This water tank is filled with water we pump up from a bore and we use it to fill the toilets, do clothes washing and water plants. The concrete tank has had a fairly major crack in it since we bought the place but over the past week or so the pressure of the water in the vinyl bladder (20 000 litres = 20 tonnes) has pushed out the concrete and widened the crack considerably.
The bladder also has a small hole in it
So...a solution.....the least expensive option is to empty the tank (through usual water use and not refill); try and jimmy the concrete back again so that the edges are closer together and then brace it somehow using big staple kinds of things; failing this will require the purchase of a new poly tank and the removal of this one...the removal of this one will be a major job cos the cement is reinforced.....sledge hammer anyone?
This water tank is filled with water we pump up from a bore and we use it to fill the toilets, do clothes washing and water plants. The concrete tank has had a fairly major crack in it since we bought the place but over the past week or so the pressure of the water in the vinyl bladder (20 000 litres = 20 tonnes) has pushed out the concrete and widened the crack considerably.
The bladder also has a small hole in it
So...a solution.....the least expensive option is to empty the tank (through usual water use and not refill); try and jimmy the concrete back again so that the edges are closer together and then brace it somehow using big staple kinds of things; failing this will require the purchase of a new poly tank and the removal of this one...the removal of this one will be a major job cos the cement is reinforced.....sledge hammer anyone?
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