What To Look For When Hiring Tank Coating Contractors

Industrial storage tanks contain valuable substances, making regular professional painting essential to not only protect its contents but the structural integrity of the tank itself too. The longer you delay this job, the higher the risks of corrosion occurring beneath your tanks’ protective coatings – and the larger the costs will be when full-scale abrasive blasting is needed to remedy the rust!

Whether you own one large water tank or tower, a tank farm, or a wastewater treatment facility, scheduling periodic tank painting with reputable tank coating contractors is essential to protect your tanks and their contents. However, any old contractor won’t do. For a safe, successful, and affordable coating job, you will need to choose contractors with ample experience in the following:

Elevated Water Tanks

When it comes to exterior coatings for elevated water tanks, you will need contractors with fall protection experience and the correct safety credentials to avoid any legal or compensation costs. Even ground storage tanks can be several feet high! However, this is most important when technicians will be required to work at heights of hundreds of feet.

Pro tip: Considering elevated tanks tend to double as advertising platforms for your logos, your chosen coating contractors will also need experience in protecting and highlighting any high-visibility logos and graphics.

Tank Farms

Although still requiring experience working at significant heights, tank farms pose an entirely new set of challenges for your potential coating contractors. Firstly, they will need a huge crew of experienced technicians at the ready to be able to service your tanks promptly. With around four crew members per tank, you will need contractors with the manpower to avoid a drawn-out job.

Secondly, they will need to be experienced working with and correctly coating the complicated, interconnected network of pipelines and high-efficiency pumps and hydrants that connect your tanks. These networks will also need to be protected against corrosion to ensure the health of your overall tank systems.

Wastewater Treatment Facilities

The clarifier tanks used in these facilities are bombarded by strong water treatment chemicals that quickly deteriorate the coatings. Not only this, but the coatings need to withstand daily settling, raking, pumping, sludging, clarifying, and filtering processes.

In this case, you will need an industrial coating contractor with vast experience and professional networks to ensure that the best possible coating is applied flawlessly the first time to ensure it withstands the harsh conditions your clarifier tanks experience.

As Ontario’s leading silo and tank coating contractors, we at Diotte Coating Services have an intimate understanding of and experience with these challenges. Choosing to work with us means choosing a team of highly experienced coating professionals who focus on preventing premature wear and preserving prosperity for years to come.