Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Sep 09, 2016 6:42 am G'day, I have a 5000 gal Water Tank my wife wants me to paint. Please could somebody tell me if there is a special paint for that. Pathway Paint seems quite expensive. I have painted my fence posts with a white Timber Paint and they look good after years. Cheers Perry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Painting a Concrete Water Tank 2Sep 10, 2016 9:15 am Many years ago we had our concrete tank looking just like your one. Pressure washed it clean to get a cleaner surface to paint on, and we just used an exterior paint that lasted for many years. I believe it was only some el cheapo external paint too. We painted our tank green. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Painting a Concrete Water Tank 3Sep 26, 2016 8:12 am G'day Bpratt, Thank you for your reply. The guy at Bunnings told me that there will be some specials on old stock Exterior Paint coming soon. He will phone me as soon as it comes up so I can go straight in. Cheers Perry If you can calculate the reasonable charged head from let's say 100mm below the gutter to the top of where the vertical riser's horizontal discharge pipe will be, that… 11 17540 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Thank you for the generous offer. I need to get the plumber out to give me an explanation. As mentioned I haven't seen any rain water discharge from pipes 1& 3. It… 7 10835 Can a plumber put a tap on a rain water tank which is full? Tank is similar to one in photo. Cheers. 0 1672 |