Remove an old oil tank
I need to have an old oil tank removed – above ground 250 gal tank with 50 gals of oil still in tank
I need to have an old oil tank removed – above ground 250 gal tank with 50 gals of oil still in tank
Call Andy at Easy Air-Flo. He is due to soon replace my current oil-heating unit with a gas powered one. Removing the tank is part of the job. You can reach him at 718 496 3059. Tell him Chris from Decatur Street referred you.
I converted to gas and the plumbing contractor siphoned the oil off, cut the tank in half and hauled it away. You could call keyspan or whoever it is today and get a recommendation for a plumber to do a conversion and see if they will just do the haul away.
On the contrary…you’ll have to _pay_ a company to take away the oil (assuming they’re legit and don’t just dump it in the gowanus).
If it’s above ground, empty, and easily accessible, you might be able to get a scrapper to haul it away for free. More often the tanks are in a basement and have to be sliced up and hauled out. Not sure what the exact cost of that is, it’s usually lumped into the cost when homeowners do an oil-to-gas conversion.
I believe that you can have an oil co, syphon the oil out and you can sell it back to them. After that, I don’t know. I’d start with calling a plumber.