The shop gave me zero paperwork when I picked the tank up. Nothing, not even a receipt for my payment. There was a sticky note on the tank which said "Condemned. Rusty" but the shop guy took it off and kept it. I was NOT impressed at all and will never return there. This was the second tank that they checked for me. The first one did not pass anything because they didn't do any tests! I was told that it had rust on the exterior of the tank near the top so it was condemned without opening it up. No paperwork or receipt of any kind for that one either. I knew that one was slightly rusty patches on on the exterior but does that alone disqualify it? The second tank looks very nice with no rust or dings on the exterior anyplace. I really expected that one to pass.
I am not a tank Viz Inspector but I have a lot of experience working with metal. I opened that tank up and inspected it with a "remote eyeball" watching the screen for anything besides metal. I saw nothing that jumped out at me but like I said: I'm no Inspector. This is the one that passed the Hydro but failed the Viz. When I asked why they did the Hydro first on this one, I was told "We do it that way so the customer can still use the tank". Say what? Use it for what? I got no response when I asked why they did the other one differently. When I asked for more details on what part of the Viz failed, I got a blank stare after a glance at the crumpled up Sticky note.
That was about when I reached my end point and demanded a refund, which I got. Do shops normally behave this way for tank testing? No paperwork, no receipt and weird explanations? Sticky notes for test reports? Is this shoddy procedure standard? For the price I paid, I expected a printed report or at least something more than a Sticky note which they kept anyway.