Remove Residential Underground Storage Tank

Photo of an excavator removing an Underground Storage TankIf your home has an underground oil tank, buried oil tank, underground fuel storage tank or underground storage tank that is no longer in use or more past it's service life cycle it MUST be removed from your property. Or perhaps you have an abandoned residential underground oil tank buried in your cottage, or rental property, not being used. Abandoned underground storage tanks often times leak, contaminate the soil and start to cause bad odours. These underground tanks must be properly removed by a qualified professional.

We take our job very seriously. We want to work with you to help keep your property free of hazards by eliminating any potential threat caused by your dormant underground oil tank. Learn more about why you should remove your dormant residential underground fuel tank.

At Eco Metal Recycling Inc. we will assure you that the underground tank is removed worry free and properly. We have the specialized resources and equipment to pump out and dispose of the oil that remains in your underground tank. This equipment is not available to the general public. We provide Underground Tank Removals for residential clients in Ontario.

IMPORTANT! DO NOT TRY AND TAKE THE OUT YOUR UNDERGROUND TANK YOURSELF THIS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES NOT ONLY TO YOURSELF BUT YOUR HOME.

Let us remove that old residential underground storage tank.

Contact us today for your free consultation. We offer 24 hour and same day service.

Our Residential Underground Tank Removal Process

Photo of an Underground Storage Tank removals contractor taking soil samplesWhat to expect when we come to remove your residential buried oil tank:

  1. Obtain all required permits - Locates - Hydro, Bell, Gas, etc.
  2. Empty oil or water from the tank and clean out all residues
  3. Safely excavate the tank piping, copper lines, filters, etc.
  4. Once tank is excavated, engineer(s) will take soil samples
  5. Carefully check for signs of a leak and report findings
  6. Properly separate clean soil from any that appears to be contaminated
  7. Backfill the hole to grade - often compactors and tampers are needed
  8. Clean up the site
  9. Dispose of the tank, piping, residues, soil and any remaining oil at authorized locations
  10. Provide Soil Sample Report with photos.  Soil Sample Report

Why you should use us to remove your residential underground tanks

Photo of a Technician taking soil samples during the removal of an Underground Storage TankHere are a few reasons why Eco Metal Recycling Inc is the best residential underground tank removal company to use:

  • Eco Metal Recycling Inc has taken out hundreds of tanks for residential clients over the years. Please feel free to ask for a reference from a happy satisfied customer
  • On time arrival
  • Technicians are TSSA (Technical Standards and Safety Authority) Certified with PM2 & OBT2 licenses.
  • WSIB Registered
  • MECP – Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks approved contractor
  • TSSA – Certified Company Contractor
  • Dangerous goods transportation licensed
  • Master Petroleum Mechanic (PM1) on staff
  • Certified Oil Burner Technician (OBT-1) on staff
  • Team Technicians are Professional, Polite and respectful
  • $5,000,000 Liability insurance
  • Supply safety fence if the hole needs to stay open for any period of time
  • We clean up better than anyone in the business

Why you should remove residential underground tanks

Abandoned residential underground tanks and leaky buried fuel tanks may: pose a hazard to your health and investment, cause offensive odours, contaminate surface and subsurface soils.

In the last forty years, thousands of storage tank systems for petroleum and allied petroleum products have been installed on federal lands, mainly to service an expanding transportation sector. Many of these storage tank systems were fabricated from carbon steel without corrosion protection. As these systems age, they are more likely to fail due to corrosion.

Leaks from storage tank systems can have devastating environmental and economic impacts. Small quantities of diesel and gasoline can cause offensive odours, contaminate surface and subsurface soils, render drinking water from aquifers non-potable and create explosive build-ups of vapours in basements and other underground structures.

Just hire Eco Metal and the job gets done properly. Eliminate the potential risk of an abandoned underground oil tank? The way to eliminate this risk is to remove the threat by removing the dormant residential underground tanks!

We recommend that you remove your abandoned residential underground tank as soon as possible!

How to tell if your property has an Abandoned Underground Storage Tank?

There are many telltale signs of residential Underground Storage Tanks (UST's) being located on your premises.

If you find pipes in your yard, copper lines coming into your basement, a old fuel filter in the basement, these are for sure signs that a tank is in the ground.

The best way to explain is for us to illustrate with actual photos that show the evidence of former underground storage tanks that have been abandoned.

Photo evidence of a fill cap and vent pipe for the Underground Storage Tank (UST)

Photo of a Underground Storage Tank (UST) copper pipe entering basement

Photo example of a Underground Storage Tank (UST) pipe entering basement

We Service Your Area

No place is too small or too far for Eco Metal Recycling Inc. We service almost all in Southern Ontario and the GTA!