From Topsail to Seal Cove, we replace and remove heating oil tanks along the whole CBS shoreline. Free written estimates, and a 24/7 line if your tag's expired or your tank is leaking.
Conception Bay South runs a long way along the shore, from Topsail and Chamberlains through Manuels, Long Pond and Foxtrap out to Kelligrews, Upper Gullies and Seal Cove. Thousands of those homes are 1970s to 1990s bungalows that still heat with oil, and a lot of the tanks sit outside in the salt air and wind off the bay. Harbour Tank Co arranges oil tank replacement and removal across CBS, with free written estimates and a crew that's licensed and insured.
If the delivery driver read your tag, shook his head and pulled away, you're not the first in CBS this year and you won't be the last. Call (709) 800-3117 and you'll get a straight answer, a written price and a date. Our oil tank replacement and oil tank removal pages explain how the work goes.
New steel or fibreglass tanks installed at homes from Topsail to Seal Cove, tagged and registered by the installer's licensed inspector so your next delivery goes through. The old tank leaves on the same truck.
Salt air off Conception Bay is the main thing that finishes outdoor steel along the shore. Fibreglass doesn't rust and its tag runs decades longer, which makes it a sensible pick for an exposed lot in Long Pond or Kelligrews.
Moved to a heat pump and still have a rusty tank beside the house? We drain it, disconnect it, cap the lines and haul it away, so it's out of your yard and off your insurance file.
Refused delivery with a cold house, or oil on the ground? Our 24/7 emergency line covers all of Conception Bay South. Call (709) 800-3117 any hour.
Most of CBS sits within sight of the water, and a northeast wind carries salt spray well up past the Conception Bay Highway. An outdoor steel tank on the bay side of a house in Topsail, Manuels or Seal Cove gets a coat of salt every time it blows, and that salt eats paint first and steel second. The legs, the bottom seam and the spot where the fill pipe meets the tank usually go first.
The regulations already give a common outdoor single-wall steel tank a short life, ten years for a 14-gauge tank with a top or end outlet, and the salt doesn't add any. Freeze and thaw does the rest. On the older bungalows from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the stand under the tank has often been sinking a little each spring as well, and a tank sitting off level puts strain on the fittings.
None of that means you need to panic. It means the date on your tag is worth reading before the first cold snap, not after. If you'd rather not do this again in ten years, our fibreglass upgrade page explains why a lot of shoreline homeowners are moving away from outdoor steel.
Every registered oil tank in Newfoundland and Labrador carries a metal HOST tag with a six-digit number and an expiry stamped as month and year. A tag reading 7-2028 means the tank can't be used after the end of July 2028. Delivery drivers check that tag before they fill, and by law they can't deliver to an expired one and have to report it.
That's why so many CBS homeowners find out in November, with the truck idling in a driveway in Foxtrap and a wind coming across the bay. If that's you, ring (709) 800-3117. We'll tell you straight whether a fast replacement or a removal makes more sense, and our expired tank emergency page covers what to do in the meantime to keep the pipes from freezing.
Once a tank is disconnected, the owner has 30 days to have it emptied, dismantled and disposed of, with the lines capped. We build that into the job, so you're not left with a dead tank in the yard and a deadline you didn't know about. The paperwork matters too, because proof of registration is often asked for by insurers and by lawyers when a house in CBS changes hands.
Every job starts with a free written estimate, and we don't guess from the phone. We look at where the tank sits, what it's standing on, the line into the house, how much oil is left, and whether the truck can get in close on the older lots off the Conception Bay Highway. Basement tanks in the older Chamberlains and Manuels homes get a look at the stairs and the doorway too.
You'll see the price in writing before anyone touches a wrench. As a guide, a 200-gallon steel tank installed with the old one taken away runs about $3,200, fibreglass about $3,850, and removal only of an outdoor tank around $500. Our oil tank replacement cost page breaks down what moves those numbers.
We cover all of Conception Bay South and the towns beside it. If you're across the line in Paradise or Mount Pearl we've got you, and we head out around the bay to Bay Roberts as well.
Call (709) 800-3117 and tell us what the tag says and where the tank sits. Expired-tag refusals go to the front of the line in winter, because a cold house in Kelligrews with a northeast wind on it isn't something we'll leave until next week. You'll get a written price and a real date, and once the new tank is tagged and registered you can rebook your delivery.
For an outdoor tank on the bay side of the house, it's worth a serious look. Fibreglass doesn't rust, and its tag can run for decades instead of the ten to twenty years an outdoor steel tank gets. It costs about $650 more installed, and we'll put both numbers side by side in the estimate so you can decide without any pushing from us.
Yes, and you shouldn't leave it sitting there. Once a tank is disconnected the regulations give you 30 days to have it emptied, dismantled and disposed of with the lines capped. We drain what's left, lift it out and haul it away, and you get paperwork for your insurer or for the day you sell. If it's in a basement, tell us when you call so we can quote it properly.
We do. Topsail, Chamberlains, Manuels, Long Pond, Foxtrap, Kelligrews, Upper Gullies and Seal Cove are all regular runs from St. John's. If you're a bit further along the shore toward Holyrood, call anyway and we'll tell you honestly whether we can get to you.
Free written estimates. Emergency calls answered around the clock.
