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Get My Free QuotesBuried heating oil tanks were standard equipment on New Jersey homes for decades — and the steel they were made from was never meant to last forever.
Basement, garage, and side-yard oil tanks are easier to reach than buried ones — but they still hold residual oil and sludge, weigh hundreds of pounds, and can't legally go out with the trash.
When a buried tank sits under a driveway, deck, addition, or other structure, digging it out isn't always practical.
Buying a home in New Jersey? A tank sweep scans the property with metal detection and ground-penetrating radar to find buried oil tanks — including ones nobody disclosed and nobody remembers.
One short form — where the tank is (or might be), your timeline, and how to reach you.
Your request goes to independent local pros who handle oil tank work in your area.
Pros contact you with free quotes and next steps. You choose — or don't. There's never an obligation.
For most of the twentieth century, oil was how New Jersey heated its homes. When homes converted to natural gas, the old tank was often left right where it was — buried in the yard or sitting in the basement. That history collides with modern real estate: buried tanks are usually discovered at home sale, buyers' lenders and insurers increasingly refuse to move forward until a tank is addressed, and a tank that has leaked can block a closing and trigger cleanup obligations under NJDEP oversight.
The good news: dealt with early, an oil tank is a manageable project with a clear paper trail. Dealt with at the closing table — or after a leak is found — it becomes leverage, delay, and cost. Our focus towns in South Jersey are where these discoveries happen every week:
We match homeowners across New Jersey; the towns above are our South Jersey focus area.