The older homes along Topsail Road and Paradise Road still heat with oil, and a tank tag doesn't wait for spring. We replace, remove and upgrade oil tanks across Paradise with a free written estimate before any work starts.
Paradise, NL has grown faster than almost any town on the Avalon, and most of that growth went up on electric heat. The older core along Topsail Road, Paradise Road and St. Thomas Line is a different story. Plenty of those homes still run on oil, and those are the tanks we get called about. Harbour Tank Co handles oil tank replacement, tank removal and fibreglass upgrades for Paradise homeowners, licensed and insured, with a free written estimate first.
A lot of our Paradise calls come from young families who just bought an older home and found out at closing that the tank tag is expired or nearly there. Others come from the driveway in the middle of a St. John's winter, when the delivery driver reads the tag and pulls away with a full truck. Either way, call (709) 800-3117 and we'll tell you straight what the tank needs and what it'll cost.
New steel or fibreglass tanks installed, tagged and registered at older homes across Paradise, from the Topsail Road core out to St. Thomas Line. The old tank leaves on our truck the same visit.
Switched to a heat pump and still have a rusty tank beside the house? We drain it, disconnect the lines and haul it away, so it's out of your yard and off your insurance paperwork.
Fibreglass doesn't rust from the inside the way steel does, and it carries a longer tag. If you're settling into Paradise for the long haul, it's often the smarter buy.
Refused delivery with a cold house, or oil on the ground? Our 24/7 emergency line gets a crew moving toward Paradise fast. Call (709) 800-3117 any hour.
Paradise really has two kinds of houses. The newer subdivisions like Elizabeth Park and the streets off Karwood Drive were mostly built with electric baseboard or mini-splits, so oil tanks rarely come up there. The older homes along Topsail Road, Paradise Road, St. Thomas Line and the side streets between them went up when oil was the sensible choice, and many still heat that way.
That's where the tag comes in. Every heating oil tank in Newfoundland and Labrador carries a tag with an expiry date under the province's HOST rules, and oil suppliers and insurers both read it before they'll deal with you. If you're buying one of those older Paradise homes, your lawyer, your insurer or your home inspector will ask about it, usually right before closing when you'd rather be thinking about anything else.
We see this constantly with first-time buyers moving into Paradise. The fix is simple: find the tag, read the date, and if it's expired or has less than a year left, get a written estimate before you close so you can negotiate it or budget for it. Our oil tank replacement cost guide lays out what actually moves the price.
It starts with a look at the tank, the lines, the stand and where it sits. Most Paradise tanks are either outside against the house or down in the basement, and each has its own quirks. Outdoor tanks take a beating from the wind and the freeze and thaw of a Newfoundland winter, while basement tanks are usually in better shape but a lot harder to get out through the door.
Then you get a written estimate, not a number over the phone. Once you say go, a licensed installer sets the new tank on a proper base, connects the lines, bleeds and fires the furnace, and tags and registers the tank with a fresh expiry date. In most cases it's a single visit, and you can book your oil delivery to follow right behind it.
If the old tank has been leaking, we'll tell you what we found and what needs to happen next. Nobody wants that news, but it's far cheaper to deal with now than after it soaks into the ground beside the foundation. Our expired and leaking tank page covers what to do in the first hour.
We cover all of Paradise: the Topsail Road strip, the Paradise Road and St. Thomas Line homes, the streets around Octagon Pond and Three Island Pond, and the newer areas off Karwood Drive and Kenmount Road on the odd occasion a tank turns up there. If you're just over the town line, our Mount Pearl, Conception Bay South and Portugal Cove-St. Philip's pages cover those areas too.
Being based in St. John's means Paradise is a short run down Topsail Road for us, so booking is easy and we're not squeezing you in around a long drive. It also means that when the emergency line rings on a Saturday night in February, we're close enough to actually show up.
Call (709) 800-3117 and tell us where you are in Paradise and what the tag says. Expired-tag refusals go to the front of the line, especially in winter, because a cold house with kids or an older parent in it isn't something we'll leave until next week. We'll give you a real date, not a maybe, and once the new tank is tagged you can rebook your delivery. If there's oil on the ground as well, say so and we'll treat it as an emergency.
Find the tag on the tank and read the expiry date. If it's expired, or close enough that your insurer will balk, ask us for a free written estimate and bring it to your lawyer or agent before closing so the cost can be negotiated. Also look at the ground under and around the tank for stains or a smell of oil, and check that the tank sits on a proper stand rather than loose blocks or bare ground.
Yes. That's one of the most common calls we get from Paradise, usually from people who switched to electric and never dealt with the old tank. We drain whatever's left, disconnect the lines and haul the tank away so it's off your property and off your insurance paperwork. See our oil tank removal page for how it works.
If you plan to stay in the house more than a few years, usually yes. Fibreglass doesn't rust from the inside the way steel does, which is what finishes off most tanks on the Avalon, and the tag lasts longer so you're not doing this again soon. It costs more up front, and we'll show you both numbers side by side in the written estimate. There's more on our fibreglass upgrade page.
Free written estimates. Emergency calls answered around the clock.
