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Oil tank removals and replacements for home heating are at the core of our skills. We are experts at removing oil tanks that fuel 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 work professionally.
Our teams are experienced, trained and fully insured for domestic and commercial installation work. With over 17 years’ experience our tank removal services are second to none.
Based in Wiltshire, we cover the whole county and nearby Dorset and Somerset. We are happy travelling from the south in Salisbury, Amesbury, Tisbury across to Warminster, Trowbridge, Melksham, Westbury and Devizes.
Oil tank replacement coverage extends up to Chippenham, Swindon, Marlborough, Calne and Malmesbury in the north.
In Somerset, we cover many areas including Crewkerne, Yeovil, Milborne Port across to Wincanton, Somerton, Langport, Castle Cary, Bruton and Glastonbury in the middle all the way up to Cheddar, Wells, Shepton Mallet, Frome and 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.
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 will 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:
OFTEC provides a checklist for the installation of oil storage that states a bunded tank is required when the tank:
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 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, where the oil tank is located on or within:
Tuffa fire protected oil tanks provide their own fire rating that is built into the tank. This makes them suitable for locations where the above regulations would otherwise apply.
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is the trade association for the oil distribution industry in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It publishes some very useful information for oil tank installation and the safe storage of fuel oils.
The UK Government website also has information on the oil storage regulations and home owner’s responsibilities when removing an oil tank.
The health and safety of our teams and our clients are always at the forefront of our minds. In addition to being certified with CHAS who ensure our health and safety exceeds standards, all our staff regularly go through rigorous courses and retraining.
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Thinking of removing an oil tank? Arrange a free assessment using our enquiry form. A friendly member of our team will contact you shortly to book you in. If you have any questions regarding our work or products, please call our experts on 01722 714514 or send an enquiry using the button below!
We also offer domestic oil tank cleaning services. We can remove sludge from the bottom of fuel and oil tanks. The process for fuel tank cleaning is relatively simple. Firstly, we pump out the healthy fuel from the tank into a temporary tank whilst we remove the dirt. We then give the inside of the tank a good wipe around to remove any residual muck.
Do you feel your garden deserves better than having a big green eyesore in it? Then we’ve got good news. We have the ability to install underground fuel tanks. Underground tanks keep all the ugly fuel storage and fittings out of sight leaving you to attend to your flowers in peace and enjoy your garden.
Underground oil storage tanks for domestic heating oil have several advantages over an above ground installation. Space saving is the most obvious advantage, but fire risk and security are other major benefits. They only leave a manhole cover in view so they are kept neatly out of sight. Typically a domestic size tank will be installed in the garden, either 1400L or 2500L capacity available.
When it comes to below ground tanks we install double skin, bunded Harlequin tanks. Manufactured from a medium density polyethene inner tank and an independent fibreglass outer skin, these tanks are constructed with secondary containment, therefore achieving the highest levels of environmental protection for complete peace of mind.
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