Oil Tank Replacement, Installations & Removals

Oil Tank Removals & Installations – Domestic Servicing

Oil tank removals and replacements for home heating are at the core of Tank Services’ skills. We are experts at removing an oil tank that fuels oil fired appliances such as boilers, AGAs and Rayburns. Our Friendly teams of OFTEC Certified (Oil Firing Technical Association) Engineers perform our Decommissioning and Fuel Tank Removal.

You can rest with complete peace of mind because our teams are experienced, trained and fully insured for domestic and commercial installation work. So Tank Services are the team to trust! with over 17 Years Experience our Tank Removal Services are second to none.

How much will it cost to Replace my Oil Tank?

A tough question to answer as everyone’s job requirements is different. But we can give you an overview of the average cost of replacing a heating oil tank. The work can be divided into three main parts. Labour, Materials and the price of the fuel tank.
These are broken down below but here is a typical range of price examples.

• Labour £400 – £800
• Materials £100 – £300
• Oil Tank £900 – £1400

So a simple installation including labour, materials, recycling & removal of the old oil tank can be around £1400 inc. VAT or a more complex install could cost up to £2500 inc. VAT.
All prices are subject to a no-obligation FREE Site Assessment and will depend on the site requirements and size of the tank.

How much does Oil Tank Installation Labour cost?

We charge for labour in terms of half & full days, whether something is a half or full-day is determined by one of our free assessors. For Domestic customers, a half-day is in the £400 ballpark and £800 for a full day.

Most installations usually only require a half-day with removing an oil tank. However, bear in mind if the place you want to install the tank is particularly complex, due to Building and OFTEC regulation requirements, it may take a whole day. The distance to the site is also calculated into the time it will take the team to complete their work.

Labour comes in the form of a 2-man team of OFTEC Qualified Engineers who will remove your old oil tank and hold your oil in a temporary tank while they install your new one. If the oil is healthy it will be pumped back into your new tank when the job is complete.

How much are the Materials for an Oil Install?

This is especially appropriate where a concrete base needs to be constructed for the tank to rest on. Because OFTEC has very specific requirements for the surface the tank rests on these very often need to be made from scratch.

Another big factor in material cost is fire protection. Some installations require a fire screen to form a barrier because the tank can’t be within certain distances of non-fire rated objects. These fire-rated screens require fixings and construction supports. This can add to the cost so, if you can, it may be more ideal to choose an isolated location for your tank.

How much does a new Oil Tank cost?

There is a wide range of fuel tanks available for installations that we hold in stock. A typical example though would be our SL1000BT DESO 1000 Litre Slimline Bunded Oil Tank at £1290 inc. VAT and an SL1250BT a similar 1250 Litre version at £1374 inc. VAT.

Vertical, cylindrical tanks are a lot cheaper with a V1230BT DESO 1230 Litre Bunded Oil Tank at £1138.80 inc. VAT or a 1400VB Tuffa 1400 Litre Bunded Oil Tank at £894 inc. VAT

The Areas we Cover for Domestic Tank Replacement Services

Based in Wiltshire, Southern Tank services cover the whole county and nearby districts Dorset and Somerset. We are happy travelling from the south in Salisbury, Amesbury, Tisbury across to Warminster, Trowbridge, Melksham, Westbury & Devizes in the middle.

Oil Tank Replacement coverage extends up to Chippenham, Swindon, Marlborough, Calne & Malmesbury in the North.
In the County of Somerset, we cover many areas including Crewkerne, Yeovil, Milborne Port across to Wincanton, Somerton, Langport, Castle Cary, Bruton & Glastonbury in the middle all the way up to Cheddar, Wells, Shepton Mallet, Frome & Norton St Philip in the North.

We have great access to serve the whole Dorset area including all the major towns and villages such as Dorchester, Weymouth, Bridport and Poole in the south of the county, Sherborne, Blandford and Sturminster Newton in Mid-county, up across the North of the county, including Shaftesbury and Gillingham.

Oil Tank Replacement Procedure

The procedures for removing domestic heating oil tanks and commercially sized tanks are essentially the same.

Typically, after the initial free assessment of the current oil tank installation. We’ll check your garden for access and perform an Environmental Risk Assessment for oil storage. Then we present a solution that will comply with current building regulations, oil storage regulations and OFTEC guidelines. Lastly, After your agreement with the quotation cost and on your instruction, we will start the oil tank removal and replacement by:

• Pumping out your existing oil to our safe holding tank.

• Disconnect, remove and recycle the old tank within both environmental code and best practices.

• Pressure test the old oil pipe. (If required for re-use)

• Construct a base suitable for the new tank.

• Install the new bunded oil tank and connect to the oil feed pipe.

• Transfer the oil out of the holding tank into the new installation.

• Bleed the oil pipes and prime the appliances and test.

• Issue an OFTEC CD10 completion report and register the work with OFTEC, who will issue a Certificate of Conformity to you.

Oil Storage Installation Regulations

Oil Fired Technical Association – OFTEC Provide a checklist for the installation of oil storage that states a Bunded Tank is required when the tank:

• Is in Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man
• Installed in Wales from the 15th March 2016
• Capacity is over 2500 Litres
• Is within 10 metres of controlled water
• Located where a spillage could run into an open drain or to a loose-fitting manhole cover
• Within 50 metres of a borehole or spring
• Over hard ground or hard-surfaced ground that could enable spillage run-off to reach controlled water
• Located in a position where the vent pipe outlet is not visible from the fill point
• Supplying Heating Oil to a building other than a single-family dwelling
• Located within an England ‘Groundwater Source Protection Zone 1’
• Is subject to any other Potential Hazard individual to the site

An oil tank located in a flood risk area or an area exposed to high winds will require a Tank Restraint. This prevents the risk of tank tipping and causing damage to itself and potentially leaking oil.

Fire Protection for Oil Installations

Fire risks are also an important concern of ours when we install any fuel storage tanks. Oil Tanks need Fire Protection if the install matches any of OFTEC’s Fire Hazard checklist.
If the oil tank is located:

• Within 1.8 metres of a non-fire rated building or structure (less than 30 minutes of fire protection)
• Within 760mm of a non-fire rated boundary (less than 30 minutes of fire protection)
• Within 1.8 metres of non-fire rated eaves (less than 30 minutes of fire protection). That’s 1.8 metres from the part of a roof that meets or overhangs the wall of a building
• Within 1.8 metres of a construction opening in a building i.e. a Door or Window
• Within 1.8 metres of a flue termination i.e. An exhaust duct, pipe or opening in a chimney from a burner appliance of fireplace
• On a base which does not extend to a minimum of 300mm around all sides of the tank

Regulators for Oil Storage

The FPS (Federation of Petroleum Suppliers) is the trade association for the oil distribution industry in the UK and ROI. It also publishes some very useful information for oil tank installation and the safe storage of fuel oils.

The UK Gov website also has info on the oil storage regulations and home owner’s responsibilities when removing an oil tank.

For domestic oil tank removals, installations and services, we cover Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and West Berkshire.

Health & Safety of our Installers

The Health and Safety of our teams and our clients are always at the forefront of our minds. So that’s why here we perform training regularly and all our staff go through rigorous courses and retraining. We are also certified with CHAS who ensure our health and safety exceeds standards.

OFTEC & FPS – Advice on getting your Oil Tank Installed!