/19 with PTE (Professional Tank & Environmental) to have them come out to tell us if they can fix it or if it needs to be replaced. He was supposed to be here at 1pm, so I timed my lunch around this so I could go through everything with him. He did not show….and apparently PTE called Jen at 1:30 to say he had a family emergency. Ok, I get it…I can be patient!

So…now the next appt is for Tuesday 2/20 at 11, which is fine, but I have a weekly call with everyone at work. When this guy doesn’t show by 11:15, Jen calls PTE and says that we need to reschedule. (I did not know that she cancelled it)…the guy shows up here at 11:30, just as the meeting is starting. He said it should only take a few minutes, so I put the meeting on mute and escorted him down the basement to the tank. Immediately he tells me that it needs to be replaced, that there is rust on the legs. I told him that he needs to write up an estimate and email it to Jen. He continues to talk to me about the best plan…I am done with this guy!

I am sick of this shit…the man-spaining, the being talked down to, the assumption that I am just a dumb-ass woman, all that stupid MEN contractor shit! AND now, we need oil!

We are going to makes some more calls! Seems as though we were pretty much blackballed from getting oil delivered until we get the tank replaced, so we are going to need to get some estimates on the tank replacement….I’m still not convinced that there is actually a leak, but we are being forced to replace the tank!