Competent Oil Spill Cleaning Services

With years of experience in the oil spill cleaning sector, we’re on hand to deal with all your cleaning needs in Ramsgate.

In compliance with health and safety regulations, our knowledgeable cleaners will arrive prepared to perform a site survey. We always put our client’s safety first, making sure that any risks, including hazardous materials, are removed before we depart.

We remain on-site until the outcome meets your standards and remove any harmful materials our cleaners find off-site. Depending on the extent of the spill and the results of our site survey, the process and cost of the job may differ.

As part of our treatment to fully extract the oil from the location, we employ industrial-grade technology and apply chemical procedures to eliminate any leftovers. Our professionals use the TORIK Cleaning method to disinfect the affected area upon conclusion.

How does a domestic oil spill occur?

Homes in rural regions will commonly use domestic heating oil tanks to keep their homes warm. However, these tanks are extremely prone to leakage, and accidental damage, and suffer due to insufficient upkeep. The environment is in danger because of the location of these tanks, which might potentially impact the local water supply.

If you have a heating oil tank, you must keep it properly maintained or think about switching to cleaner energy sources to protect the environment in your community. To discover leaks early on, you should frequently check your tank and give it a general check-up. If any of the following occurs, your tank may be leaking:

• There is a significant decline in your tank's fuel level with no explanation
• The smell of hot or burning oil in or around your property
• Your drinking water tastes or appears oily
• Your tank and the local soil have oily residue on it
• Local plant life is discoloured or dead near the tank

When your tank leaks oil, you must call your local council, insurance provider, water utility company, and a reliable oil spill cleaning company. You are in charge of controlling the spill and getting the oil tank repaired since it is on your property.

What should you do when oil spills?

Your council can provide you with information on whom to call to stop the leak, but ultimately you are responsible. For now, you must take these measures:

• If your home has an enclosed space where the oil tank is located, ventilate the space.
• Avoid rubbing your skin or clothes against the oil.
• Do not smoke, eat, or drink anything if you handled the oil; make sure your hands are clean.
• Cut off the flow of oil.
• Determine the leak's source.
• If you can, put a bucket below the oil that is spilling.
• If you have the necessary qualifications and it's safe, contain the oil leak with absorbent materials.
• To determine how much oil may have been lost, check the levels.
• Never attempt to clean up the spill on your own using either water or chemicals.
• Put any contaminated objects or textiles in quarantine.
• Keep track of damages and any payments you might need to make to your insurance provider.

We cover all areas in the Thanet District of Kent, including:

• Birchington-on-Sea
• Broadstairs
• Cliffsend
• Manston
• Margate
• Minster-in-Thanet
• Monkton
• Sarre
• Westgate-on-Sea

What are the health risks of an oil spill?

Those nearby may have short and long-term health effects because of oil spills that harm the environment and the local population. Following a spillage, it is hazardous to breathe in, consume, or touch exposed oil. Call 111 for medical advice if you think you could be suffering from symptoms caused by oil pollution.