Leaking Oil Tanks - Call: 0795 831 0032 Now!
Single skin plastic tank crack due to being badly installed or by UV rays from the sun bleaching the pigment from the tank and also making the tank flex which will in time split the tank, also on very cold day as the sun hits the tank it can make it flex with 2 different temperatures it could split the tank.
Here are some pictures showing cracks on single skin oil tanks
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This tank in surrey has split due to the sun shining directly on it. Free Temporary tanks for emergency drain down. |
This single skin oil tank in Andover Hants shows signs of bleaching from the sun
a new bunded oil tank was fitted so to stop this from happening again.
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This oil tank in Chelmsford Essex Shows signs of flexing in the sun. |
Single Skin Metal Oil Tanks Leaking.
Single skin metal tank leak for many reasons here are some examples that may help.
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You can see the damp patch on the tank this the oil seeping through the steel it will drip in time |
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You can see the rust spots on this single skin oil tank in Romford Essex |
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More rust spot on a single skin oil tank in Essex |
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Growing trees and bushes over the single skin oil tanks are fine but you can not see the tank |
Bunded oil tank fully fitted on a concrete base connected to an existing oil line fire walls are an extra charge also long pipe runs and trench digging for pipes.
How to fix a leaking oil tank - Call: 0795 831 0032 Now!
The only thing that you do to a leaking oil tank is to fill the crack with soap you must make sure that the soap go's all the way in to the crack this is only a Temporary fix until the tank can be pumped out.?Do not try this with metal leaking oil tanks? as rubbing the steel will make the leak worse this is for plastic tanks only!! so if you are in Dover, Rye,?Harboured of Folkestone give us a call 24 hours a day 7 days a week we travel across to Andover and Hampshire we will fit a temporary tank free of charge if we are doing the tank replacement including Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes you should also try and catch as much off the oil as possible in a container.
Cleaning up a oil spill - Call: 0795 831 0032 Now!
You should only try and clean up as much as possible as contamination off the ground is a serious thing and should be done by professionals you insurance should be? notified, but you can use thing like cat litter, coconut crushed shells, sand and you can buy spill mats from some good plumbing merchants, but cat litter is the best and quick and easy thing to use as long as it's not raining? spread the cat litter over the oil and pick it up when it has absorbed the oil and place new litter put until nothing is showing in the litter. This is for guidance only and call 07958310032, 24/7 days a week? and cheap rates. We also cover a large area.
Buying? a new oil tank - Call: 0795 831 0032 Now!
At Bellegrove Plumbing and Heating we will always? point are customers towards buying a new bunded oil tank as single skin oil tanks split in the sunlight and also cause condensation in the tank .and it will come with a 10 year warranty and we will only sell you a tank which is compliant with the ce certificate. You tank will need to be checked every year? to maintain the warranty this can be done by? us, Or you own oftec registered service engineer so if you are buying a new oil tank then look no further as All our tanks? are compliant to the oftec regulations, so if you do have a problem it would be picked up early and under warranty? and all are bunded oil tanks are fitted on concrete bases and a oil monitor filter and lockable lids we also can replace oil lines and lift the tank up on a platform for aga or other types of gravity fed cooker and fires we also install tanks for dispensing? fuel for tractors and farm machinery from a 1000 lts up to 3000 lts all bunded and we offer free delivery on all are tanks.
For more detail please call? Andy on 0795 831 0032
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