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best value water tanks??
Hi, 2 x $880 Bunnings tanks will give me 10000l for $1600 (.16/l)
probably the best Ill do at this price. thanks for the info! George thanks George Bunnings have a 5000 litre job for $880. 2 of them and a bit of change. -- Posted on news://freenews.netfront.net - Complaints to --- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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"tuppy" wrote in message ... Hi, 2 x $880 Bunnings tanks will give me 10000l for $1600 (.16/l) probably the best Ill do at this price. thanks for the info! George Not a problem may even be getting 1 for myself thanks George Bunnings have a 5000 litre job for $880. 2 of them and a bit of change. -- Posted on news://freenews.netfront.net - Complaints to --- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- Posted on news://freenews.netfront.net - Complaints to -- |
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terryc writes:
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:01:02 +0000, John Savage wrote: If you have a high house and want to raise the tank onto a stand, then the stand is likely to cost more than the tank! Why not just sit it on the ground and buy a taller tank? Pressure is a factor of the "head" (height of water above the tap), assuming you've used at least 1/2" pipe and not a long run. Best to ask those who sit tanks on stands. But a tank sitting on the ground right outside your window can block a lot of view. If yard space is at a premium, a water tank on a high stand can still allow you to see out, and it will not block cooling breeze from that direction. Security would come into it, too, you may not want a tank to block your line of sight to the garage, street, neighbours, etc., or to offer cover to some one trying to break in. Where the stand already exists, it might have a garden or storage shed underneath. Some farm tanks have a gravity fed shower underneath or alongside. Filling a high tank from a well or an underground cement tank might be preferred as a fire safety measure, offering a supply of low-pressure water even should the electricity fail. But a high tank means that you are not held hostage to a pressure pump for gardening, and a reliable 240 supply during hosing down during bushfire weather. Reliable mains and bushfires do not go together. Which is why I didn't mention mains. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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"bassett" writes:
Anyone who buys a gal-tank these days has rocks in there heads. Maybe, maybe not. The OP didn't say exactly what he/she wanted it for or where he intended to locate it. But he did indicate that he lived in the mountains. I do know that after house fires there are usually two structures left standing: the firebrick chimney, and the gal tank, and no one has successfully seen out the loss of a house in a firestorm by taking refuge in their chimney! As for concrete tanks, Sure there OK, IF you can afford a large crane to install the thing and if you can get the thing into the back yard in the first place. The OP never mentioned a yard, or a back yard, AFAIR so I made no assumptions. When I was buying a tank 4 years ago, for the size we wanted we could get a prefab concrete tank delivered ready to site on a lowloader with crane for about the cost of a poly tank half its capacity. The concrete tank likewise had a long life guarantee, and a guarantee that it would not be cracked during install. I may be wrong, but I reckon that a cement tank should keep the water cooler, in scorching summer heat, than does a PVC tank. But I would agree that todays steel tanks are probably a mere shadow of the quality of those that were manufactured 50 years ago. Though they must still offer some advantage or they wouldn't be still being sold. Fire resistance or melting point may well be one. I think it cost around $500 for our pressure pump; quite a robust unit and of capacity more than required for 98% of the time but the tank was to be used for house, laundry and 2 garden taps simultaneously at times. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:04:41 +0000, John Savage wrote:
Best to ask those who sit tanks on stands. There ain't no such one thing. In urbn settings the household tank was usually situated so the bottom was equal to or slightly higher than the kitchen sink tap and the top allowed a gutter feed. most tanks were also around the back of the house. I am yet to see any modern installaions where the rainwater tank is in the front yard. Anything else involves pumping. |
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