Following continued boiler failures and the discovery of water contamination in the oil storage tanks, JWH Tanks were recently contracted by a regional Police force to undertake the internal cleaning of two 18,000 litre oil storage tanks situated in a basement, combined with the polishing of 16,000 litres of oil using our mobile centrifuge. Despite
Underground petrol tank removal combines the services of both cleaning and removing tanks. This example shows a number of relatively small underground petrol tanks (2000 & 4000 gallons) being cleaned internally, placed under gas free certification following a series of atmospheric monitoring tests, excavated and removed from site for disposal at a licensed waste facility. Once we have completed
Oil Tank Removal at a Television Studio. We were recently contracted to carry out an oil tank removal in order to dispose of two 28,000 gallon gas oil tanks used to feed both boilers and back up generators. The tanks were situated within a building at a television studios, which required the oil tank
We are regularly contracted to undertake the safe opening of tanks previously deemed decommissioned. The process of making a petrol tank safe by removing residual product and filling the void with concrete has been common practice for many years. Unfortunately sub standard materials and ill informed contractors have left many tanks in a dangerous state, with large voids filling
A recent project in Cheshire required the removal of two water filled underground fuel tanks. The site wasn’t particularly big and the work also required a number of vehicles to manoeuvre on site. This required the tanks to be taken out with minimal disruption to the forecourt apron, thus still allowing vehicle movements at particular
This particular job was carried out for a long standing client at their branch in Dunfermline. Their primary focus is on car sales, therefore the petrol forecourt had become redundant. The first port of call for this job was to obtain the relevant approvals from the local Petroleum Licensing Authority to carry out the works
The reasons for fuel tank cleaning can be in response to either a contamination issue, or simply to be pro-active in ensuring that your fuel stocks remain in good condition. This particular case came from a tank cleaning client who first approached us around two years ago to perform fuel tank cleaning on some underground
This particular diesel tank cleaning project was relatively straight forward and was completed in the same day. The tank in question was purchased by a client of ours as a used tank, and they simply wanted to ensure that the tank was perfectly clean prior to introducing diesel. As with any enquiry we have relating
Project Overview J W Hinchliffe Tanks was appointed to remove six 13,000-litre heating oil tanks from a basement tank room beneath a large city-centre shopping and office complex.The tanks had previously stored heavy fuel oil and had later been used for gas oil. Although residual fuel had already been drained and access hatches had been
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Project Overview J W Hinchliffe Tanks was appointed by a generator maintenance company to carry out diesel tank cleaning and fuel polishing at a large data centre in the North of England. The site contained four underground diesel tanks, each with a capacity of 80,000 litres. These tanks supplied ten day tanks serving the site’s
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