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| Thread ID: 110687 | 2010-06-28 06:42:00 | Water Tank Saga | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 1114158 | 2010-06-28 08:44:00 | No problem if you are about 15ft tall. But can you jump down onto the tank from a nearby construction that is higher than the tank? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 1114159 | 2010-06-28 09:04:00 | No it just looks from the pics that someone climbed on top and jumped up and down | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1114160 | 2010-06-28 11:26:00 | UFO crash | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1114161 | 2010-06-28 11:29:00 | My next door neighbour a scientist,reckons if vents blocked then how did tank fill. It depends on the blockage - it could have created a bit of a 1 way valve, so that water filling the tank and displacing air pushes the blockage out of the way, letting the air out. When water is draining, it "sucks" the blockage tighter, preventing air from coming in. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1114162 | 2010-06-28 12:07:00 | Ninja midnight trampolinists. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1114163 | 2010-06-28 12:44:00 | Found my water tank with collapsed roof(re pics). Question is,what caused the roof to collapse.The tank had emptied and it is suggested by the supplier that the vents were blocked,as a consequence the pump,which had continued to pump when tank was empty due blocked vents created a vacuum and sucked roof down. i3.photobucket.com i3.photobucket.com i3.photobucket.com i3.photobucket.com Any good opinion would be welcome. We have plastic water tanks, and our ones have a metal structure in the ceiling of the tank, and could be a better quality one. The suction thing could be a possibility, but surely the pump would stop if there was no water going through it? Our one doesn't have vents, just an inlet pipe. I think it looks more like something has happened to the plasic/rubber, and it has lost it's properties. Perhaps too much sun? You may want to get the plastic tested to see if it is brittle. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 1114164 | 2010-06-28 19:57:00 | We have plastic water tanks, and our ones have a metal structure in the ceiling of the tank, and could be a better quality one. The suction thing could be a possibility, but surely the pump would stop if there was no water going through it? Our one doesn't have vents, just an inlet pipe. I think it looks more like something has happened to the plastic/rubber, and it has lost it's properties. Perhaps too much sun? You may want to get the plastic tested to see if it is brittle. This pump continues sucking without water. The valve that has the one we flow would have to be able to be seen and as I said nothing to be seen. Only access to roof is via ladder. Why bring this up again I hear you cry. I have been away and it hasn't fixed itself. They,the supplier were told by maker rep that my installer hadn't fitted an overflow pipe,so was installer problem.Now as far as I can gather they have dropped that idea,so at the moment I await a call telling me what is to be done,or not! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1114165 | 2010-06-28 21:24:00 | Don't call us, we will call you. Wait wait wait. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1114166 | 2010-06-28 21:42:00 | Don't like your chances, didn't you have insurance to cover vandalism? I mean you wouldn't leave your $6000 car unattended for very long without it being interfered with. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1114167 | 2010-06-28 22:15:00 | Don't like your chances, didn't you have insurance to cover vandalism? I mean you wouldn't leave your $6000 car unattended for very long without it being interfered with. I didn't know vandalism was an issue? The problem can only be a design fault,as I know I haven't done anything wrong and the vents should take in reasonable conditions, which the tank has been subject to. You are right re waiting for the problem to just go away,but I hope to talk to a eminent civil engineer who is part of a group I belong to (U3A)with luck he should have an answer to my advantage,then it will be off to court. |
Cicero (40) | ||
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