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If you suspect an oil leak at your home, you should act quickly. Don’t put off taking action or assume the problem will go away. The quicker the leak can be dealt with the less oil will be lost and further damage can be minimised.
Contact Enviroleak immediately.
Then:
- If there’s a strong smell of oil in your home, ventilate the area by opening windows and doors.
- Keep children and pets away from any spills.
- Avoid getting oil on your skin and clothing.
- Wash your hands and don’t smoke, eat or drink when or after you are in contact with the oil.
- Switch off your oil supply at the tank.
- Try to find out where the leak is coming from.
- Immediately, try to stop it at the source - put a bucket under dripping oil to catch it (don’t use containers that will be used to store food for humans or animals).
- Prevent spilled oil from spreading and, in particular, prevent it from getting into drains and waterways - you can use absorbing material such as earth, sand, cat litter or commercial products.
- If there’s an ongoing leak from the tank, try to stem the flow - you may be able to use sealant to temporarily repair a metal tank; for plastic tanks, try rubbing a bar of soft soap into the split.
- Try to work out how much oil has been lost; check the level on the tank and think about how much you use and when you last had a deliver.
- Never use detergents or a hose to wash the spill away.
- Store anything with oil on it, or soaked into it, in containers that don’t leak until it can be correctly and legally disposed of.
The main things to look out for are evidence of staining (dampness) or vegetation die-back around your oil tank and boiler unit; oil odours inside your house; greater than expected oil usage (the oil runs out unexpectedly); weeping or drips from the pipework at the boiler and oil tank and the filter bowl and fire valve; strong oil odours from the base of the oil tank; stronger than normal oil odours inside the boiler shed.
Heating oil, normally kerosene, is harmful when it isn’t safely contained. It can pollute water; kill wildlife and plants; damage building structures; and produce vapours that can be damaging to your health
Oil can be harmful to people, animals and to the environment as it contains high levels of chemicals which have an adverse effect on human health and the ecology. Health symptoms can include drowsiness, nausea, vomiting and general feelings of lethargy. The most important thing to remember is that the quicker you get Enviroleak to site, the quicker you limit further damage to your families’ health, your home and the environment. You should never touch the oil if possible, but the safest thing to do is to immediately phone our team of experts who will swiftly solve the problem for you.