Tank removals in the downtown historic district (Wilmington) have unique challenges, mostly tight spaces and logistics. This tank was leaking through multiple large corrosion holes. Once the tank was brought into compliance (proper removal and paperwork), the State issued a “No Further Action” letter closing the incident.

At the property owners request, we conducted some additional yard grading to prevent water from draining to the garage.

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Here is a tank that we recently removed in Jacksonville, NC. Fortunately, our backhoe was just small enough to drive through the metal carport. For 25 years, we’ve removed a lot of tanks in tight places. I’ll bet we can get yours out too!

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PES can conduct Tank Searches and/or Tank Evaluations to determine the status of an underground oil tank. We can usually give next day service and provide a professionally sealed report documenting our findings. If no tank is found, our report can be used as a third-party verification of this fact.

Because a lot of oil tanks haven’t been used for decades, many sellers don’t even know that they have a tank buried on their property. Other sellers just don’t want to admit that there is one: “no representation.” Still if a house was built before 1970, there is probably an oil tank story to tell.

Our Tank Search will find it if it’s there. It’s worth making sure that you aren’t unknowingly buying contaminated property that will cost a significant amount to bring the tank situation into compliance with State requirements. Call for more detailed information. 910-790-8265

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Classic tank removal project - house built in 1964: This abandoned oil tank had lots of corrosion holes. And this is a newer tank compared to most. Most oil tanks are over 70 years old! They were never meant to be in the ground this long.

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This oil tank was in the back yard, turned into "the chicken’s yard,” so there wasn’t any grass when we started removing the tank. This made our impact foot print look larger than it realy was.

It was tight getting in and out of the yard: through the fence, around the carport, and under a large, low tree branch, but we made it work. It's more about finesse than speed.

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