Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: MNWC on March 27, 2009, 07:49:27 am
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Hi,
How easy would it be to convert a flat tank to an upright ??
All you need is a new screw on lid and the female socket that the lid screws into...
Plus you would need to fill the hole where the existing lid went maybe with a piece of pvc and some
mastic....
Your thoughts.....
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if you fillin g hole youl have the bits
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personally i would leave the old lid in place and screw it air tight ( or run a bead of silacone around it then screw it on )
the new outlet for the pipe is easy to do, jsut get a TANK connection kit from a plumbing center
the hole to fill with, well i would just get another tank connection kit ( this time the biggest you can get, 1" could be the biggest and connect a upstand of some pipe to that with a end cap on it, that would stop it slopping around and up and out the pipe,
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Matt
I see what your saying and it sounds good but......
The hose i use to fill the tank is 1 1/2 "" so i would need something a bit bigger !
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Matt
I see what your saying and it sounds good but......
The hose i use to fill the tank is 1 1/2 "" so i would need something a bit bigger !
well your option then is
get some gutter downpipe ( you will need some 68 mm for the size you want ), cut a hole ( you will have to use a jigsaw to cut it )in the tank and slide the pipe inside a bit and leave a bit sticking out, you can then silicone around the outside of the pipe ( where it meets the tank ) i would then cut a block of wood 12 " square and 2 " thick and cut a similar sized hole though the middle of it, slide this over the top of the pipe and put some silicone on the underside of the wood and on the pipe , this will give much more surface area to " stick " on the tank and pipe, use silicone as this sticks really well yet has some elasticity
then fit a cap onto of the pipe
job done, take of the cap with filling and put back on to stop too much slopping around