Before you buy, sell or remove a house with a buried heating oil tank in North or Central New Jersey, A1 Tank Guys samples the soil around it so you know whether it has leaked and what, if anything, it will cost to fix.
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Whether you own a home with an active tank or are buying one, testing removes the guesswork before it costs you.
You sign a short contract and we call in utility mark-outs, which usually take about three business days. Then we put your soil investigation on the schedule.
Our crew spends about 1.5 to 3 hours sampling around the tank with Geo-Probe equipment. If contamination shows up, we map how far it goes so we can give you a fixed price for the cleanup.
Clean results come with a report and up to six months to have us remove the tank, plus an optional guarantee that covers any required remediation. Results over the limit come with a fixed-price cleanup contract.
Related services: Oil Tank Removal and Soil Remediation. See all A1 Tank Guys services or call (973) 922-9002 for a free quote.
A buried tank does not have to sink a purchase. Test the soil during your inspection period and you will know exactly where you stand before you close.
You get a report and up to six months to have us remove the tank, so you can close first. Enroll in our guarantee program and any remediation needed if the tank fails the township inspection is covered.
We map the contamination and give you a fixed price for the cleanup, valid for six months. That number is your only liability, so you can negotiate with the seller using real figures.
Tanks that were previously filled with sand deserve the same check. Soil testing was not required when many of them were filled, and a lot were already leaking.
How soil testing works, who it is for, and what the results mean.
Sellers who want to know before listing, buyers during their inspection period, and homeowners who want an answer before deciding whether to remove a tank.
Sampling takes a short visit. Lab turnaround depends on the laboratory and the analysis needed; ask about faster options when you call if you are working to a closing date.
Very little. Samples are taken with a probe through small holes beside the tank, which are closed when we finish.
Yes. We sample tanks throughout North and Central New Jersey, from Wayne and Parsippany to Edison and Woodbridge.
Many contractors hand-probe three sides of the tank. In rocky or dense soil they often cannot reach the roughly seven feet needed along the tank bottom, so the readings are less accurate and the contamination cannot be properly mapped. We use Geo-Probe machines that can sample up to twenty feet deep and track a contamination plume. That is why we can give a true fixed price for any cleanup and stand behind our lab results with a guarantee.
Yes. Soil testing was not required when many tanks were filled in place, so plenty were leaking before they were abandoned, even with all the township paperwork in order. A large share of these tanks fail when they are finally removed. Testing before you buy protects you from that cost.
Yes, as long as you know the number first. We investigate the soil and give you a fixed cleanup price that stays valid for six months, which gives you time to close and then have us do the work. Read the fine print on any other “fixed price” proposal; many still leave the final cost open.
No, and that is how we keep the investigation affordable. It is designed to measure the contamination and give you a fixed cleanup price, mostly through field screening. A full delineation report with a certified subsurface evaluator costs several times more and usually is not needed just to know what the cleanup will cost.
Only where our Geo-Probe equipment can reach the tank area. If it cannot, we can still sample around the tank by hand, but we cannot offer a fixed price or guarantee on manual sampling.
