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
Large Shopping Centre Tank Removal For this project we were approached by a principle contractor following the dismissal, by them, of another contractor. The situation found 6 x 13,000 litre heating oil tanks situated in a basement tank room, directly beneath a number of large city centre retail stores and offices. The tanks had previously
J W Hinchliffe (Tanks) Ltd were recently contracted to undertake diesel tank cleaning for a well known generator maintenance company at a large data centre in the North of England. The site consisted of four underground diesel tanks, with a capacity of 80,000 litres per tank. The underground tanks were feeding a selection of day
This case study focuses on the industrial tank cleaning service provided to a mill in the Peak District, prior to the uplift and disposal of their oil tanks. Industrial tank cleaning refers to the cleaning of bulk storage tanks in operational areas such as factories or mills, often housing products such as heavy fuel oil
This case study looks at a recent underground tank removal that encompassed a number of our services, as the site was not only very small, but had additional live tanks that didn’t require removal. The site consisted of a triple compartment tank that was redundant, with an additional petrol tank that was still in use.
