Anywhere in Covington area to get propane tank refilled instead of swapped?

Any ace hardware, aren't you near Abita? Backroads Mercantile on 21 does for sure.

Ace in Madisonville on 21 refills tanks. They check the date stamped on the collar, so don't bring an old one.

U-Haul typically has propane refills I thought.

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Buy a second tank. You're paying for a whole tank refill every time you bring a half

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Yup, I have like 5 or 6 tanks. Always have a couple extra and I hate going to get propane.

Next house will have natural gas or a propane tank buried.

Maybe some places I went to just charge by size tank brought in

Not sure who will be open on Easter but ace on 190 has it. Larrys I believe has it.

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You're paying for a whole tank refill e

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My Tractor Sply doesn't do this. The dude just tells my how many gallons to the tenth and I go inside to pay.

I used to get them refilled at the U-haul. Old fricker was charging my a flat $20/cyl whether it was half empty or not. TS is like $11 for five full gallons. Oh, and I've never had them check for any dates on my bottles. Think I'm just lucky though.

I'd never had a tank checked until the Ace opened in Madisonville. Both of mine were only a couple of years old, so I didn't care at the time. But I think a bottle is only good for 7 or 8 years, then it needs to be decertified.

There's a place in Folsom on the west side of Hwy 25, just north of 40, that refills propane bottles. I got checked there, too.

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But I think a bottle is only good for 7 or 8 years, then it needs to be decertified.

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That's when it's time to swap it out at Wal-Mart or another store where they don't know or care. I picked up what looked like a 20 year old tank on a trash pile and swapped it out at CVS for a new one. Home Depot has self serve tank exchange.

The tank swap company's like Blue Rhino also do re-certification. Doesn't cost them a dime and they rip you off by under filling the tanks. Who's the one stealing

"All propane tanks better known as cylinders are subject to re-certification if it has been 12 years or more since the tanks were manufactured. The re-certification process is a simple test performed by a certified propane retailer that ensures your cylinder is still safe to carry propane."