Kerosene Leak

Ginger83

Hi All.
Looking for some advice. There's a kerosene leak in the back garden. I dug the area up to find a lot of water and oil under the lawn. Got a plumber out who assured me it wasnt coming from me. Called out county council enviroment officer, she took some pictures and told me to call my house insurance crowd??? why would I call them for a leak that wasnt mine. Rang her again a week later to be told the oil is not getting into the water supply so its not really their problem.
There is a house next door to me who's garden lawn is 3 foot higher than mine, foreign tenant doesnt want to know, landlord seems to have disappeared off the face off the earth. Theres 2 house behind me who say they havent lost any oil.
Any advice on what to do? thanks

ralph_wiggum

when i did the oftec course last year they told me that local authorities were now imposing huge fines on kerosine leaks as it is an environmental hazard. i am surprised the environmental officer was so blase about it. id follow it up from that angle. i'm pretty sure its an enviromental hazard. this crowd should tell ya. they will be the oil regulators soon

slavetothegrind

kerosene leaks are expensive because the soil containing the leak is very expensive to dispose of.
if the kerosene makes it's way into the foundations of your house you will have a major operation to sort it.
i would contact your insurance company as they would surely be able to put you in touch with an engineer who could asses the situation properly for you.

I do think your neighbour would be interested if they knew the consequences of this leak progressively getting worse!

dathi

If the environmental officer did not take action that you are satisfied with, you can make a complaint to the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.ie) and give details of the problem. You will be asked to complete a complaint form. They will investigate the complaint and if necessary force the environmental officer to take action.