View Single Post
  #10   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
Limp Arbor Limp Arbor is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 560
Default Underground oil tank removal costs

On Dec 17, 3:31*am, "RonABC" wrote:
Thanks all for your ideas and suggestions. *I'm on the East coast where
permits, testing, etc. are required for underground tank removal and no one
even dreams about taking tanks out on their own.

I was mostly wondering what the general maximum exposure might be if an
underground tank was removed and was found to have leaked, but was not near
any structures. *Apparently, the cost "could" turn out to be very high if
the leak spread to any underground water supply.


When I lived in Levittown, PA the oil delivery company insured the
furnace and the underground tank fairly cheap. The policy included an
annual cleaning and 'tune up' of the furnance. There was an
inspection required to start the policy but it was only a visual of
the furnace to make sure it was not 'modified' and putting a stick in
the tank to check for water.

Luckily I never needed to test the warranty on the tank but it
included all removal costs including cleanup.

Disclaimer, the Levittown houses are all slab houses so no structural
concerns and it was PA so not CA wanna be laws like NJ, NY, etc.

I would start with your oil company, they probably have the most
experience with your area.