Flushing water tanks, Milton ok?

DublinDilbert

Hi all,

I've some attic tanks which have had water sitting in them for 8+ months. I plan on draining them later and flushing.

Once I drain them down would it be ok to throw in Milton fluid when refilling and flush the whole lot out? Doesn't do anything funny to copper?

Thanks

Calahonda52

I suppose if the water is only used for washing etc and not drinking or cooking, the smell/taste will wear off eventually.

However I would not drain as you propose as the stagnant water in the tanks is likely to be much more "toxic" than what's in the pipes so I would turn off the the valves in the hot press from the tank, siphon the attic tanks out and get rid of all the sludge at the bottom.

Run siphon from attic to toilet bowl...

Dtp1979

Calahonda52 wrote: »

I suppose if the water is only used for washing etc and not drinking or cooking, the smell/taste will wear off eventually.

However I would not drain as you propose as the stagnant water in the tanks is likely to be much more "toxic" than what's in the pipes so I would turn off the the valves in the hot press from the tank, siphon the attic tanks out and get rid of all the sludge at the bottom.

Run siphon from attic to toilet bowl...

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And then refill the tanks and add Milton, then turn on all taps and flush the toilets

Wearb

I would be tempted to put the Milton in at the beginning also. It would make the whole process safer for handling.

Calahonda52

Wearb wrote: »

I would be tempted to put the Milton in at the beginning also. It would make the whole process safer for handling.

Agreed, the reason for not allowing the slud/tank water down the pipework is that there are a number of dead points in any such system, e.g. the bottom of the hot water cylinder, the bottom inch of so of each toilet cistern, and possibly some unseen dead loops in the pipework

Matt Markinson

A bit of Milton every six months or so does no harm