Oil Spill Advice

gunggung69

Bit of a problem, just happened earlier today.

Was out in the garden and all was good. Then half an hour the dog came in absolutely covered in heating oil. I went out to investigate and found out the the valve one the end of my oil tank had popped off and the entire contents of the tank was spread all over my garden and patio area. So I need to get it sorted.

I live in Castlebellingham, County Louth and was looking for companies that specialise in this sort of thing for a quote. Has anyone any experience in this? I found a company called spill tech environmental in Monaghan, another called Microclean in Dundalk, and one called Avada in Newry. Has anyone any experience of these companies, or any other advice? Please help, I'm starting to panic a bit in case it does damage to the house.

Wearb

You need to contact your insurance company, your local authority emergency contact and probably the epa. They'll guide you as to getting it sorted.

gunggung69

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117901059#Comment_117901059

The EPA told me to go to the county council. I phoned the county council and they said to just go to my insurance company, and then my insurance company told me to go find a competent contractor and send them the quote. so that's where I'm at. I hear these sort of things can be expensive, and I would like to know what peoples experiences are. Who is good or not good. What are the three companies I mentioned like?

Wearb

Strange replies from the 2 government bodies. They used to be on top of such accidents like a ton of bricks.

Give your oil supplier a call to see if they have had any experiences of any of the companies that you mentioned, or even recommend one. Try to get talking to the manager.

Atlantic Dawn

Call them all for quotes, these things can hit crazy money very quickly as the oil gets in to the ground and damage foundations of buildings.

funnyname

Be very careful, don't leave it all in the hands of the oil remediation company. Get a competent engineer and loss assessor to help you out.

I know time is crucial to get it out of the ground however I would suggest you do as much research as you can before committing to one company.

I would suggest you ring back the insurance company and ask them who they are using as their loss adjustors and give them a call as they will have expert knowledge and be able to help steer you to a reputable oil remediation company.

antoinolachtnai

A neighbour of mine had this (impacted a bit on me).

he said that he needed to appoint a loss assessor to act on his behalf to get the insurance company to get a move on. There is a cost to this.

a company called Verde did the actual work. I can find the loss assessor’s details is you need them.

gunggung69

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117904979#Comment_117904979

I did some research and spoke to my someone (actually my brother in law's brother if that makes sense) who had Verde out. they said that verde did a load of testing for two days but found nothing and then blamed it on the drains. he then got a Newry company out (which I think might have been Avada), who had the oil found in about an hour. apparently, he said the avada company were very technical and scientific about how they did their work and seemed to know what they were at. I think I will maybe try and give them a go but keep an open mind. I will post my experience 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Tom44

It's impossible to simply report an oil spill in Ireland to the relevant authority's, county council or EPA (environmental protection agency) unless it's a maritime emergency.

I've tried on numerous occasions, google it yourself and see. I've been trying to report a potential issue, but deaf ears.

Let a cleanup company handle it is the only choice seemingly. At least the job will get done.

Tom44

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117901059#Comment_117901059

As useful as 3 ashtrays on 3 motorbikes in my experience.

Wearb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117913125#Comment_117913125

Shame on them. It used to be very different.