"Fillet Joints" - Will this be a curved transition in the corners and sides kinda like a skate board park i.e. smooth, no angles?
I noticed you on some of the "pond" threads. One guy just stacked 2X4's saying this method reduced flex, I would have to agree but at what cost. He was saying the the pond armor, polly resin, fiberglass resin, cannot flex because it's brittle therefor the stacked 2X4 method. Is that a concern for you?
Are you going to use fiberglass on the corners and seems?
That's interesting your going with the 4X4 top. I assume there's a need to get on top for maintenance and what have you. In the articles section, a guy named Black Tip built a 4X4 tank totally fiberglass sealed like a pond liner but out of fiberglass cloth and resin. Something like 6 layers of fiberglass and then coated it with pond armor. He commented how glad he was to be able to get on top of his tank. Also he did not have a leak. The combination of 4X4's and 6 layers of fiberglass I guess. Another guy NolaPete ,I think, never got his tank to fill past a couple feet before it leaked. My theory was after a couple feet the pressure in that tank was too great and his leaks appeared. Still to this day he has not found the leak no matter how many layers of paint he puts on that thing LOL. Now I think he's going with a pond liner (flexible).
I think the fiberglass method becomes something like a pond liner and works independently from the wood structure. The fiberglass might even pull away from the flexing wood at points around the tank but the fiberglass is so strong it never cracks or leaks.
I'm looking forward to your build. Fiberglassing sucks and I hope your tank holds water with out it, if you go that route.
I noticed you on some of the "pond" threads. One guy just stacked 2X4's saying this method reduced flex, I would have to agree but at what cost. He was saying the the pond armor, polly resin, fiberglass resin, cannot flex because it's brittle therefor the stacked 2X4 method. Is that a concern for you?
Are you going to use fiberglass on the corners and seems?
That's interesting your going with the 4X4 top. I assume there's a need to get on top for maintenance and what have you. In the articles section, a guy named Black Tip built a 4X4 tank totally fiberglass sealed like a pond liner but out of fiberglass cloth and resin. Something like 6 layers of fiberglass and then coated it with pond armor. He commented how glad he was to be able to get on top of his tank. Also he did not have a leak. The combination of 4X4's and 6 layers of fiberglass I guess. Another guy NolaPete ,I think, never got his tank to fill past a couple feet before it leaked. My theory was after a couple feet the pressure in that tank was too great and his leaks appeared. Still to this day he has not found the leak no matter how many layers of paint he puts on that thing LOL. Now I think he's going with a pond liner (flexible).
I think the fiberglass method becomes something like a pond liner and works independently from the wood structure. The fiberglass might even pull away from the flexing wood at points around the tank but the fiberglass is so strong it never cracks or leaks.
I'm looking forward to your build. Fiberglassing sucks and I hope your tank holds water with out it, if you go that route.
Here i am waiting!!!! Cant wait to see you pull this one off bro.
