Domestic heating-oil spill guidance

Oil spill?
You’re in the right place.

Clear guidance. Practical next steps. A route to the right help.

A practical starting point

Find your
next step.

Clear guidance for heating-oil spills, with the information you need close at hand.

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Your property

Understand the signs

Tank and pipework guidance →

What happens next

Assessment, explained

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Need a specialist?

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Clear explanations

Understand what matters.

Where has the oil reached? What does assessment involve? What happens during clean-up? Explore the questions people ask first.

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Explore the decisions ahead

From investigation to recovery.

Understand how specialist investigations help build a clearer picture of the spill and the work ahead.

Clean-up and recovery →

The practical questions

Insurance and costs

Make sense of the questions to ask, the information to gather and the decisions that may follow.

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Looking ahead

Protect your home

Get to know your tank, pipework and the warning signs worth paying attention to.

Prevention and maintenance →

Start with your situation

What do you need help with?

01 / Urgent

Oil is leaking now

Find immediate guidance and the right next steps.

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02 / Next steps

The leak has stopped

Understand assessment, clean-up and what happens next.

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03 / Prevention

Protect your home

Explore tank, boiler and pipework checks.

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Independent guidance

A clearer path through an oil spill.

Find practical explanations, understand the decisions ahead and identify the type of specialist support you may need.