Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Dec 01, 2009 6:56 pm Hello all, We've been in our house for about 3 years now and the previous owners were in for approx the same time, so house is about 6 years old. Our main water tank is a inground concrete one around 30,000litres, while its been fine upto now ive noticed (especially hot water coming out of the shower) that its starting to smell kinda bad and im not all too keen on showering in it... Ive switched it over to the town water (trickle feed) for the time being however im after peoples opinions and options on whats available, is there any treatment or regular sort of maintenance recommended for water tanks and what sort of $ would I be looking at to have someone come clean it professionally? Right now im thinking to just use/empty all the water and jump in myself with the high pressure water (and probably a gas mask ) and giving it a clean myself, would this be sufficient? Re: Tank water treatment/cleaning 2Dec 01, 2009 11:11 pm Hi ya bjrose... We are on tank water here, have been for 20years. The tank will have by now collected a bit of sediment... We use an old vacuum cleaner foot and create a siphon and drain the bottom few inches. also we have a filter 'inline' that needs to be cleaned at times. I wonder have you noticed yours (should you have one)? If we get heavy rain we notice the water gets a bit stirred up and the filter needs changing more often. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Tank water treatment/cleaning 3Dec 06, 2009 8:45 pm Hi There Give some one a call that specialises in cleaning out water tanks for a quote. There are a couple of things you can do to minimise water quality problems in side your tank. 1. Ensure you have a good quality inline rainwater filter before the inlet of the tank. This will stop sediment build up from your roof ending up inside your tank. There are some good one around such as the Kessel Inground filter with self cleaning filter screen. 2. Install a floating inlet for your pump. These usually have a float connected to the hose that sucks the water from your tank through the pump. You may currently have a submersible pump that is sitting at the bottom of you tank and drawing water from the bottom. Hope this helps Regards Shane 18 90483 From what I know about water tanks (I've been working with a client on them for a few years now) is this - The concrete can last a lifetime if they don't crack for some… 2 10630 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 17530 |