[MNWC]

Hi,

How easy would it be to convert a flat tank to an upright ??

All you need is a new screw on lid and the female socket that the lid screws into...


Plus you would need to fill the hole where the existing lid went maybe with a piece of pvc and some
mastic....

Your thoughts.....

[tomy jackson]

if you fillin g hole youl have the bits

[matt]

personally i would leave the old lid in place and screw it air tight ( or run a bead of silacone around it then screw it on )

the new outlet for the pipe is easy to do, jsut get a TANK connection kit from a plumbing center

the hole to fill with, well i would just get another tank connection kit ( this time the biggest you can get, 1" could be the biggest and connect a upstand of some pipe to that with a end cap on it, that would stop it slopping around and up and out the pipe,

[MNWC]

Matt

I see what your saying and it sounds good but......
 
The hose i use to fill the tank is 1 1/2 "" so i would need something a bit bigger !

[matt]

Matt

I see what your saying and it sounds good but......
 
The hose i use to fill the tank is 1 1/2 "" so i would need something a bit bigger !

well your option then is

get some gutter downpipe ( you will need some 68 mm for the size you want ), cut a hole ( you will have to use a jigsaw to cut it )in the tank and slide the pipe inside a bit and leave a bit sticking out, you can then silicone around the outside of the pipe ( where it meets the tank ) i would then cut a block of wood 12 " square and 2 " thick and cut a similar sized hole though the middle of it, slide this over the top of the pipe and put some silicone on the underside of the wood and on the pipe , this will give much more surface area to " stick " on the tank and pipe, use silicone as this sticks really well yet has some elasticity

then fit a cap onto of the pipe

job done, take of the cap with filling and put back on to stop too much slopping around