Posted: March 24, 2025
There are all sorts of things that we do in an effort to keep our families, our homes, and ourselves safe. This includes researching what kind of cars are the safest, keeping a fire extinguisher on hand, and adding a security system to your house. If you use propane around your home, one of the additional safety measures you should take is ensuring that your propane tank is never filled to 100%.
Even immediately following a fuel delivery, your propane tank should not be filled to the 100% mark. In fact, propane tanks should only be 80% full at a time. This rule is set in place to help keep propane users safe.
The propane that goes into a storage tank is in liquid form, meaning it expands as temperatures rise. Therefore, only filling your tank up to 80% leaves room for the fuel to safely expand.
This also means that the size of your propane tank does not equate to how much fuel is inside of it. For example:
Anyone who uses propane around their North Central Texas home should also know how to protect themselves in the event of a propane leak.
The good thing about propane is that, even though it is odorless in its natural state, an odorant is added during its production process to help make leaks detectable. A propane leak will smell like rotten eggs or skunk spray.
If you suspect a gas leak in your home, follow these steps:
Yellow Rose is here to assist you with your Dallas-Fort Worth-area home’s propane tank.
If you are in the market for a new tank, we can help you find the one that will work best for you and your home. We offer customers the option to either buy or lease a tank. Once you select a tank, we can install it on your property.
We can then deliver the propane you need for that tank directly to you and monitor your fuel levels with our wireless tank monitoring service.
Yellow Rose Propane’s propane tank services will help make your life easier. Contact us today to become a customer.
