Licensed and insured oil tank installs, upgrades and removals for homes from the Bight up the shore to Flatrock and Pouch Cove. Free written estimates, and a 24/7 line for the night the truck won't fill.
Torbay sits on the northeast Avalon coast just north of St. John's, and a lot of the homes here keep their heating oil tank outside where it takes the full brunt of the North Atlantic. Salt air, sideways rain and a winter of freeze and thaw are hard on steel, and a tank that looked fine at the fall fill can be weeping at a seam by February. Harbour Tank Co replaces and removes residential oil tanks across Torbay, from the older homes around the Bight and along Torbay Road to the newer builds on bigger lots out toward Indian Meal Line and Bauline Line.
We handle the whole job: the new tank, the tag, the old tank hauled away, and the paperwork your oil supplier needs before they'll deliver again. Estimates are free and in writing, and we're licensed and insured. If your tag has already expired and a driver has turned around in your driveway, call (709) 800-3117 any hour and we'll get you sorted.
New steel or fibreglass heating oil tanks installed, tagged and registered for Torbay homes, with the old tank taken away on our truck. We set every tank on a solid, level base so it stays put through the frost.
Switched to a heat pump, or selling a house with a tank that's past its date? We drain, disconnect and remove the old tank from your Torbay property and leave you with a record that it's gone.
Fibreglass doesn't rust, which matters when your tank faces the wind off the Bight. A longer tag life means fewer replacements and fewer refused deliveries down the road.
Refused delivery on a cold night, or smell oil near the tank? Our 24/7 emergency line exists for exactly that, and Torbay is a short run up Torbay Road from St. John's.
Torbay faces the open Atlantic, with nothing between most of the town and the water but a headland or two. That means salt-laden wind, driving rain and fog for a good part of the year, and all of it lands on an outdoor steel tank. Rust starts at the welds, the legs and the bottom seam, which is exactly the part you can't see without getting down on the ground.
Winter adds its own trouble. Swings between mild days and hard frost pull moisture out of the air inside the tank, and that water settles at the bottom where it eats the steel from the inside out. Snow sliding off a roof onto a tank, or a plow bank leaning against it, can bend legs and stress the fittings. Homes on the larger lots out along Indian Meal Line and Bauline Line often have tanks standing in the open with no shelter at all.
The older homes down around the Bight and along Torbay Road have a different issue: tanks that went in a long time ago and may be near or past the date on the tag. If you're not sure what yours says, go out and look before the first cold snap. Suppliers check it, and a truck backing out of your driveway in January is a hard way to find out. Our expired tank emergency page explains what happens if it's already too late.
It starts with a free estimate. We come out, look at the tank, the lines, the filter and the base it's sitting on, and we read the tag. Then you get a written price with nothing hidden, and we'll tell you whether steel or fibreglass makes more sense for your spot. Outdoor tanks on exposed lots usually push us toward fibreglass, while a tank tucked in against the house out of the wind is often fine in steel.
On the day, we transfer any clean oil you've got left, disconnect the old tank and get it off the property. The new tank goes on a proper level base, gets new fittings where they're needed, and is checked for leaks before we tag it and register it. You'll have the paperwork for your oil supplier and your insurer before we leave the driveway.
Access is the thing we plan around most in Torbay. Newer homes on big lots often have the tank around back, and in winter that can mean a snowbank between us and it, while older places near the harbour can have tight side yards. Tell us what we're dealing with when you call and we'll come prepared. Our replacement cost guide covers what pushes the price up or down.
We cover every part of Torbay, from the homes down by the beach, Tappers Cove and Gallows Cove to the subdivisions up the hill and out along Bauline Line. We also go up the coast to Flatrock and Pouch Cove, back down Marine Drive through Outer Cove, Middle Cove and Logy Bay, and across Indian Meal Line to Portugal Cove-St. Philip's.
Torbay is a short drive up Torbay Road from St. John's, so when a supplier refuses a fill on a cold night you're not waiting on someone coming from the far side of the Avalon. The same crew handles replacements and removals in St. John's, Mount Pearl, Paradise and Conception Bay South, so you're dealing with people who do this work every day.
If you're out past the northeast Avalon, we still want to hear from you. We run to Bay Roberts and the Conception Bay North shore as well, and we'll tell you honestly on the phone whether your address is one we can get to and how soon.
Call (709) 800-3117 and we'll tell you straight away when we can get to you. Once a tag is expired your supplier can't fill the tank, and on an older steel tank the fix is nearly always a replacement, so we treat a refused delivery in winter as an emergency. Plug in a couple of electric heaters in the meantime if you have them, and keep an eye on any pipes along outside walls while the house is cold.
For an outdoor tank facing the wind off the water, usually yes. Fibreglass doesn't rust, so the salt air that chews through steel doesn't bother it, and it carries a longer tag life, which means fewer replacements over the years you own the house. It costs more up front, and we'll put both options in your written estimate so you can compare them side by side.
For a straight swap in the same spot, the rules that matter are the province's HOST regulations rather than the town's: the tank has to be installed by a licensed installer, then tagged and registered. We do all of that as part of the job and leave you the paperwork. If you're moving the tank to a new location or building a shelter around it, give the town a call first to check whether anything else applies.
Yes. We drain whatever oil is left, disconnect the lines, remove the tank and dispose of it properly, and give you a record of the removal for your insurer or for a buyer if you're selling. Plenty of Torbay homeowners keep the oil furnace as a backup for the coldest stretches, so if you're torn between removing and replacing, ask us at the estimate and we'll walk through it with you.
Free written estimates. Emergency calls answered around the clock.
