Guides

Short, evidence-first guides to what permit records mean in practice — written from real inspection findings by a licensed Florida home inspector, anonymized, and tied back to the records you can search on this site.

Capped vent pipe at the soil line beside a home's exterior wall — the visible evidence of a buried fuel-oil tank

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An Abandoned Underground Oil Tank: What the Records Should Show

A vent pipe at the soil line is often the only visible sign of a buried heating-oil tank. What proper decommissioning paperwork looks like, and why the records matter at sale time.

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