Another tank removal for 2024! Thanks for a great season Kevin!

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Another tank removed to allow the sale of a property.

Compare the first photo (before tank removal) with the 5th photo (after tank removal). Not much difference! We try hard to make the yard impact as minimal as possible.

Big holes in this tank!

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If your home was built before 1970, make sure you don’t have an unknown buried oil tank. A rain induced over spill can be a rude awakening! Costly too!

At this property, heavy rains caused surface water to pour into an unknown oil tank. This floated the remaining fuel up and out of the tank. The resulting fuel surface spill contaminated soil all around the tank location and into the neighbor’s yard. A big mess!

PES was able to immediately seal the tank to prevent any additional fuel overflow until a tank removal and soil cleanup could be scheduled.

The tank was removed and all the surface spill contaminated soil was excavated for treatment. Take a look!

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Bottom Line: With the tank removed and brought into State compliance, there was no tank issue and the house sold easily.

But this tank removal was amazing! The tank was located under a raised wooden deck. We had the owners temporarily remove 2 support posts and we cut up the concrete sidewalk over the tank. We then carefully uncovered, washed the interior, and removed the tank. Mission accomplished and it looks pretty good after the fact!

I can almost guarantee that you’ve never seen a backhoe working in such a difficult, confined space doing this big of a job. The bottom of the tank is about 5 feet down. Special thanks to Kevin Willetts for operating the backhoe with such care and precision!! If you understand the operational geometry of a backhoe, you know what an amazing feat this really was!

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Aboveground oil tanks can be a problem too. This one was in a basement and had been covered up with junk when the buyer made a quick purchase. It had to be cut into pieces to get it out of the basement. No fun but... you gotta do what you gotta do!

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Oil tank issues always seem to come up at the last minute of a property transaction. Everything seems set and then an oil tank is discovered. It complicates the previously agreed to price and potential can ruin the whole deal.

Removing the underground oil tank before or right after listing the house “for sale” eliminates this problem.

Once we are under contract, we can have the tank removed in just a week or two. But don’t wait till the last minute. There are State compliance requirements that also have to be met before the property can legally transfer.

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