Replacing a cold water tank

[ShadownINja]

How much would I expect a bill for, including tank, lid, piping and a day's labour?

[Ferg]

Hmmm..
Difficult to say without some more info.
The worry with cold tanks is whether they were done properly to start with. Many are on chipboard or a few bearers. So you might have to budget for a proper stand.

[ShadownINja]

Oh. It's on a nice thick chunk of chipboard that's on the... er... beams for the ceiling, so it should be well-supported, right? It's the second tank this house has had. Metal band around the mid-section of the black plastic tank. It's leaking from this part of the tank.

[ShadownINja]

Actually, I have a tiny leak in the (plastic) cold water tank. Do I really need to replace it?

[ShadownINja]

Anyone?

[robinhood21]

If you can move the band, then drill through where leaking and with nut, bolt and a couple of washers, with a dollop of mastic bolt through the tank it might do the trick.

[ShadownINja]

robinhood21 said:

If you can move the band, then drill through where leaking and with nut, bolt and a couple of washers, with a dollop of mastic bolt through the tank it might do the trick.

It doesn't look like it's removable. It's a fixed length of metal going round the tank so I can't move it up or down. I can see what you mean, though.

What if I cover the area around the band in mastic? Is that just daft?

Edited by ShadownINja on Friday 29th May 11:30

[robinhood21]

To be honest it sounds like a design fault, and if cured, could happen again in a different position so replacement would be the best solution.
However, I would think trying to solve it from the outside of tank would be a no-no as trying to get anything to stick to a wet surface would be difficult. Best to drain tank to below leak, then perhaps with something like Araldite (s?) something that is quick to cure being applied to the area would be your best bet.

[ShadownINja]

I see what you mean.

You have got me thinking. It'll just happen again, as you say, only next time it might be somewhere I don't notice until it's far too late. And the water tank is sitting on the bathroom floor.

Thanks for your advice.

Been quoted £400 to replace it, all included. From my research, a bit pricey but the guy's reliable; as they say, buy the seller not the product.

Edited by ShadownINja on Friday 29th May 12:06