Blog

October 23, 2019

Get Rid of Your Buried Oil Tank with Professional Assistance

You have decided that you want to sell your home. When you started to process of getting it on the market, you kept hearing about whether you had an oil tank on your property. The problem is, you have no clue if you have an oil tank on your property. Now you need to look into oil tank detection and you don’t have the first clue where to start, what it is, or what it will mean if you have an oil tank on your property. Here are some answers to some standard questions about oil tank detection in your area.

Was your home built before 1975? Then chances are you have need for oil tank detection before you can sell your home. This is because oil tanks used to be how we heated our homes, before the popularity of natural gas and electric heating systems. When you bought your home, there should have been something that tells you where the oil tank is located, but if you don’t have that information, you will need oil tank detection soon, so you can put this mystery to rest. But fear not, this is not a very intrusive procedure and can be done swiftly by the right people.

The process of oil tank detection can be very simple. The oil tank detection expert will come in with specialized equipment and then scan your property to see if there is an oil tank somewhere in your yard or under your home. Oil tank detection can be a quick process depending on the kind of obstructions that could be in the way of finding the oil tank. If you have no oil tank, the specialists will be able to give you a certification that there is no oil tank on your property.

If the oil tank detection does find an oil tank, then you will have to deal with oil tank removal. Fear not though, because if you have chosen the right team to come do oil tank detection, they will also be able to take care of oil tank removal. Before you know it, your home will be oil tank free and you can start the process of getting it sold, without anything buried in the back yard.

Now that you have some information regarding oil tank detection, it will be easy to start your search for the team to come help you with it. West Coast Tank Recovery can be that team.