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Nassau County Foam & Sand Oil Tank Abandonment
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The former practice of burying Nassau County oil tanks can lead to oil spills resulting in a messy and expensive clean up. When oil tanks collect moisture via the vents exposing the inside of the tank to outside elements, the moisture then becomes pooled water at the bottom of the tank, which causes rust leading to holes in the tank. Finally, your oil tank spills oil into the surrounding soil and water table.
While you have two choices in correcting a leaking oil tank, namely oil tank removal and oil tank abandonment, your choices differ in both complexity and cost. Oil tank removal involves first removing the oil from the tank, cutting the empty tank in pieces, cleaning the tank of sludge and oil fill, disconnecting vent pipes, and sampling surrounding soil to confirm there’s no contamination. In addition to the risk of spilling oil during the oil tank removal, the cost of removal both financially and in terms of your landscape outweigh the cost of oil tank abandonment.
Our Long Island company offers both foam-based and sand-based oil tank abandonment, which allows you to leave your oil tank on the property. We remove all oil and deactivate the oil tank, which causes minimal excavation to your property. Then, after we fill the tank with foam or sand, we disconnect vent and fill pipes, which we then fill with cement, sealing off the tank forever. Please feel free to call us for your free 2-minute quote for your Nassau County oil tank abandonment.
Certificate of Abandonment
Once we complete the job, we provide you a tank abandonment certificate. If you ever decide to sell your Nassau County home, your certificate of abandonment can ease the minds of your buyers.
Foam-Based Oil Tank Abandonment
Our company ensures proper disposal of the used oil and waste products from your tank, following EPA standards and regulations, during the foam-based oil tank abandonment. After removing the oil from the tank, we excavate the soil above the tank, remove the top layer of the tank’s metal, clean the inside of the tank by removing sludge and liquid, then fill the empty and clean tank with foam, disconnect the vent pipes, close the vent openings with cement, and backfill the hole.
Sand-Based Oil Tank Abandonment
For some Nassau County homes, sand-based oil tank abandonment is necessary, and most tanks with a capacity of 1,100 gallons or less can be abandoned with sand. After our company vacuums the remaining oil from the tank, we then excavate the top of the tank in order to cut out the top of the tank and then wash the bottom and the walls of the tank. We fill the clean and empty tank with sand, remove piping and vents, cement the openings from those removals, and then backfill the excavation site.
Oil Tank Abandonment Solution for Your Long Island
Rather than excavate a large portion of your landscaping with tank removal, oil tank abandonment allows you to safely and conveniently fill your underground oil tank. Our company offers fast 1-day tank service. We don’t subcontract our tank abandonment jobs. Please call for your free 2-minute quote for your Nassau County oil tank abandonment.
