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slatted tank opinions

  • 02-09-2012 1:54pm
    #1
    coolio kidddd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭


    hoping to join one tank to another due to lack of slurry capacity. the old tank is 12'6 and the new tank hopefully will be 14'6. does anyone have this done? what can i do to prevent leaking at the joint or do they leak at all? both tanks will be 8ft deep. any suggestions, views, would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    coolio kidddd wrote: »
    hoping to join one tank to another due to lack of slurry capacity. the old tank is 12'6 and the new tank hopefully will be 14'6. does anyone have this done? what can i do to prevent leaking at the joint or do they leak at all? both tanks will be 8ft deep. any suggestions, views, would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

    why not just build a separate tank instead of joining. Joining can be difficult but can be done successfully with the use of chemical anchors and using an expanding water bar. Cant think of the name of it but its serious stuff and if things are done correctly you will not have a leak. Nowadays I would be paranoid about making sure every last detail is done to ensure that a leak could not be possible


  • #3
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Possibly better off with separate tanks. I know a few lads with large tanks due to a suspended passageway that have trouble agitating them.


  • #4
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    A lad beside me put an extension on his tank this year. seems to work ok but i reckon sealing could be a problem.


  • #5
    Figerty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Figerty


    just do it wrote: »
    Possibly better off with separate tanks. I know a few lads with large tanks due to a suspended passageway that have trouble agitating them.

    Better off making a second tank. if there is any movement of the tanks at any point you will have trouble. Even a lorry passing will vibrate ground and hair line crack is all you need to start trouble


  • #6
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Definitely better off with a seperate tank, for the extra bit that it costs. I wouldn't even connect the two with a small channel or anything. The new tank will continue to settle into the ground after it's built. Even the slightest bit of misalignment with the old will cause huge stresses where they are connected.


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