Pablo's rock would certainly get lost in....

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Papa Bear

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the HUGE hole they are digging next to Papa Bear's house.
Some of StevieC's buddies from Hamilton area (Focus Environmental Group) are rebuilding the Canadian Tire gas bar next to us... that's our house on the left.
The tanks are being removed and the canopy and kiosk will go too.
We got something to watch while we are having our coffee on the porch....
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If you had well water I'd think about Stevie's filtering setup.

Good news is they pull tanks before they typically get leaky unlike the old days. But if that's been a gas station since forever, it could be icky in that swimming hole.
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That is nothing... You should have seen the mess they made at my dads station 15 years ago when the tanks were due for replacement. It was insane. One of the tanks seeped a bit and some of the ground had to be excavated, cleaned and replaced.

I was younger then but it was incredible.
 
Originally Posted By: Chris142
They must replace the tanks here every few years by law.
Same here but you can get fiberglass coated stainless steel tanks and they are good for 20 years...
 
My dad had stainless steel fiberglass coated tanks put in 15 years ago and they are due for replacement as per the Government of Canada, in 5 years.

I will take pics when they do it if you like and I remember in 5 years.
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Originally Posted By: StevieC
I will take pics when they do it if you like and I remember in 5 years.
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Those pics will only get lost within the 50,000+ posts you'll have by then!
 
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
The steel tanks that they are removing are over 30 yrs old.


The size of those holes indicates to me that they discovered the tanks had leaked and they are doing remedial clean up. I know from experience.
 
Originally Posted By: dkryan
Originally Posted By: StevieC
I will take pics when they do it if you like and I remember in 5 years.
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Those pics will only get lost within the 50,000+ posts you'll have by then!
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we do some work in testing the ground at petrol stations. can you say FOUL?

things are changing, but most joints are from the 50s when well no one really cared.
 
I've often wondered about above ground tanks. Seems it only happens for diesel/kerosene, maybe a fire code? Maybe only sensible for smaller volumes? They're surrounded by concrete "moats" here in case they start leaking.

IMO this mandated tank changeout is leading to more mega gas stores and fewer corner garage mechanics that also have a low volume single pump. Neutral on the subject as they rarely made money on gas anyway. And I like my gas n go/ convenience stores open 24/7.
 
I can't imagine that a one-time concrete berm pour would be more expensive than digging up tanks & the risk that they are leaking. Would the above ground tanks not be the same tanks as underground tanks?
EPA work is expensive - guaranteed.
 
Originally Posted By: benjamming
Why don't more stations have the tanks above ground?


1)Takes up valuable real estates
2)Hard to keep fuel at a government mandated temperature
3)Safety Hazzard (terrorism, accidental crash, fire, etc)
4)Looks shady and cheap, drive customers away
 
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