Recycling building materials?

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KatFish

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Just musing really, but is it possible to re-use the sections from a sectional concrete garage as the walls of an ubertank?

I was trying to price up my project when it suddenly dawned on me that next year, I'm dismantling and getting rid of a concrete garage. The sections are in good condition, it's just that the door's beyond repair as is the roof (and I have a bigger, newer garage).

It'd save me some pennies on concrete blocks, too. :headbang2

On another note, I asked my brother how much the blocks are the other day, and he asked how many I was looking at - I said I'd worked it out roughly to 91 - his response was "91? 91?!? Why don't you just sink it in the ground??" Methinks Greg is no more clued up on fish than he was last time I saw him, we're talking about building a tropical fish tank in my garden, in the UK midlands! :screwy: Gets a bit chilly in winter :D
 
sealing the concrete should be easy with fiberglass cloth,

I would think the problem with pre-formed concrete walls would be to join them structurally so the force of the water does not drive them apart.
 
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